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JOUR 2309

Telling Difficult Stories · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

98BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2025 – 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

36thMore challenging than 36% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

88BC — “Intellectually Challenging”2 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”2 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

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Christine CaswellCommunication Provisional	982 records	25th	36th

There is no ranking to read here: Christine Caswell is the only instructor with evaluation records for JOUR 2309, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Christine Caswell

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
COMM 1030Public Speaking	1166 records	83
JOUR 2000Introduction to Journalism	619 records	86
ADLP 7001Leading Through Words: Crafting Impactful Messages	29 records	68
COMM 2210Broadcast and Digital Communication	27 records	84
COMM 5589Internship Practicum	36 records	94
JOUR 2227Writing for Broadcast	25 records	91

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 2 records

The Professor4 items

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

9987th pctl

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

9883rd pctl

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

9987th pctl

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

9984th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9574th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9466th pctl

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

9569th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9470th pctl

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

9147th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9677th 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.

8836th pctl

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

9989th 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

2 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Christine Caswell	Spring 2026	01	100	98	—
Christine Caswell	Spring 2025	01	96	98	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.