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JOUR 2256

Truth: A Short History · 1 instructor on record · 4 sections

What the course score is made of

87BC evaluations4 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2024

—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

26thMore challenging than 26% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

86BC — “Intellectually Challenging”4 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

30thMore work than 30% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

47BC — “Workload”4 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

4 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Charles SennottUniversity and Capstone	914 records	30th	26th

There is no ranking to read here: Charles Sennott is the only instructor with evaluation records for JOUR 2256, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Charles Sennott

1 other class

Class	Instructors	Course score
JOUR 2259Breaking The News	12 records	77

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 2223Sports and News Broadcasting	110 records	86
JOUR 2225Journalism and New Media	110 records	86
JOUR 2231Feature Writing	210 records	94
JOUR 4942Senior Seminar	410 records	91

The line

All 13 items · means across 4 records

The Professor4 items

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

9242nd pctl

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

8716th 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.

777th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9357th pctl

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

9676th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9362nd pctl

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

9044th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8935th 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.

4730th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8626th pctl

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

8625th 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

4 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Charles Sennott	Spring 2024	01	83	82	40
Charles Sennott	Fall 2023	01	96	88	—
Charles Sennott	Fall 2022	01	98	93	60
Charles Sennott	Fall 2021	01	89	86	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.