Carney Curve

Boston College course evaluations · every published number, ranked class by class

Positions 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.

Class record · CLAS · MCAS

CLAS 4252

Sex, Power, Gods: Ancient Wisdom Literature · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of
99BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Spring 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
93rdMore challenging than 93% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
99BC — “Intellectually Challenging”1 record · 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
BC — “Workload”1 record — does not contribute

Boston College's workload question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not a light class.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallengeRMP overall
Hanne EisenfeldClassical Studies Provisional1001 record93rd1004 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Hanne Eisenfeld is the only instructor with evaluation records for CLAS 4252, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Hanne Eisenfeld

6 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
CLAS 1011Elementary Latin II416 records83
CLAS 1056Intermediate Latin I314 records82
CLAS 1053Intermediate Ancient Greek II26 records95
CLAS 1052Intermediate Ancient Greek I25 records83
CLAS 2230Classical Mythology15 records86
CLAS 1701Death in Ancient Greece: Achilles to Alexander the Great12 records81

Other CLAS classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
CLAS 1057Intermediate Latin II417 records85
CLAS 1011Elementary Latin II416 records83
CLAS 1056Intermediate Latin I314 records82
CLAS 1010Elementary Latin I312 records80
CLAS 1020Elementary Ancient Greek I16 records95
CLAS 1021Elementary Ancient Greek II16 records94

The line

All 13 items · means across 1 record
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
9986th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9987th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9986th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9983rd pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
9785th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
9786th pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9989th pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
9992nd pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
9467th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
9989th pctl
Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
9993rd pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
9989th 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. 1 of 13 questions were not reported and are left out rather than shown as zero.

Game log

1 section · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Hanne EisenfeldSpring 20250110099

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.