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FILM 3389

American Directors Series · 1 instructor on record · 5 sections

What the course score is made of

93BC 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

37thMore challenging than 37% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

88BC — “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

29thMore work than 29% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

45BC — “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 series will concentrate on several directors who have chosen to work on the East Coast rather than in the Hollywood mainstream, such as Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Sidney Lumet, Elia Kazan and Woody Allen. Many have roots in New York and use the City not only as a setting for their narratives but as a metaphor for the human condition they explore. This school of Urban Realism has enriched American film with a gritty documentary strain that stands in strong contrast to the polished Hollywood style.

The only instructor on record

5 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Gautam ChopraPart-time Faculty, Film · Art, Art History, and Film	945 records	29th	37th

There is no ranking to read here: Gautam Chopra is the only instructor with evaluation records for FILM 3389, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Gautam Chopra

3 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
FILM 2273Filmmaking II	210 records	87
FILM 3331Independent American Film	15 records	88
FILM 4461Filmaking III	15 records	96

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 5 records

The Professor4 items

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

9453rd pctl

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

8820th pctl

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

9351st pctl

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

9664th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9676th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9252nd pctl

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

9138th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9150th pctl

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

8729th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8833rd 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.

4529th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8837th pctl

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

9254th 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
Gautam Chopra	Fall 2025	01	94	91	40
Gautam Chopra	Fall 2024	01	96	94	—
Gautam Chopra	Fall 2023	01	93	93	60
Gautam Chopra	Fall 2022	01	93	93	40
Gautam Chopra	Fall 2021	01	95	92	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.