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BZAN 3350

Data Management for Analytics and Applications · 1 instructor on record · 5 sections

What the course score is made of

89BC evaluations5 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2024 – Fall 2025

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

76thMore challenging than 76% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

95BC — “Intellectually Challenging”5 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”5 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

This course provides a foundation in how databases and other data management technologies are used in business analytics and software applications. It will familiarize students with the process of collecting, storing, querying, and manipulating data, which comprise the core practices for building software applications and making data-driven decisions. This course was formerly numbered: ISYS3350

The only instructor on record

5 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Sebastian SteffenAssistant Professor · Business Analytics	955 records	78th	76th

There is no ranking to read here: Sebastian Steffen is the only instructor with evaluation records for BZAN 3350, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Sebastian Steffen

1 other class

Class	Instructors	Course score
ISYS 3350Data Management for Analytics and Applications	38 records	87

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All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
BZAN 1021Operations Management	879 records	81
BZAN 1135Statistical Analysis	878 records	78
BZAN 2021Coding for Business	777 records	74
BZAN 7706Data Analytics 1: Model Building	225 records	82
BZAN 3307Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence	323 records	83
BZAN 7700Operations Management	322 records	85

The line

All 13 items · means across 5 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9672nd pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9347th pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9668th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9666th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9571st pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9681st pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

9352nd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9788th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9360th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9358th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9576th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

9039th pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

5 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Sebastian Steffen	Fall 2025	02	95	93	60
Sebastian Steffen	Fall 2025	03	95	89	60
Sebastian Steffen	Fall 2024	01	95	89	40
Sebastian Steffen	Fall 2024	02	92	82	60
Sebastian Steffen	Fall 2024	03	100	93	80

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.