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CLAS 1020

Elementary Ancient Greek I · 1 instructor on record · 6 sections

What the course score is made of

95BC evaluations6 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

89thMore challenging than 89% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

97BC — “Intellectually Challenging”6 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

87thMore work than 87% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

73BC — “Workload”6 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 will introduce the fundamentals of ancient Greek grammar and vocabulary. The aim is to prepare students to read something like Plato's Apology after a year of study.

The only instructor on record

6 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Gail HoffmanClassical Studies	996 records	87th	89th	764 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Gail Hoffman is the only instructor with evaluation records for CLAS 1020, 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 Gail Hoffman

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
CLAS 1021Elementary Ancient Greek II	16 records	94
CLAS 2208Art and Myth in Ancient Greece	15 records	84
CLAS 4254The Culture of Athenian Democracy	12 records	98
CLAS 1186Greek Civilization	11 record	84
CLAS 2216Art and Archaeology of Homer and Troy	11 record	91
CLAS 2254The Culture of Athenian Democracy	11 record	90

Other CLAS classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
CLAS 1057Intermediate Latin II	417 records	85
CLAS 1011Elementary Latin II	416 records	83
CLAS 1056Intermediate Latin I	314 records	82
CLAS 1010Elementary Latin I	312 records	80
CLAS 1021Elementary Ancient Greek II	16 records	94
CLAS 1053Intermediate Ancient Greek II	26 records	95

The line

All 13 items · means across 6 records

The Professor4 items

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

100100th pctl

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

9666th pctl

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

9883rd pctl

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

9768th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9889th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9992nd pctl

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

9137th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9786th pctl

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

100100th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

100100th 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.

7387th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9789th pctl

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

9783rd 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

6 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Gail Hoffman	Fall 2025	01	100	100	100
Gail Hoffman	Fall 2024	01	100	90	—
Gail Hoffman	Fall 2024	02	100	96	60
Gail Hoffman	Fall 2023	02	93	93	—
Gail Hoffman	Fall 2022	01	100	95	60
Gail Hoffman	Fall 2021	01	100	98	—

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.