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LAWS 6660

Foundations of Western Law · 1 instructor on record · 5 sections

What the course score is made of

84BC evaluations5 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 2025

—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

76thMore challenging than 76% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

95BC — “Intellectually Challenging”5 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

85thMore work than 85% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

70BC — “Workload”5 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

5 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Thomas KohlerConcurrent Professor of Law and Philosophy · Philosophy	905 records	85th	76th

There is no ranking to read here: Thomas Kohler is the only instructor with evaluation records for LAWS 6660, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Thomas Kohler

4 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
PHIL 4932Perspectives Seminar	311 records	98
LAWS 2185Religion Clause Controversies: Past, Present, and Future	35 records	87
LAWS 4403Employment Law	15 records	72
LAWS 7757Labor Law	25 records	74

Other LAWS classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
LAWS 2110Critical Perspectives: Law, Context, and Professional Identity	3080 records	66
LAWS 8667Legal Practice Externship	251 records	91
LAWS 2150Law Practice 1	1032 records	84
LAWS 2155Law Practice II	1032 records	83
LAWS 8130Advanced Legal Research	829 records	92
LAWS 2190Professional Responsibility	926 records	74

The line

All 13 items · means across 5 records

The Professor4 items

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

9347th pctl

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

9670th 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.

9448th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8420th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8829th pctl

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

9034th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8935th pctl

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

8627th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8726th 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.

7085th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9576th pctl

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

9358th 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

5 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Thomas Kohler	Fall 2025	01	91	84	60
Thomas Kohler	Fall 2024	01	89	89	60
Thomas Kohler	Fall 2023	01	90	84	—
Thomas Kohler	Fall 2022	01	91	86	60
Thomas Kohler	Fall 2021	01	88	78	100

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.