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ENVS 3371

Imagining Sustainable Futures · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

75BC evaluations1 record · 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

20thMore challenging than 20% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

85BC — “Intellectually Challenging”1 record · 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

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”1 record · 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.

In 1987, the UN-sponsored Brundtland Report defined sustainability as meet[ing] the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Implicit in this statement is the necessity of envisioning potential futures in order to guide our actions in the present. In this class, we explore how artists, filmmakers, and writers of all stripes have taken up the challenge of picturing possible worlds that ripple out from decisions we make today. Together we will encounter a variety of imaginative works in which human relationships with the environment are significantly, sometimes radically, transformed. Although our focus is on concerted critical analysis of these fictive futures, we will also assess their implications for the present and respond with creative visions of our own. This course fulfills the requirement for a critical course in the Environmental Communication concentration.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Jennifer BurnsEnvironmental Studies Provisional	881 record	78th	20th	1002 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Jennifer Burns is the only instructor with evaluation records for ENVS 3371, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Jennifer Burns

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
ARTH 1102Art: Renaissance to Modern Times	818 records	85
ENVS 3355Sustainable Cities	27 records	87
ARTS 1109Design is Human	16 records	69
ENVS 2240Ideas and Practices in Environmental Studies	25 records	78
ENVS 4006Place-making for a Net-Zero Future: Sustainable Architecture and Landscape Design	15 records	85
ARTS 1602Perspectives on Art: Art and the Environment	12 records	74

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 1 record

The Professor4 items

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

9346th 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.

9347th pctl

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

9556th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

787th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

809th pctl

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

8823rd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8832nd pctl

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

8114th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9145th 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.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8520th pctl

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

9250th 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

1 section · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Jennifer Burns	Fall 2025	01	88	75	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.