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

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 · ERAL · LSOE

ERAL 1112

First Year Experience, Reflection, and Action · 1 instructor on record · 65 sections

What the course score is made of
64BC evaluations65 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
68BC — “Intellectually Challenging”65 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
3rdMore work than 3% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
37BC — “Workload”65 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

65 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoyExperience, Reflection, Action: Lynch7665 records3rd1st

There is no ranking to read here: Julia Whitcavitch-Devoy is the only instructor with evaluation records for ERAL 1112, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Julia Whitcavitch-Devoy

6 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
ERAL 1100First-Year Seminar165 records61
COMM 2125Introduction to Feminisms416 records81
ERAL 4000First Year Experience, Reflection, and Action510 records89
ERAL 4101Cybersecurity: Innovation, Technology, and Formative Development16 records75
ENGL 2125Introduction to Feminisms34 records83
ERAL 3300ERA Undergraduate Teaching Interns and Peer Mentors14 records84

Other ERAL classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
ERAL 1100First-Year Seminar165 records61
ERAL 4000First Year Experience, Reflection, and Action510 records89
ERAL 4101Cybersecurity: Innovation, Technology, and Formative Development16 records75
ERAL 3300ERA Undergraduate Teaching Interns and Peer Mentors14 records84

The line

All 13 items · means across 65 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
817th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
815th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
827th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
825th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
8214th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
819th pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
783rd pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
732nd pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
8523rd pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
8622nd 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.
373rd pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
681st pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
723rd 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

65 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 202601855840
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 202602987340
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 202603976040
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 202604857520
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 202605886640
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 2026061009140
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 2026078366
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 202608665240
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 2026099063
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 2026109073
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 202611695140
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 202612634320
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 202613706040
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 202501796540
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 202502845020
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 202503848040
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 202504866940
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 202505737640
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 202506716040
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 202507807040
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 202508908020
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 202509888340
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 202510707520
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 2025116057
Julia Whitcavitch-DevoySpring 202512855120

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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.