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ENGR 1026

Innovation Through Engineering Design · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

93BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2024 – Fall 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

19thMore challenging than 19% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

85BC — “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.

Would you like to harness your agency and engineering practice to help solve complex sociotechnical problems? "Innovation Through Engineering Design is about developing skills and practices to work on important and complex problems for the common good. Engineering design involves working through a structured framework and practices to creatively understand, work on, and iterate on problems, which can be learned and practiced by anyone. In this foundational course, we will introduce the framework, mindset, processes, and methods at the core of Engineering Design and Design Thinking. You will see inspiring case studies, practice active reflection on your learning, and work in teams on a variety of projects to internalize this learning.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Avneet HiraAssociate Professor, Sabet Family Dean’s Faculty Fellow · Engineering Provisional	962 records	39th	19th

There is no ranking to read here: Avneet Hira is the only instructor with evaluation records for ENGR 1026, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Avneet Hira

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
UNAS 1025Innovation through Design Thinking	722 records	85
ENGR 3100Collaborative Service Engineering Project	515 records	85
ENGR 1101Introduction to Human-Centered Engineering	310 records	74
ENGR 2105Engineering Foundations Studio V	57 records	78
ENGR 2702Second-Year Human-Centered Engineering Reflection 1	47 records	75
ENGR 4704Senior Year Human-Centered Engineering Reflection 1	23 records	82

Other ENGR classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
ENGR 1801Making the Modern World: Design, Ethics & Engineering	830 records	81
ENGR 3100Collaborative Service Engineering Project	515 records	85
ENGR 2104Engineering Foundations Studio IV	314 records	73
ENGR 1703First-year Human-Centered Engineering Reflection 2	112 records	79
ENGR 2103Engineering Foundations Studio III	312 records	71
ENGR 3105Introduction to Statistical Data Analysis and Machine Learning	111 records	86

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.

9669th 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.

9672nd pctl

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

9879th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9363rd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9254th pctl

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

9356th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9254th 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.

9253rd 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.

8519th pctl

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

8833rd 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
Avneet Hira	Fall 2025	01	95	92	60
Avneet Hira	Fall 2024	01	96	94	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.