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ENGL 4412

Writing Workshop: Creative Nonfiction · 9 instructors on record · 16 sections

What the course score is made of

91BC evaluations16 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 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

52ndMore challenging than 52% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

91BC — “Intellectually Challenging”16 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

40thMore work than 40% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

52BC — “Workload”16 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

9 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. 2 of the 9 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Bonnie RudnerAssociate Professor of the Practice · English	983 records	30th	55th	8613 ratings · all classes
2	Kimberly GarciaEnglish Provisional fewer records	1001 record	78th	91st	—no page
3	Suzanne BerneEnglish Provisional	1001 record	25th	9th	—no page
4	Stuart NadlerEnglish Provisional	962 records	—	72nd	1002 ratings · all classes
5	Jean FranzinoAssistant Professor of the Practice · English Provisional	941 record	78th	39th	803 ratings · all classes
6	Paula MathieuAssociate Professor · English Provisional	912 records	25th	84th	787 ratings · all classes
7	Lori Harrison-KahanProfessor of the Practice · English Provisional	881 record	78th	64th	—no page
8	Thomas Kaplan-MaxfieldAssociate Professor of the Practice · English Provisional fewer records	842 records	78th	29th	—no page
9	Susan RobertsAssociate Professor of the Practice · English	853 records	78th	60th	9015 ratings · all classes

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. 7 of 9 rows are marked provisional: fewer than 3 records stand behind the number. That is thin evidence, not a bad instructor — the record count is in every row. 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 16 records

The Professor4 items

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

9564th pctl

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

9672nd pctl

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

9668th pctl

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

9771st pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9467th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9146th pctl

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

9569th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9468th pctl

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

9467th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9782nd 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.

5240th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9152nd pctl

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

9462nd 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

16 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Lori Harrison-Kahan	Spring 2024	01	88	85	60
Bonnie Rudner	Spring 2024	02	96	96	60
Paula Mathieu	Fall 2023	01	90	90	—
Susan Roberts	Fall 2023	02	82	82	—
Susan Roberts	Fall 2023	03	80	80	—
Thomas Kaplan-Maxfield	Spring 2023	01	74	76	—
Bonnie Rudner	Spring 2023	02	97	94	40
Stuart Nadler	Fall 2022	01	100	100	—
Paula Mathieu	Fall 2022	02	92	92	40
Kimberly Garcia	Fall 2022	03	100	93	60
Susan Roberts	Summer 2022	01	92	92	60
Jean Franzino	Spring 2022	01	94	97	60
Stuart Nadler	Spring 2022	02	92	90	—
Suzanne Berne	Fall 2021	01	100	100	40
Bonnie Rudner	Fall 2021	02	100	98	40
Thomas Kaplan-Maxfield	Fall 2021	03	95	91	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.