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EESC 1720

Crisis and Storytelling in the Age of Climate Change · 5 instructors on record · 32 sections

What the course score is made of

74BC evaluations32 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 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

11thMore challenging than 11% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

82BC — “Intellectually Challenging”32 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

39thMore work than 39% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

51BC — “Workload”32 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 board

5 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Scores are real averages. The order also accounts for how many records back each one — the count is under every score — so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Kathryn BruceEarth and Environmental Sciences	894 records	39th	3rd	—no page
2	Min SongProfessor; Department Chair · English	8210 records	39th	17th	7014 ratings · all classes
3	Hilary PalevskyEarth and Environmental Sciences	788 records	39th	9th	805 ratings · all classes
4	Courtney HumphriesComplex Problems and Enduring Questions	735 records	46th	25th	—no page
5	Robin WrightComplex Problems and Enduring Questions	715 records	29th	9th	—no page

How this board is orderedPositions 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. The comparison here is the class itself: a thin record is read against how this class was rated overall, not against the university.

Every instructor with an evaluation record for this class is on this board — it is not a top ten, and nothing is hidden behind a “show more”. Overall is the instructor's blended score for THIS class only, and its one contributing source is Boston College's evaluations for the sections in the row's record count — nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Workload and Challenge are RANKS against every class we hold, not scores: BC's questions all sit near the top of the 1-5 scale, so a raw number would put almost every row in the high eighties and tell you nothing. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item, which students answer positively about courses that stretched them — it is not a measure of difficulty or grading. Neither column is ever marked better or worse. The RateMyProfessors column is an instructor's overall figure across everything they teach; that site has no course dimension, so it is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 32 records

The Professor4 items

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

8513th pctl

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

8817th 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.

8713th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8113th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8211th pctl

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

8614th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

774th pctl

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

8317th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8725th 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.

5139th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8211th pctl

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

744th 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

32 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Hilary Palevsky	Fall 2025	01	77	71	60
Kathryn Bruce	Fall 2025	02	89	83	60
Kathryn Bruce	Fall 2025	03	86	82	40
Kathryn Bruce	Fall 2025	04	90	58	40
Kathryn Bruce	Fall 2025	05	90	71	60
Hilary Palevsky	Fall 2025	06	78	74	60
Courtney Humphries	Fall 2023	01	76	73	60
Hilary Palevsky	Fall 2023	01	75	73	60
Min Song	Fall 2023	01	83	73	60
Courtney Humphries	Fall 2023	02	69	70	60
Courtney Humphries	Fall 2023	03	85	73	60
Courtney Humphries	Fall 2023	04	66	68	40
Courtney Humphries	Fall 2023	05	69	83	60
Min Song	Fall 2023	06	70	70	60
Min Song	Fall 2023	07	93	75	60
Min Song	Fall 2023	08	69	64	40
Min Song	Fall 2023	09	97	87	60
Hilary Palevsky	Fall 2021	01	79	74	40
Min Song	Fall 2021	01	81	74	40
Robin Wright	Fall 2021	01	71	74	40
Hilary Palevsky	Fall 2021	02	78	72	—
Min Song	Fall 2021	02	82	72	—
Robin Wright	Fall 2021	02	71	72	—
Hilary Palevsky	Fall 2021	03	83	80	60
Min Song	Fall 2021	03	87	80	60

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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.