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CSCI 3311

Data Visualization · 1 instructor on record · 5 sections

What the course score is made of

83BC evaluations5 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Summer 2025

—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

55thMore challenging than 55% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

91BC — “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

93rdMore work than 93% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

80BC — “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.

With ever-increasing amounts of data, the ability to understand and communicate data is becoming essential for everyone. Visualization leverages our visual perception to provide a powerful yet accessible way to make sense of large and complex data.In this course, students will learn to acquire foundational knowledge abouthow to designeffective visualizations for analysis and presentation based on theories and principles from graphic design, perceptual psychology, and cognitive science. Students will also learn practical skills abouthow to buildvisualizationsto rapidly explore and communicate data, as well as how to create interactive visualization dashboards using various tools such as Tableau and Vega-Lite.

The only instructor on record

5 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Nam Wook KimComputer Science	835 records	93rd	55th

There is no ranking to read here: Nam Wook Kim is the only instructor with evaluation records for CSCI 3311, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Nam Wook Kim

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
CSCI 2254Web Application Development	28 records	89
CSCI 3360Human-AI Interaction	12 records	84
CSCI 3361Human-Computer Interaction	11 record	83
CSCI 4921Advanced Independent Research	11 record	100
MCIS 2200Data Visualization	11 record	90
MESA 8417Data Visualization and Storytelling	11 record	87

Other CSCI classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
CSCI 1101Computer Science I	11180 records	72
CSCI 1102Computer Science II	8105 records	68
CSCI 2272Computer Organization and Lab	357 records	75
CSCI 2271Computer Systems	423 records	60
CSCI 2243Logic and Computation	521 records	71
CSCI 2244Randomness and Computation	819 records	68

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.

8411th pctl

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

848th 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.

8611th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9252nd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9148th pctl

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

9136th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9148th pctl

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

8731st 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.

8093rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9155th pctl

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

733rd 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
Nam Wook Kim	Summer 2025	01	89	90	—
Nam Wook Kim	Summer 2025	02	86	86	80
Nam Wook Kim	Fall 2023	01	79	81	—
Nam Wook Kim	Fall 2022	01	73	70	80
Nam Wook Kim	Fall 2021	01	89	88	80

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.