Carney Curve

Boston College course evaluations · every published number, ranked class by class

Top of the board1.ECON 9902962.LAWS 8856973.PRTO 3300984.BSLW 2299975.PHIL 4932986.LAWS 8308987.SCWK 9960998.EESC 99011009.MUSP 16609610.UGMG 10109811.UNCP 55119712.SCWK 883197

Positions 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.

Class record · ENGR · MCAS

ENGR 1703

First-year Human-Centered Engineering Reflection 2 · 1 instructor on record · 12 sections

What the course score is made of
79BC evaluations12 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – Spring 2026
—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
1stMore challenging than 1% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
71BC — “Intellectually Challenging”12 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
0thMore work than 0% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
20BC — “Workload”12 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

12 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
Glenn GaudetteJohn W. Kozarich ’71 Chair of the Department of Engineering (on leave starting June 2026) · Engineering9412 records0th1st

There is no ranking to read here: Glenn Gaudette is the only instructor with evaluation records for ENGR 1703, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Glenn Gaudette

6 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
ENGR 1801Making the Modern World: Design, Ethics & Engineering830 records81
HIST 1627Making the Modern World: Design, Ethics & Engineering418 records87
ENGR 3100Collaborative Service Engineering Project515 records85
ENGR 4102Senior Impact Project39 records66
ENGR 4103Senior Impact Project49 records79
ENGR 2702Second-Year Human-Centered Engineering Reflection 147 records75

Other ENGR classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
ENGR 1801Making the Modern World: Design, Ethics & Engineering830 records81
ENGR 3100Collaborative Service Engineering Project515 records85
ENGR 2104Engineering Foundations Studio IV314 records73
ENGR 2103Engineering Foundations Studio III312 records71
ENGR 3105Introduction to Statistical Data Analysis and Machine Learning111 records86
ENGR 1101Introduction to Human-Centered Engineering310 records74

The line

All 13 items · means across 12 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
9561st pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9136th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9457th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9555th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
8214th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
8313th 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.
806th pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
9148th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
9146th 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.
200th pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
711st pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
755th 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

12 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Glenn GaudetteSpring 202601927520
Glenn GaudetteSpring 202602938920
Glenn GaudetteSpring 202501947220
Glenn GaudetteSpring 202502937420
Glenn GaudetteSpring 202401917520
Glenn GaudetteSpring 202402989420
Glenn GaudetteSpring 202403918320
Glenn GaudetteSpring 202301865820
Glenn GaudetteSpring 202302969220
Glenn GaudetteSpring 202303988420
Glenn GaudetteSpring 202201937520
Glenn GaudetteSpring 2022021008020

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.