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MATH 4475

History of Mathematics · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

68BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2024

—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”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

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “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.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Robert GrossAssociate Professor · Mathematics Provisional	641 record	78th	36th	3816 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Robert Gross is the only instructor with evaluation records for MATH 4475, 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 Robert Gross

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
MATH 2202Multivariable Calculus	2589 records	72
MATH 2216Introduction to Abstract Mathematics	1532 records	81
MATH 4426Probability	420 records	71
MATH 3320Introduction to Analysis	710 records	77
MATH 4460Complex Variables	69 records	76
MATH 4470Mathematical Modeling	35 records	74

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.

742nd pctl

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

8612th pctl

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

827th pctl

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

9025th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

703rd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

702nd pctl

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

700th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9045th pctl

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

9675th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

764th 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.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8836th pctl

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

9464th 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
Robert Gross	Spring 2024	01	64	68	60

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.