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EESC 2204

Environmental Systems: Carbon Cycle · 1 instructor on record · 11 sections

What the course score is made of

74BC evaluations11 records · weight ×1.0 · Midterm Fall 2022 – 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

49thMore challenging than 49% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

90BC — “Intellectually Challenging”11 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

26thMore work than 26% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

42BC — “Workload”11 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.

Carbon dioxide emissions and climate change are among the most pressing environmental issues confronting humanity in the 21st century. This course will give you a comprehensive insight into Earth's natural carbon cycle and the ways in which human activities are modifying it. Starting with fundamental carbon chemistry, we'll explore the carbon cycle across diverse environmental systems, including the atmosphere, soil, rivers, and oceans. Lastly, we will examine the fate of anthropogenic carbon dioxide and explore ongoing technologies designed to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

The only instructor on record

11 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Xingchen WangEarth and Environmental Sciences	7911 records	26th	49th	1001 rating · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Xingchen Wang is the only instructor with evaluation records for EESC 2204, 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 Xingchen Wang

5 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
EESC 6691Earth Systems Seminar	49 records	79
EESC 3320Introduction to Geochemistry	13 records	91
EESC 5320Introduction to Geochemistry	13 records	89
EESC 5230Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry	12 records	90
EESC 5563Advanced Paleoclimatology	11 record	95

Other EESC classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
EESC 1720Crisis and Storytelling in the Age of Climate Change	532 records	74
EESC 2201Environmental Systems: The Human Footprint	516 records	72
EESC 1717Making the Modern World: Design, Ethics, and Engineering	315 records	82
EESC 1507Powering America: The Past and Future of Energy, Technology, and the Environment	314 records	80
EESC 1146Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth	113 records	77
EESC 1180The Living Earth I	313 records	67

The line

All 13 items · means across 11 records

The Professor4 items

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

8410th pctl

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

9030th pctl

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

8412th pctl

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

8611th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8728th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8726th 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.

8830th pctl

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

8730th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8418th 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.

4226th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9049th pctl

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

9038th 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

11 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Xingchen Wang	Spring 2026	01	85	78	40
Xingchen Wang	Spring 2025	01	83	76	40
Xingchen Wang	Spring 2024	01	76	75	40
Xingchen Wang	Spring 2024	02	85	80	40
Xingchen Wang	Spring 2024	03	66	72	40
Xingchen Wang	Fall 2021	02	88	80	60
Xingchen Wang	Fall 2021	03	96	84	40
Xingchen Wang	Midterm Fall 2021	01	83	69	—
Xingchen Wang	Midterm Fall 2022	01	74	63	40
Xingchen Wang	Midterm Fall 2022	02	67	60	40
Xingchen Wang	Midterm Fall 2022	03	71	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.