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MUSA 2307

Musics of Asia · 1 instructor on record · 4 sections

What the course score is made of

74BC evaluations4 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

13thMore challenging than 13% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

83BC — “Intellectually Challenging”4 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

29thMore work than 29% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

45BC — “Workload”4 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

4 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Douglass DineenMusic	804 records	29th	13th

There is no ranking to read here: Douglass Dineen is the only instructor with evaluation records for MUSA 2307, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Douglass Dineen

3 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
MUSA 1320Introduction to Musics of the World	529 records	73
MUSA 2303Afro-Brazilian Musical Worlds	12 records	95
MUSA 2304Musics of India	12 records	72

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 4 records

The Professor4 items

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

8511th pctl

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

8613th pctl

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

8514th pctl

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

8510th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8832nd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8832nd pctl

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

8513th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8211th pctl

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

8523rd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8938th 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.

4529th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8313th pctl

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

8317th 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

4 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Douglass Dineen	Fall 2025	01	87	82	40
Douglass Dineen	Fall 2024	01	73	67	40
Douglass Dineen	Fall 2022	01	78	67	60
Douglass Dineen	Fall 2021	01	83	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.