Class record · ENVS · MCAS

ENVS 3356

Seminar in Environmental Law · 1 instructor on record · 5 sections

What the course score is made of

83BC evaluations5 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – 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

91stMore challenging than 91% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

98BC — “Intellectually Challenging”5 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

81stMore work than 81% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

65BC — “Workload”5 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 is a seminar intended for undergraduates (both pre-law and non pre-law) interested in environmental law and policy. It covers selected topics in depth and thus is a good supplement to the introductory Environmental Law and Policy course, although the introductory course is not a required pre-requisite. Topics covered include: (1) the Clean Water Act and the Boston Harbor cleanup; (2) the RCRA hazardous waste regulations (3) contaminated (both superfund and brownfield) site cleanups; and (4) sustainability/toxic use reduction efforts by businesses. This course will emphasize the practical aspects of environmental law and policy including learning how to read and understand environmental regulations and permits, and will include several written exercises (in lieu of exams). Is an elective for environmental studies majors and minors. Or can be applied to the social science requirement of the food and water sustainability concentration, or the upper level environmental law and policy requirement of the environmental justice and policy concentration. Also counts as an elective for environmental geo-science majors, for students in the program for global public health and the common good, and for students in the managing for social impact program in the Carroll School. This course is open to seniors and juniors. Sophomores may be admitted, but only with the permission of the instructor.

The only instructor on record

5 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Jeffry FowleyEnvironmental Studies	815 records	81st	91st	564 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Jeffry Fowley is the only instructor with evaluation records for ENVS 3356, so the number is a record, not a position. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Jeffry Fowley

4 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
ENVS 2256Environmental Law and Policy	2443 records	88
LAWS 4450Environmental Law: Teaching Seminar	37 records	92
LAWS 7482Law of Toxic Substances	13 records	87
ENVS 2258Environmental Law and Policy in the United States and Europe	11 record	71

Other ENVS classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
ENVS 2256Environmental Law and Policy	2443 records	88
ENVS 1075Understanding and Protecting Our Oceans in the Wake of Global Change	317 records	75
ENVS 4943Environmental Seminar	511 records	75
ENVS 3360Research Methods in Environmental Studies	28 records	74
ENVS 4941ENVS: Senior Research Seminar I	18 records	72
ENVS 4942ENVS: Senior Research Seminar II	18 records	71

The line

All 13 items · means across 5 records

The Professor4 items

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

9031st pctl

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

8923rd pctl

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

9137th pctl

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

9027th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9357th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9144th 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.

9367th pctl

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

9989th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9888th 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.

6581st pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9891st pctl

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

9989th 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

5 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Jeffry Fowley	Fall 2025	01	78	82	80
Jeffry Fowley	Fall 2024	01	81	84	60
Jeffry Fowley	Fall 2023	01	70	76	—
Jeffry Fowley	Fall 2022	01	88	85	60
Jeffry Fowley	Fall 2021	01	88	88	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.