Class record · MATH · MCAS

MATH 1006

Thinking Like a Mathematician · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

80BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Summer 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

3rdMore challenging than 3% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

76BC — “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

25thMore work than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

40BC — “Workload”1 record · 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.

This course is designed for students with a desire to expand their problem-solving skills and strategies. Students will develop a flexible and transferable collection of skills and strategies for tackling unfamiliar problems in Mathematics and beyond, which will be helpful for quantitative aspects of STEM majors. In addition, students will work with select mathematics topics commonly used in General Chemistry, including rational expressions, exponential and logarithmic functions, dimensional analysis, and working with parameters.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Juliana BeldingProfessor of the Practice, Assistant Chair for Undergraduates · Mathematics Provisional	841 record	25th	3rd	9022 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Juliana Belding is the only instructor with evaluation records for MATH 1006, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Juliana Belding

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
MATH 1100Calculus I	47180 records	64
MATH 2202Multivariable Calculus	2589 records	72
MATH 1101Calculus II	2664 records	73
MATH 2210Linear Algebra	1837 records	79
MATH 2216Introduction to Abstract Mathematics	1532 records	81
MATH 1190Fundamentals of Mathematics I	49 records	80

Other MATH classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
MATH 1100Calculus I	47180 records	64
MATH 1103Calculus II (Mathematics/Science Majors)	3089 records	75
MATH 2202Multivariable Calculus	2589 records	72
MATH 1004Finite Probability and Applications	3371 records	73
MATH 1101Calculus II	2664 records	73
MATH 2210Linear Algebra	1837 records	79

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.

100100th pctl

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

8818th pctl

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

9670th pctl

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

9234th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8419th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9042nd pctl

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

9245th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8415th pctl

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

100100th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

100100th 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.

763rd pctl

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

9252nd 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

1 section · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Juliana Belding	Summer 2025	01	84	80	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.