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COMM 3362

Film Theory and Criticism · 1 instructor on record · 7 sections

What the course score is made of

68BC evaluations7 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 2024

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

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What the challenge rank is made of

66thMore challenging than 66% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

93BC — “Intellectually Challenging”7 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

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”7 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.

Satisfies the required theory course in the Communication major This course is structured around the question of how visual media convey and influence the world in which they are created. By surveying some of the major questions raised by theorists from the beginnings of film as a medium to the present, students will gain critical lenses through which to historically and theoretically engage visual media. We will cover topics including: film aesthetics; Marxist, psychoanalytic, feminist, critical race, and queer theoretical approaches to film criticism; television studies; and new media theories. Students will learn how to analyze film on a formal level, taking into account how form creates meaning, and to think historically and theoretically about how film as art and commerce has contributed to shaping "smaller screen" media forms and understandings.

The only instructor on record

7 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Renee PastelAssistant Professor · Communication	767 records	78th	66th	1001 rating · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Renee Pastel is the only instructor with evaluation records for COMM 3362, 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 Renee Pastel

4 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
COMM 3372Media Theory	313 records	91
COMM 2240Memory and Media	17 records	72
COMM 4479Representing Reality	13 records	76
COMM 2299Masking to Unmask: Strategies of Representation in Media Texts	11 record	67

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 7 records

The Professor4 items

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

8616th pctl

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

9346th pctl

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

8411th pctl

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

8610th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9145th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8622nd pctl

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

826th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

806th pctl

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

9253rd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9250th 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.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9366th pctl

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

8937th 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

7 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Renee Pastel	Fall 2024	01	94	90	60
Renee Pastel	Fall 2023	01	66	53	—
Renee Pastel	Fall 2023	02	69	63	—
Renee Pastel	Fall 2022	01	69	53	60
Renee Pastel	Fall 2022	02	83	72	60
Renee Pastel	Fall 2021	01	82	78	60
Renee Pastel	Fall 2021	02	67	67	—

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.