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ENGR 3111

Advanced Engineering Foundations: Materials Engineering · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

88BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · 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

60thMore challenging than 60% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

92BC — “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.

This introductory Materials Science and Engineering course provides an important background to aid in material selection for various applications. Students will learn about the fundamentals of materials, focusing on the crystal structure of solids and mechanical properties of materials that are essential for understanding the structure-property-processing relationships of materials. Thecourse will then examine different material types metals, alloys, ceramics, polymers, and composites highlighting their structure, mechanical properties, and processing techniques. By applying their acquired knowledge, students will evaluate materials for use in biomaterials, energy, and environmental applications, emphasizing material properties, design, and selection.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Ali SalifuAssistant Professor · Engineering Provisional	922 records	39th	60th

There is no ranking to read here: Ali Salifu is the only instructor with evaluation records for ENGR 3111, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Ali Salifu

5 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
ENGR 2103Engineering Foundations Studio III	312 records	71
ENGR 2105Engineering Foundations Studio V	57 records	78
ENGR 3101Engineering for Society	35 records	69
ENGR 3110Advanced Engineering Foundations: Materials	13 records	67
ENGR 3210Advanced Engineering Foundations: Biomaterials	12 records	75

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.

9454th pctl

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

9347th 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.

9448th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9357th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9360th pctl

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

9247th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9684th pctl

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

632nd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8110th 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.

9260th pctl

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

8934th 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
Ali Salifu	Fall 2025	01	92	89	60
Ali Salifu	Fall 2025	02	91	87	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.