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COMM 4477

Fashion as Communication · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

73BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2024

—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

21stMore challenging than 21% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

85BC — “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

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

40BC — “Workload”1 record · 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. This writing intensive course approaches fashion as a social practice that functions not only as an aesthetic performance, but also communicates messages concerning one's gender, sexual, racial, and class identities, affiliation with (or opposition to) resistant political movements and subcultural groups, and their attitudes towards the ruling ideology. When we get dressed, we are always broadcasting to others resonant signals about who we are, what we value, and how we wish to be treated. While sometimes dismissed as a "superficial" cultural phenomenon, fashion serves as a key site at which struggles over social power and the equitable and sustainable distribution of resources are staged. In this course, we will conduct a historical survey of fashion trends in their sociopolitical contexts, examine the complex intermingling of fashion's aesthetic impact and its cultural effects, and study changes in the fashion industry that have profound implications for human rights and the environment. Students will conduct a research project (culminating in a 25-page paper) that analyzes and critiques stylistic objects, fashion trends, or industry developments in light of their relation to cultural, social, or political change.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Brett IngramCommunication Provisional	821 record	25th	21st	6234 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Brett Ingram is the only instructor with evaluation records for COMM 4477, 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 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 1 record

The Professor4 items

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

8717th pctl

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

9349th pctl

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

9351st pctl

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

9768th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

734th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8211th 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.

8937th pctl

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

8728th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9361st 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.

8521st pctl

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

8726th 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

1 section · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Brett Ingram	Spring 2024	01	82	73	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.