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FILM 2286

Costa-Gavras: Political Thriller Film · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

77BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2023

—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

4thMore challenging than 4% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

77BC — “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

25thMore work than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

40BC — “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.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
John MichalczykProfessor · Art, Art History, and Film Provisional	851 record	25th	4th

There is no ranking to read here: John Michalczyk is the only instructor with evaluation records for FILM 2286, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by John Michalczyk

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
UNCS 2201Courage to Know	21114 records	90
ADFM 1241Film, Literature, and Law	26 records	89
FILM 2283History of European Cinema	26 records	93
FILM 1701Coming of Age: Crisis and Calm Revealed through Film	15 records	93
ADFM 2279Social Issues in Literature and Film	24 records	91
FILM 3306Social Issues in Film	24 records	87

Other FILM classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
FILM 1171Filmmaking I	426 records	87
FILM 2202Introduction to Film Art	318 records	91
FILM 2230Video Art	210 records	79
FILM 2273Filmmaking II	210 records	87
FILM 2285Adobe Premiere Editing	110 records	91
FILM 2283History of European Cinema	26 records	93

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.

8615th 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.

8822nd pctl

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

8714th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8727th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8415th pctl

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

805th pctl

Assignments & Feedback2 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8312th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8936th 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.

4025th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

774th pctl

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

8726th 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. 1 of 13 questions were not reported and are left out rather than shown as zero.

Game log

1 section · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
John Michalczyk	Spring 2023	01	85	77	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.