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EALC 2161

Ghosts and Strange Happenings in Chinese Literature · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of

77BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2023 – 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

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

85BC — “Intellectually Challenging”3 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”3 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.

The only instructor on record

3 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Sing-Chen ChiangSlavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures	793 records	25th	21st	401 rating · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Sing-Chen Chiang is the only instructor with evaluation records for EALC 2161, 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 Sing-Chen Chiang

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
EALC 2121Intermediate Chinese I	37 records	80
EALC 2122Intermediate Chinese II	26 records	87
EALC 2162Gods and Heroes in Chinese Literature (in translation)	13 records	73
EALC 2064Far Eastern Literary Masterpieces	12 records	79
EALC 4151Readings in Chinese Literature and Philosophy	12 records	77
EALC 2063Wisdom and Philosophy of the Far East	11 record	58

Other EALC classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
EALC 1123Elementary Chinese Practicum	420 records	86
EALC 1222Elementary Japanese II	318 records	93
EALC 1221Elementary Japanese I	317 records	92
EALC 1124Elementary Chinese Practicum	316 records	88
EALC 1311Elementary Korean I	315 records	90
EALC 1312Elementary Korean II	315 records	92

The line

All 13 items · means across 3 records

The Professor4 items

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

8614th pctl

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

8510th pctl

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

8513th pctl

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

8714th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8728th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8517th pctl

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

838th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8834th pctl

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

8938th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8936th 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.

8624th 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

3 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Sing-Chen Chiang	Spring 2026	01	76	76	—
Sing-Chen Chiang	Spring 2025	01	83	79	40
Sing-Chen Chiang	Spring 2023	01	78	78	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.