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ENGL 3357

American Bestsellers and Undersellers · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

87BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2023 – Spring 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

72ndMore challenging than 72% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

94BC — “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

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “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.

Focusing on the long nineteenth century, we will consider formative American texts that were wildly popular in their time, as well as others that were overlooked for a variety of historical, social, and aesthetic reasons. We will ask what cultural factors contributed to a books popularity, enduring appeal, or dismissal. We will further explore how these texts confirmed or challenged dominant ideologies, and how reading them now can allow us to reflect on the desires, fears, and struggles of our own historical moment. Possible texts include: Hannah Webster Fosters The Coquette, Benjamin Franklins Autobiography, Lydia Maria Childs Hobomok, Frederick Douglasss Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Harriet Wilsons Our Nig, Herman Melvilles Moby Dick; Harriet Beecher Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin, Mark Twains Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Upton Sinclairs The Jungle.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Jean FranzinoAssistant Professor of the Practice · English Provisional	902 records	78th	72nd	803 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Jean Franzino is the only instructor with evaluation records for ENGL 3357, 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 Jean Franzino

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
ENGL 1010First Year Writing Seminar	136442 records	80
ENGL 1080Literature Core	90257 records	80
ENGL 2212Introduction to Medical Humanities	618 records	90
ENGL 4412Writing Workshop: Creative Nonfiction	916 records	91
ENGL 1747From Loneliness to Connection: The Literature of Human Connection	11 record	94
ENGL 5034Seminar: Dis/Ability in American Literature	11 record	87

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.

9562nd pctl

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

9563rd pctl

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

9346th pctl

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

9768th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9890th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9575th pctl

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

8928th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9575th pctl

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

9146th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9357th 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.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9472nd pctl

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

9467th 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
Jean Franzino	Spring 2025	01	85	80	60
Jean Franzino	Fall 2023	01	94	94	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.