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Boston College course evaluations · every published number, ranked class by class

Positions 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.

Class record · JOUR · MCAS

JOUR 2301

Journalism on Drugs · 1 instructor on record · 4 sections

What the course score is made of
94BC evaluations4 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2024 – 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
BC — “Intellectually Challenging”4 records — does not contribute

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.

What the workload rank is made of
BC — “Workload”4 records — does not contribute

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.

The only instructor on record

4 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
John O'connorUniversity and Capstone954 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 classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
JOUR 2238Food Writing19 records92
JOUR 2255Writing Narrative Journalism16 records96

Other JOUR classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
JOUR 2000Introduction to Journalism619 records86
JOUR 2226Writing About Popular Music112 records89
JOUR 2223Sports and News Broadcasting110 records86
JOUR 2225Journalism and New Media110 records86
JOUR 2231Feature Writing210 records94
JOUR 4942Senior Seminar410 records91

The line

All 13 items · means across 4 records

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

Game log

4 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
John O'connorSpring 2026019999
John O'connorFall 2025019898
John O'connorSpring 2025019795
John O'connorFall 2024018784

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.