Class record · COMM · MCAS

COMM 2180

Masculinity, Sexuality, and Difference · 1 instructor on record · 5 sections

What the course score is made of

85BC evaluations5 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – 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

37thMore challenging than 37% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

88BC — “Intellectually Challenging”5 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

40BC — “Workload”5 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 may be used to satisfy one of four electives required within the Communication major. This course will examine constructions of masculinity and sexuality in Western society from a critical cultural perspective. We will consider the ways in which cultural narratives about acceptable masculine behaviors and attitudes catalyze social conflicts, reinforce established power hierarchies, and organize the modes of being available to people of different gender identities and sexual orientations. We will also evaluate the liberatory potential of emergent discourses and practices that seek to cultivate greater acceptance of diversity, and promote social healing. There will be a concentrated focus on popular cultural forms (especially television, film, music, sports, and social media) that are particularly influential to contemporary men and boys.

The only instructor on record

5 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Brett IngramCommunication	855 records	25th	37th	6234 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Brett Ingram is the only instructor with evaluation records for COMM 2180, 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 Brett Ingram

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
UNCS 2201Courage to Know	21114 records	90
COMM 1030Public Speaking	1166 records	83
COMM 1010The Rhetorical Tradition	320 records	83
COMM 4475Introduction to Honors	510 records	90
COMM 3378Critical Theory	28 records	82
COMM 4455Comedy Studies Seminar	27 records	83

Other COMM classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
COMM 1030Public Speaking	1166 records	83
COMM 1065Fundamentals of Creative Communication	746 records	79
COMM 1010The Rhetorical Tradition	320 records	83
COMM 1020Introduction to Media Studies	220 records	83
COMM 2213Fundamentals of Audio I	120 records	85
COMM 1060Anti-Social Media	217 records	95

The line

All 13 items · means across 5 records

The Professor4 items

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

8821st pctl

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

793rd pctl

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

8821st pctl

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

9551st pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8214th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8313th pctl

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

9033rd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8725th pctl

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

8216th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8111th 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.

4025th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8837th pctl

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

9252nd 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

5 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Brett Ingram	Spring 2026	01	90	89	40
Brett Ingram	Spring 2025	01	79	80	40
Brett Ingram	Spring 2024	01	85	86	40
Brett Ingram	Spring 2023	01	84	85	40
Brett Ingram	Spring 2022	01	87	85	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.