Class record · MUSA · MCAS

MUSA 3260

J.S. Bach · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of

94BC evaluations3 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

55thMore challenging than 55% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

91BC — “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	RMP overall
Peter WatchornAdjunct Professor · Music	983 records	25th	55th	866 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Peter Watchorn is the only instructor with evaluation records for MUSA 3260, so the number is a record, not a position. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Peter Watchorn

2 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
MUSA 1200Introduction to Music	1163 records	80
MUSA 2203Music of the Baroque	12 records	98

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.

9665th pctl

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

9666th pctl

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

9667th pctl

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

9882nd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9465th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8622nd pctl

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

9350th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9258th pctl

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

8522nd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9357th 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.

9155th pctl

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

9781st 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
Peter Watchorn	Fall 2025	01	98	98	40
Peter Watchorn	Fall 2023	01	100	88	—
Peter Watchorn	Fall 2021	01	97	97	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.