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ENGL 2203

Introducing Ireland through Stage and Screen · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

89BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2023 – Fall 2024

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

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What the challenge rank is made of

31stMore challenging than 31% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

87BC — “Intellectually Challenging”2 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

50BC — “Workload”2 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.

This course will examine and analyze representations of Ireland in the theatre and on the screen up to the present. Tracing depictions of the rural and the urban through the lenses of film makers and dramatists, we'll consider how Irishness was made known to the world through the eyes of the homebound and the diaspora. Cinema subjects will range from the early-twentieth-century silent movies through the works of John Ford to Lenny Abrahamson; theatre will begin with the stereotypes of the nineteenth-century through the renaissance led by the Abbey, to the urgent works of todays young playwrights.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Joseph NugentProfessor of the Practice · English Provisional	912 records	39th	31st	864 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Joseph Nugent is the only instructor with evaluation records for ENGL 2203, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Joseph Nugent

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
ENGL 1080Literature Core	90257 records	80
UNCS 2245First-Year Topic Seminar	32107 records	89
ENGL 2097Intermediate Modern Irish I	15 records	83
ENGL 2098Intermediate Modern Irish II	15 records	92
ENGL 4536Joyce's Ulysses	14 records	93
ENGL 2208Explore the Irish: An Introduction to Irish Studies	13 records	81

Other ENGL classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
ENGL 1010First Year Writing Seminar	136442 records	80
ENGL 1080Literature Core	90257 records	80
ENGL 1079Literature Core for Multilingual Students	1340 records	89
ENGL 2221Introduction to Creative Writing	936 records	90
ENGL 2133Studies in Narrative	1634 records	87
ENGL 2131Studies in Poetry	1333 records	84

The line

All 13 items · means across 2 records

The Professor4 items

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

9238th pctl

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

9671st pctl

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

9455th pctl

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

9555th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8623rd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8829th pctl

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

9245th 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.

789th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8213th 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.

5039th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8731st pctl

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

9148th 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

2 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Joseph Nugent	Fall 2024	01	93	92	40
Joseph Nugent	Spring 2023	01	88	86	60

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.