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FILM 3166

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What the course score is made of

86BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2026

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—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

33rdMore challenging than 33% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

88BC — “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
Tanya DesaiVisiting Assistant Professor Film Studies · Art, Art History, and Film Provisional	951 record	25th	33rd

There is no ranking to read here: Tanya Desai is the only instructor with evaluation records for FILM 3166, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Tanya Desai

4 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
FILM 2202Introduction to Film Art	318 records	91
FILM 2216Philosophy of Comedy: Classic Hollywood Film	11 record	89
FILM 2257Philosophy and Film	11 record	84
FILM 4454The City in Global Cinema	11 record	83

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.

9451st pctl

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

9562nd pctl

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

9565th pctl

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

9557th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9146th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9255th pctl

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

9137th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8938th pctl

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

9574th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9571st 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.

8833rd pctl

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

9463rd 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
Tanya Desai	Spring 2026	01	95	86	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.