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ENGL 3401

Science Fiction · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of

81BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Summer 2022 – Fall 2024

—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

24thMore challenging than 24% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

86BC — “Intellectually Challenging”3 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”3 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

3 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Thomas Kaplan-MaxfieldAssociate Professor of the Practice · English	863 records	25th	24th

There is no ranking to read here: Thomas Kaplan-Maxfield is the only instructor with evaluation records for ENGL 3401, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Thomas Kaplan-Maxfield

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
ENGL 1010First Year Writing Seminar	136442 records	80
ENGL 1080Literature Core	90257 records	80
UNCS 2245First-Year Topic Seminar	32107 records	89
ENGL 2133Studies in Narrative	1634 records	87
ENGL 4412Writing Workshop: Creative Nonfiction	916 records	91
UNCP 5517Capstone: Love and Indoctrination	14 records	94

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 3 records

The Professor4 items

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

8717th pctl

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

9450th pctl

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

8821st pctl

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

9555th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8012th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

775th pctl

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

783rd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

819th pctl

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

8729th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8212th 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.

8624th pctl

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

702nd 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

3 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Thomas Kaplan-Maxfield	Fall 2024	01	68	64	40
Thomas Kaplan-Maxfield	Summer 2023	01	100	93	—
Thomas Kaplan-Maxfield	Summer 2022	01	90	85	—

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.