Carney Curve

Boston College course evaluations · every published number, ranked class by class

Top of the board1.ECON 9902962.LAWS 8856973.PRTO 3300984.BSLW 2299975.PHIL 4932986.LAWS 8308987.SCWK 9960998.EESC 99011009.MUSP 16609610.UGMG 10109811.UNCP 55119712.SCWK 883197

Positions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted.

Class record · EESC · MCAS

EESC 1182

The Living Earth II · 1 instructor on record · 12 sections

What the course score is made of
92BC evaluations12 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
40thMore challenging than 40% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
89BC — “Intellectually Challenging”12 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”12 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

12 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
George BarnettEarth and Environmental Sciences9412 records25th40th

There is no ranking to read here: George Barnett is the only instructor with evaluation records for EESC 1182, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by George Barnett

1 other class
ClassInstructorsCourse score
EDUC 7546Teaching About the Natural World15 records89

Other EESC classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
EESC 1720Crisis and Storytelling in the Age of Climate Change532 records74
EESC 2201Environmental Systems: The Human Footprint516 records72
EESC 1717Making the Modern World: Design, Ethics, and Engineering315 records82
EESC 1507Powering America: The Past and Future of Energy, Technology, and the Environment314 records80
EESC 1146Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth113 records77
EESC 1180The Living Earth I313 records67

The line

All 13 items · means across 12 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
9562nd pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9457th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9564th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9663rd pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
9363rd pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
9360th pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9350th pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
9153rd pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
9360th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
9254th 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.
8940th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
8520th 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

12 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
George BarnettSpring 202601958940
George BarnettSpring 202501949040
George BarnettSpring 202401949140
George BarnettSpring 202402949040
George BarnettSpring 202403959140
George BarnettSpring 202404968940
George BarnettSpring 202405929140
George BarnettSpring 202301959640
George BarnettSpring 202302939240
George BarnettSpring 202303969540
George BarnettSpring 202304949340
George BarnettSpring 202305949640

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.