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MUSA 3120

Seminar in Composition · 1 instructor on record · 5 sections

What the course score is made of

91BC evaluations5 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – Spring 2026

—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

53rdMore challenging than 53% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

91BC — “Intellectually Challenging”5 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

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

60BC — “Workload”5 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

5 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Thomas LeeMusic	885 records	78th	53rd

There is no ranking to read here: Thomas Lee is the only instructor with evaluation records for MUSA 3120, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Thomas Lee

4 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
MUSA 1100Fundamentals of Music Theory	1087 records	82
MUSA 3100Chromatic Harmony	432 records	72
MUSA 3114Jazz Harmony and Improvisation	14 records	83
MUSA 3130Orchestration	13 records	89

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 5 records

The Professor4 items

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

8925th pctl

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

9030th pctl

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

9560th pctl

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

9659th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9465th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9252nd pctl

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

9029th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9788th pctl

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

9467th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9466th 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.

9153rd pctl

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

9254th 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

5 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Thomas Lee	Spring 2026	01	80	87	—
Thomas Lee	Spring 2025	01	87	93	60
Thomas Lee	Spring 2024	01	95	93	—
Thomas Lee	Spring 2023	01	90	96	60
Thomas Lee	Spring 2022	01	88	88	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.