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JOUR 2223

Sports and News Broadcasting · 1 instructor on record · 10 sections

What the course score is made of

86BC evaluations10 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

10thMore challenging than 10% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

81BC — “Intellectually Challenging”10 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”10 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

10 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Jon MeterparelUniversity and Capstone	8610 records	25th	10th

There is no ranking to read here: Jon Meterparel is the only instructor with evaluation records for JOUR 2223, so the number is a record, not a position.

Other JOUR classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
JOUR 2000Introduction to Journalism	619 records	86
JOUR 2226Writing About Popular Music	112 records	89
JOUR 2225Journalism and New Media	110 records	86
JOUR 2231Feature Writing	210 records	94
JOUR 4942Senior Seminar	410 records	91
JOUR 2238Food Writing	19 records	92

The line

All 13 items · means across 10 records

The Professor4 items

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

9031st pctl

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

859th pctl

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

8821st pctl

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

9551st pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8418th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8829th pctl

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

9034th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9148th pctl

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

8216th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

797th 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.

8110th pctl

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

8935th 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

10 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Jon Meterparel	Spring 2026	01	94	92	40
Jon Meterparel	Spring 2025	01	83	83	40
Jon Meterparel	Fall 2024	01	89	91	40
Jon Meterparel	Summer 2024	01	40	40	40
Jon Meterparel	Spring 2024	01	99	99	40
Jon Meterparel	Fall 2023	01	96	92	—
Jon Meterparel	Summer 2023	01	80	80	—
Jon Meterparel	Spring 2023	01	98	99	40
Jon Meterparel	Fall 2022	01	88	95	40
Jon Meterparel	Spring 2022	01	96	93	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.