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BZAN 8445

Data Visualization · 1 instructor on record · 5 sections

What the course score is made of

73BC evaluations5 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2024 – Spring 2026

—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

34thMore challenging than 34% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

88BC — “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 covers foundations of data visualization and best practices to help students effectively analyze data and present their insights clearly in a way that will engage their audience. The course provides discussions and presentations on topics such as visual perception, the various chart types and when to use them, the effective use of colors, typography, maps, and other visualization techniques for incorporating analytics and storytelling, and teaches through many examples of compare and contrast. The conceptual discussions will be integrated with hands-on experience using Tableau. STEM-designated. This course was formerly numbered: ISYS8445

The only instructor on record

5 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Anna KarpovskyAssistant Professor of Practice · Business Analytics	795 records	78th	34th	6612 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Anna Karpovsky is the only instructor with evaluation records for BZAN 8445, so the number is a record, not a position. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Anna Karpovsky

5 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
BZAN 2021Coding for Business	777 records	74
ISYS 1021Digital Technologies: Strategy and Use	517 records	76
ISYS 7705Data Analytics 3: In Practice	315 records	82
ISYS 6645Data Visualization	314 records	74
BZAN 3445Data Visualization	13 records	72

Other BZAN classes

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.

8717th pctl

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

9028th pctl

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

827th pctl

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

8611th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8831st pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8727th pctl

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

8513th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8518th pctl

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

8832nd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8111th 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.

8834th pctl

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

8419th 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
Anna Karpovsky	Spring 2026	01	79	72	60
Anna Karpovsky	Fall 2025	01	75	69	60
Anna Karpovsky	Summer 2025	01	83	75	—
Anna Karpovsky	Spring 2025	01	82	81	60
Anna Karpovsky	Fall 2024	01	75	69	60

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.