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CHEM 5575

Introduction to Spectroscopy · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of

80BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 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

58thMore challenging than 58% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

92BC — “Intellectually Challenging”3 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

93rdMore work than 93% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

80BC — “Workload”3 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.

The only instructor on record

3 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Jier HuangChemistry	803 records	93rd	58th

There is no ranking to read here: Jier Huang is the only instructor with evaluation records for CHEM 5575, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Jier Huang

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Class	Instructors	Course score
CHEM 6611Scientific Communication in Chemistry	1015 records	54
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SCHI 6020The Sustainability-Energy-Climate Nexus: Integrated Science and Society (Graduate level)	33 records	85
SCHI 7020Integrating Science and Society: A Tale of Four Nobels (Graduate Level)	33 records	90

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All of them

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CHEM 1110General Chemistry II	33131 records	65
CHEM 1109General Chemistry I	2494 records	67
CHEM 2232Organic Chemistry II	2879 records	76
CHEM 2231Organic Chemistry I	1947 records	74
CHEM 1128Gateway: General Chemistry Discussion II	518 records	76
CHEM 2241Honors Organic Chemistry I	1015 records	76

The line

All 13 items · means across 3 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.

9564th pctl

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

8927th pctl

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

8921st pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9039th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9042nd pctl

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

9463rd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9681st pctl

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

9465th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9043rd 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.

8093rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9258th pctl

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

9467th 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

3 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Jier Huang	Spring 2026	01	85	85	80
Jier Huang	Spring 2025	01	76	75	100
Jier Huang	Spring 2024	01	80	80	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.