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COMM 4444

Social Movements · 1 instructor on record · 5 sections

What the course score is made of

80BC evaluations5 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – Fall 2024

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

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What the challenge rank is made of

12thMore challenging than 12% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

82BC — “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

30thMore work than 30% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

47BC — “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.

Satisfies one of two writing intensive courses required within the Communication major. Restricted to Juniors and Seniors.. The course is designed to evaluate social movements by examining the characteristics of various movements. Similarities and differences between national and global level movements will be analyzed in terms of the types, stages, and outcomes of the movements. Students will examine the rhetorical, sociological, and philosophical strategies used to enact change in a governmental, cultural, or social establishment.

The only instructor on record

5 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Rita RosenthalAssociate Professor of the Practice and Public Speaking Coordinator · Communication	845 records	30th	12th	603 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Rita Rosenthal is the only instructor with evaluation records for COMM 4444, 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 Rita Rosenthal

5 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
COMM 1030Public Speaking	1166 records	83
COMM 2291Persuasion	28 records	85
COMM 1701American Social Norms and Values: The Case of Disney	13 records	83
COMM 2293Advanced Public Speaking	11 record	97
COMM 4459The Rhetorical Strategies of the Disney Corporation	11 record	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.

8511th pctl

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

9240th pctl

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

839th pctl

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

859th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8012th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

797th pctl

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

8717th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8415th 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.

9039th 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.

4730th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8212th pctl

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

797th 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
Rita Rosenthal	Fall 2024	01	65	68	60
Rita Rosenthal	Spring 2024	01	91	89	—
Rita Rosenthal	Fall 2023	01	91	80	—
Rita Rosenthal	Spring 2023	01	91	84	40
Rita Rosenthal	Spring 2022	01	80	80	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.