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MESA 8417

Data Visualization and Storytelling · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

87BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Summer 2025

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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

17thMore challenging than 17% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

84BC — “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

93rdMore work than 93% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

80BC — “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 will introduce the principles for guiding the development of compelling stories based on data and how to use visualizations to assist in articulating key findings. Visualization and storytelling are important tasks in the lifecycle of a data science project and essential skills to communicate effectively. Data visualization allows data scientists to take complex data and present it in a way that is easy to understand, while storytelling allows them to add context to their findings and explain their importance. Students will learn various data visualization techniques for reporting purposes and the widely used software tools for implementing these visualizations. Students will also learn how to create interactive reports based on dashboards deployed on cloud servers to maximize client engagement.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Nam Wook KimComputer Science Provisional	821 record	93rd	17th

There is no ranking to read here: Nam Wook Kim is the only instructor with evaluation records for MESA 8417, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Nam Wook Kim

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
CSCI 2254Web Application Development	28 records	89
CSCI 3311Data Visualization	15 records	83
CSCI 3360Human-AI Interaction	12 records	84
CSCI 3361Human-Computer Interaction	11 record	83
CSCI 4921Advanced Independent Research	11 record	100
MCIS 2200Data Visualization	11 record	90

Other MESA classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
MESA 6410Introductory Statistics	210 records	86
MESA 6468Introductory Statistics	310 records	81
MESA 6420Intermediate Statistics	37 records	83
MESA 1060Classroom Assessment	36 records	87
MESA 6460Interpretation and Evaluation of Research	36 records	80
MESA 6830Interpretation and Evaluation of Research	16 records	75

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.

9345th pctl

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

8714th pctl

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

8719th pctl

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

8920th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9253rd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9253rd pctl

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

9351st pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9575th pctl

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

8833rd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8417th 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.

8093rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8417th pctl

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

754th 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
Nam Wook Kim	Summer 2025	01	82	87	80

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.