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MUSA 2306

Musics of Africa · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of

69BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – Fall 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

2ndMore challenging than 2% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

74BC — “Intellectually Challenging”3 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

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

40BC — “Workload”3 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

3 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Timothy ManginMusic	703 records	25th	2nd

There is no ranking to read here: Timothy Mangin is the only instructor with evaluation records for MUSA 2306, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Timothy Mangin

4 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
MUSA 1300History of Popular Music	529 records	79
MUSP 1670Waaw Waaw Sabar: BC West African Music Ensemble	214 records	95
MUSA 2330History of Jazz	24 records	68
MUSA 2334Hip Hop in American Culture	14 records	62

Other MUSA classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
MUSA 1100Fundamentals of Music Theory	1087 records	82
MUSA 1200Introduction to Music	1163 records	80
MUSA 2100Harmony	536 records	87
MUSA 3100Chromatic Harmony	432 records	72
MUSA 1300History of Popular Music	529 records	79
MUSA 1320Introduction to Musics of the World	529 records	73

The line

All 13 items · means across 3 records

The Professor4 items

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

816th pctl

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

762nd pctl

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

816th pctl

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

825th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

682nd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

712nd pctl

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

741st pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

808th pctl

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

621st pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

702nd 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.

742nd pctl

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

8111th 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

3 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Timothy Mangin	Fall 2024	01	64	70	—
Timothy Mangin	Fall 2023	01	66	61	—
Timothy Mangin	Spring 2022	01	80	76	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.