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COMM 1010

The Rhetorical Tradition · 3 instructors on record · 20 sections

What the course score is made of

83BC evaluations20 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – 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

27thMore challenging than 27% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

86BC — “Intellectually Challenging”20 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

25thMore work than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

41BC — “Workload”20 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.

Required course for all Communication majors. This is an introductory course that is designed to examine the classical periods of rhetoric, as well as the Enlightenment and modern periods. The course focuses on pivotal concepts in rhetoric and their application to contemporary discourse. This is a foundation course in the field of communication. It introduces students to perennial issues and concerns in rhetoric and looks at communication as a way of knowing about self and society.

The board

3 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

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.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Celeste WellsCommunication	9710 records	26th	44th	8621 ratings · all classes
2	Kalemba KizitoAssistant Professor of the Practice · Communication	836 records	25th	14th	464 ratings · all classes
3	Brett IngramCommunication	794 records	25th	14th	6234 ratings · all classes

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. 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 20 records

The Professor4 items

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

9240th pctl

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

9025th pctl

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

9240th pctl

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

9444th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8936th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8935th pctl

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

8929th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8414th pctl

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

9045th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8727th 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.

4125th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8627th pctl

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

9357th 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

20 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Celeste Wells	Spring 2026	01	95	89	40
Kalemba Kizito	Spring 2026	02	78	70	40
Celeste Wells	Fall 2025	01	97	91	40
Kalemba Kizito	Fall 2025	02	81	70	40
Celeste Wells	Spring 2025	01	98	94	40
Kalemba Kizito	Spring 2025	02	82	76	40
Celeste Wells	Fall 2024	01	99	94	40
Kalemba Kizito	Fall 2024	02	93	84	40
Celeste Wells	Spring 2024	01	97	90	40
Kalemba Kizito	Spring 2024	02	88	82	40
Celeste Wells	Fall 2023	01	96	89	—
Kalemba Kizito	Fall 2023	02	77	70	—
Celeste Wells	Spring 2023	01	97	89	40
Brett Ingram	Spring 2023	02	78	77	40
Celeste Wells	Fall 2022	01	95	87	40
Brett Ingram	Fall 2022	02	77	76	40
Celeste Wells	Spring 2022	01	97	92	40
Brett Ingram	Spring 2022	02	87	82	40
Celeste Wells	Fall 2021	01	95	91	60
Brett Ingram	Fall 2021	02	74	74	40

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.