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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 3702

Third-Year Human-Centered Engineering Reflection 1 · 1 instructor on record · 4 sections

What the course score is made of
78BC evaluations4 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
1stMore challenging than 1% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
70BC — “Intellectually Challenging”4 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”4 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.

Students will participate in weekly reflections designed to integrate experiences in the HCE classroom with broader questions about the relationships among engineering, design, and society. In the third year, students will explore ideas of engineering identity, service-based engineering, and the what it means to engage with communities during engineering project work. (Part 1 of a 2 course sequence)

The only instructor on record

4 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
Emma BraceAssistant Professor · Engineering894 records0th1st

There is no ranking to read here: Emma Brace is the only instructor with evaluation records for ENGR 3702, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Emma Brace

4 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
ENGR 3703Third-Year Human-Centered Engineering Reflection 215 records77
ENGR 4320Quantitative Sustainable Design14 records88
ENGR 3112Advanced Engineering Foundations: Thermodynamics12 records94
ENGR 3320Quantitative Sustainable Design12 records63

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 1703First-year Human-Centered Engineering Reflection 2112 records79
ENGR 2103Engineering Foundations Studio III312 records71
ENGR 3105Introduction to Statistical Data Analysis and Machine Learning111 records86

The line

All 13 items · means across 4 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
9026th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9131st pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9028th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9025th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
9145th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
9042nd pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9242nd pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
8313th pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
9255th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
8935th 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.
701st pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
8522nd 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

4 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Emma BraceFall 202501957520
Emma BraceFall 202502918020
Emma BraceFall 202401817920
Emma BraceFall 202402897920

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.