Class record · JOUR · MCAS

JOUR 2315

The Global Health Beat · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

78BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · 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

69thMore challenging than 69% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

93BC — “Intellectually Challenging”1 record · 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

—BC — “Workload”1 record — 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.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Mara Kardas-NelsonUniversity and Capstone Provisional	871 record	—	69th

There is no ranking to read here: Mara Kardas-Nelson is the only instructor with evaluation records for JOUR 2315, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Mara Kardas-Nelson

1 other class

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JOUR 2314Telling International Stories	11 record	77

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The line

All 13 items · means across 1 record

The Professor4 items

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

9349th pctl

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

9562nd pctl

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

9562nd pctl

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

9555th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9043rd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8727th pctl

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

9356th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8725th 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.

9147th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9369th pctl

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

9042nd 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. 1 of 13 questions were not reported and are left out rather than shown as zero.

Game log

1 section · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Mara Kardas-Nelson	Spring 2026	01	87	78	—

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.