JOUR 2301
Journalism on Drugs · 1 instructor on record · 4 sections
Boston College's ratings are bunched at the top — the median instructor averages about 88 out of 100 on the raw scale, and 44% of them clear 90 — so a raw score cannot separate anybody. Every figure here is ranked against BC classes and that rank is re-expressed out of 100, which is what turns a raw 88 — the middle of the university — into a figure that says where somebody actually stands. On this scale 77 is the median, 84 the top quarter and 91 the top tenth. Workload is then an adjustment on top of that, worth nothing at all for an ordinary one. Boston College's workload question was not reported in these records, so easiness could not be worked out. That is missing data, not a heavy class — and it takes nothing off the score.
The class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it — who taught it is the board below.
How is this worked out?
That is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between: the board carries each instructor's own score for this class, and the score above is the class averaged across all of them.
Not reported in these records — which is missing data, not an easy class.
How is this worked out?
Boston College's “intellectually challenging” question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not an easy class.
Not reported in these records — which is missing data, not a light class.
How is this worked out?
Boston College's workload question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not a light class.
Note to Journalism minors: this coursesatisfies the requirement for an elective with a "critical"orientation.The biggest public health crisis during the war on drugs was over legal drugs opioids which have killed over a million Americans. Drug policies, driven by irrationality and fear, have ruined countless lives. Journalists, wittingly or not, were partisans in this war, and often (though not always) ahead of the curve in advocating for change with regards to drugs, and to vice more generally. In this class we take a close look at the practice and tradition of drug journalism at a watershed moment in American history. Readings will include works by Chris Kraus, Hunter S. Thompson, Susan Orlean, Lawrence Osborne, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, Geoff Dyer, and others.
| Instructor | Curve | Easiness | Challenge |
|---|---|---|---|
| John O'ConnorUniversity and Capstone | 8995 raw · 4 records | — | — |
There is no ranking to read here: John O'Connor is the only instructor with evaluation records for JOUR 2301, so the number is a record, not a position.
Also taught by John O'Connor
2 other classesOther JOUR classes
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All 13 items · means across 4 recordsNone of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.
Game log
4 sections · newest first| Instructor | Term | Sec | Instr | Course | Work |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John O'Connor | Spring 2026 | 01 | 99 | 99 | — |
| John O'Connor | Fall 2025 | 01 | 98 | 98 | — |
| John O'Connor | Spring 2025 | 01 | 97 | 95 | — |
| John O'Connor | Fall 2024 | 01 | 87 | 84 | — |
How to read this board
Instructors 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.