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FREN 7780

Readings in Theory · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

92BC evaluations2 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

93rdMore challenging than 93% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

99BC — “Intellectually Challenging”2 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

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”2 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

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Kevin NewmarkProfessor of French · Romance Languages and Literatures Provisional	962 records	78th	93rd	1001 rating · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Kevin Newmark is the only instructor with evaluation records for FREN 7780, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Kevin Newmark

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
FREN 3306Narrative and Identity: The Story You Tell Yourself	410 records	86
FREN 3307Great Books in French	59 records	77
FREN 4433True Fiction: From Philosophy to Literature	13 records	83
FREN 4404How to Begin Thinking: Aftermaths of Twentieth-Century Literature, Philosophy, History	12 records	86
FREN 4439Painters of Modernity: Baudelaire and Flaubert	12 records	84
FREN 7750Reading Jacques Derrida	12 records	88

Other FREN classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
FREN 1110Intermediate French II	1858 records	79
FREN 1109Intermediate French I	1847 records	79
FREN 1010Elementary French II	1434 records	87
FREN 1009Elementary French I	1123 records	86
FREN 2210French Conversation, Composition, and Reading II	318 records	85
FREN 2209French Conversation, Composition, and Reading I	417 records	77

The line

All 13 items · means across 2 records

The Professor4 items

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

9666th pctl

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

9779th pctl

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

9672nd pctl

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

9773rd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8935th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

712nd pctl

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

9678th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9474th 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.

9251st 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.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9993rd pctl

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

9783rd 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

2 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Kevin Newmark	Spring 2026	01	91	84	60
Kevin Newmark	Spring 2022	01	100	100	—

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.