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Class record · FREN · MCAS

FREN 3303

French Writing Workshop · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of
85BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2023 – 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
50thMore challenging than 50% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
90BC — “Intellectually Challenging”3 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
25thMore work than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
40BC — “Workload”3 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.

Conducted in FrenchFocusing on works of literature, though also including art works and film, this course will introduce students to learning and practicing analytical and expository writing skills. It will allow students to identify key formal and content features of texts from a variety of periods and genres, and to write about them in academic French. Students will acquire practice in various French writing techniques: le resume, l'explication de texte, le commentaire, la dissertation.

The only instructor on record

3 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
Ana Cristina Celestino MontenegroRomance Languages and Literatures883 records25th50th

There is no ranking to read here: Ana Cristina Celestino Montenegro is the only instructor with evaluation records for FREN 3303, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Ana Cristina Celestino Montenegro

6 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
FREN 3306Narrative and Identity: The Story You Tell Yourself410 records86
FREN 4405Parsing the History of the French Language12 records81
FREN 4419Order and Subversion11 record84
FREN 4421Fight Like the French: Famous Quarrels and Polemics in French Culture11 record81
FREN 4422The Death of the Author11 record100
FREN 4426Women Writers in Pre-Modern Times: Around Christine de Pizan11 record76

Other FREN classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
FREN 1110Intermediate French II1858 records79
FREN 1109Intermediate French I1847 records79
FREN 1010Elementary French II1434 records87
FREN 1009Elementary French I1123 records86
FREN 2210French Conversation, Composition, and Reading II318 records85
FREN 2209French Conversation, Composition, and Reading I417 records77

The line

All 13 items · means across 3 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
9778th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9349th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9564th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9556th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
9254th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
9468th pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9353rd pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
9364th pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
9465th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
9359th 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.
9050th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
9676th 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

3 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Ana Cristina Celestino MontenegroFall 202501969540
Ana Cristina Celestino MontenegroFall 202401928840
Ana Cristina Celestino MontenegroFall 2023017573

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.