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CHEM 1109

General Chemistry I · 24 instructors on record · 94 sections

What the course score is made of

67BC evaluations94 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – 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

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

88BC — “Intellectually Challenging”94 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

43rdMore work than 43% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

53BC — “Workload”94 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 is intended for students whose major interest is science or medicine. It offers a rigorous introduction to the principles of chemistry with special emphasis on quantitative relationships and chemical equilibrium and the structures of atoms, molecules, and crystals. The properties of the more common elements and compounds are considered against a background of these principles and the periodic table.

The board

24 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 24Filters the rows below. Positions are always against the whole class, so a rank does not change when the list is narrowed.

Scores are real averages. The order also accounts for how many records back each one — the count is under every score — so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. 5 of the 24 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Brooke ElanderChemistry	878 records	3rd	17th	—no page
2	Paul LeeChemistry fewer records	904 records	78th	61st	—no page
3	Jillian PlattChemistry	874 records	45th	42nd	—no page
4	Mariah TedderChemistry	824 records	39th	50th	—no page
5	Jin Ook AhnChemistry Provisional fewer records	852 records	39th	36th	—no page
6	Konara PamunuwaChemistry	814 records	—	—	—no page
7	Khalil MimouniChemistry	814 records	78th	49th	—no page
8	Gavin GiardinoChemistry	814 records	85th	48th	—no page
9	Malavika Asokan NairChemistry Provisional	812 records	2nd	33rd	—no page
10	Kaitlyn SzalayChemistry Provisional	802 records	78th	55th	—no page
11	Jing WanChemistry Provisional	772 records	25th	26th	—no page
12	James WilkesChemistry	764 records	25th	32nd	—no page
13	Shoma MukaiChemistry Provisional	742 records	78th	22nd	—no page
14	Nathaniel HartmannAssistant Professor of the Practice · Chemistry	7410 records	87th	72nd	—no page
15	Shoshana ReichChemistry	744 records	3rd	9th	—no page
16	Richard MichaudChemistry	746 records	2nd	11th	—no page
17	Ling ChengChemistry Provisional fewer records	662 records	100th	61st	—no page
18	Daniel FoxProfessor of the Practice · Chemistry	7110 records	78th	60th	5847 ratings · all classes
19	Akinwande AkinniyiChemistry	694 records	87th	6th	—no page
20	Yiling ZhuChemistry Provisional fewer records	642 records	—	—	—no page
21	Michael GoldsteinChemistry	684 records	2nd	16th	—no page
22	Clarissa KeenAssistant Professor of the Practice · Chemistry	623 records	78th	62nd	4435 ratings · all classes
23	Joseph MorabitoChemistry Provisional fewer records	421 record	100th	75th	4830 ratings · all classes
24	Esma UcarChemistry Provisional	552 records	—	—	—no page

All 24 instructors listed.

How this board is orderedPositions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted. The comparison here is the class itself: a thin record is read against how this class was rated overall, not against the university.

Every instructor with an evaluation record for this class is on this board — it is not a top ten, and nothing is hidden behind a “show more”. Overall is the instructor's blended score for THIS class only, and its one contributing source is Boston College's evaluations for the sections in the row's record count — nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Workload and Challenge are RANKS against every class we hold, not scores: BC's questions all sit near the top of the 1-5 scale, so a raw number would put almost every row in the high eighties and tell you nothing. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item, which students answer positively about courses that stretched them — it is not a measure of difficulty or grading. Neither column is ever marked better or worse. 9 of 24 rows are marked provisional: fewer than 3 records stand behind the number. That is thin evidence, not a bad instructor — the record count is in every row. The RateMyProfessors column is an instructor's overall figure across everything they teach; that site has no course dimension, so it is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 94 records

The Professor4 items

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

8411th pctl

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

8817th pctl

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

828th pctl

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

836th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8215th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8211th pctl

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

783rd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8313th pctl

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

8936th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8418th 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.

5343rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8834th pctl

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

8213th 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

94 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Nathaniel Hartmann	Fall 2025	01	73	62	100
Khalil Mimouni	Fall 2025	02	85	75	—
Khalil Mimouni	Fall 2025	03	81	68	—
Ling Cheng	Fall 2025	04	73	68	100
Khalil Mimouni	Fall 2025	05	77	61	60
Ling Cheng	Fall 2025	06	58	58	—
Khalil Mimouni	Fall 2025	07	82	69	—
Daniel Fox	Fall 2025	08	73	64	60
Akinwande Akinniyi	Fall 2025	09	65	56	60
Jillian Platt	Fall 2025	10	87	56	80
Jillian Platt	Fall 2025	14	88	84	60
Clarissa Keen	Fall 2025	15	60	57	60
Richard Michaud	Fall 2025	16	73	62	20
Richard Michaud	Fall 2025	17	78	62	20
Shoma Mukai	Fall 2025	18	69	65	60
Richard Michaud	Fall 2025	19	61	54	20
Shoma Mukai	Fall 2025	20	79	65	60
Richard Michaud	Fall 2025	21	76	87	—
Nathaniel Hartmann	Fall 2025	22	83	66	—
Daniel Fox	Fall 2025	23	70	65	60
Akinwande Akinniyi	Fall 2025	24	70	59	60
Jillian Platt	Fall 2025	26	82	76	40
Akinwande Akinniyi	Fall 2025	27	62	57	—
Akinwande Akinniyi	Fall 2025	28	77	67	100
Jillian Platt	Fall 2025	29	90	70	40

Showing the first 25.

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.