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HIST 1627

Making the Modern World: Design, Ethics & Engineering · 4 instructors on record · 18 sections

What the course score is made of

87BC evaluations18 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2022 – 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

44thMore challenging than 44% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

90BC — “Intellectually Challenging”18 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”18 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 is a Complex Problem course and is open to FRESHMEN only. You must take ENGR1801 with this course. Together we will consider how engineers and other stakeholders navigate risks related to industrial and environmental disasters, balance financial, technological, and regulatory pressures associated with complex socio-technical problems, and negotiate technical and political liabilities surrounding artificial intelligence, surveillance, and climate adaptation. Engineering systems present pressing technical, ethical, and moral problems that we must grapple with as engaged global citizens. In this course, students will explore the social, cultural, and institutional history of engineering, learn foundational skills in quantitative analysis of real-world engineering designs, and understand the political, environmental, economic, and ethical tradeoffs associated with building the modern world. Students will collaborate on group design projects based on human-centered engineering.

The board

4 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Scores are real averages. The order also accounts for how many records back each one — the count is under every score — so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. 1 of the 4 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Glenn GaudetteJohn W. Kozarich ’71 Chair of the Department of Engineering (on leave starting June 2026) · Engineering	937 records	78th	39th	—no page
2	Jenna TonnAssociate Professor of the Practice, Director of Undergraduate Studies · Engineering	935 records	78th	53rd	966 ratings · all classes
3	Jonathan KronesComplex Problems and Enduring Questions Provisional fewer records	762 records	—	—	646 ratings · all classes
4	Russell PowellComplex Problems and Enduring Questions	794 records	78th	53rd	802 ratings · all classes

How this board is orderedPositions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted. The comparison here is the class itself: a thin record is read against how this class was rated overall, not against the university.

Every instructor with an evaluation record for this class is on this board — it is not a top ten, and nothing is hidden behind a “show more”. Overall is the instructor's blended score for THIS class only, and its one contributing source is Boston College's evaluations for the sections in the row's record count — nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Workload and Challenge are RANKS against every class we hold, not scores: BC's questions all sit near the top of the 1-5 scale, so a raw number would put almost every row in the high eighties and tell you nothing. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item, which students answer positively about courses that stretched them — it is not a measure of difficulty or grading. Neither column is ever marked better or worse. 1 of 4 rows are marked provisional: fewer than 3 records stand behind the number. That is thin evidence, not a bad instructor — the record count is in every row. The RateMyProfessors column is an instructor's overall figure across everything they teach; that site has no course dimension, so it is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 18 records

The Professor4 items

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

9241st pctl

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

9343rd pctl

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

9452nd pctl

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

9449th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9252nd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9466th pctl

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

9352nd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9045th 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.

8830th 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.

9044th pctl

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

8937th 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

18 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Jenna Tonn	Fall 2025	01	95	84	60
Jenna Tonn	Fall 2024	01	93	80	60
Jenna Tonn	Fall 2023	01	91	80	—
Jonathan Krones	Fall 2023	01	77	80	—
Jenna Tonn	Fall 2023	10	91	80	—
Jonathan Krones	Fall 2023	10	76	80	—
Jenna Tonn	Fall 2022	01	98	90	60
Russell Powell	Fall 2022	02	83	93	60
Russell Powell	Fall 2022	03	77	85	60
Russell Powell	Fall 2022	04	71	88	60
Russell Powell	Fall 2022	05	84	96	60
Glenn Gaudette	Fall 2022	06	98	91	60
Glenn Gaudette	Fall 2022	07	100	91	60
Glenn Gaudette	Fall 2022	08	98	88	60
Glenn Gaudette	Fall 2022	09	70	80	60
Glenn Gaudette	Fall 2022	10	97	97	60
Glenn Gaudette	Fall 2022	11	100	97	60
Glenn Gaudette	Fall 2022	12	87	83	60

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.