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NELC 4121

Advanced Arabic I · 1 instructor on record · 5 sections

What the course score is made of

95BC evaluations5 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

87thMore challenging than 87% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

97BC — “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.

Conducted in Arabic. Satisfies Foreign Language Proficiency Core requirement. Advanced-level work toward a thorough proficiency in all aspects of modern standard Arabic, with an emphasis on composition, syntax, style, and careful translation of advanced texts.

The only instructor on record

5 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Atef GhobrialSlavic & Eastern Languages and Literatures	995 records	78th	87th	1004 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Atef Ghobrial is the only instructor with evaluation records for NELC 4121, 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 Atef Ghobrial

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
NELC 2123Intermediate Arabic Practicum	36 records	93
NELC 1121Elementary Arabic I	15 records	87
NELC 1122Elementary Arabic II	15 records	88
NELC 2121Intermediate Arabic I	25 records	91
NELC 4122Advanced Arabic II	25 records	99
NELC 2122Intermediate Arabic II	24 records	98

Other NELC classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
NELC 1123Elementary Arabic Practicum	217 records	95
NELC 1124Elementary Arabic Practicum	211 records	94
NELC 2123Intermediate Arabic Practicum	36 records	93
NELC 1121Elementary Arabic I	15 records	87
NELC 1122Elementary Arabic II	15 records	88
NELC 2121Intermediate Arabic I	25 records	91

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.

9884th pctl

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

100100th pctl

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

9988th pctl

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

9986th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9467th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9680th pctl

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

9887th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9684th pctl

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

100100th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

100100th 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.

9787th pctl

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

9989th 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
Atef Ghobrial	Fall 2025	01	100	93	60
Atef Ghobrial	Fall 2024	01	100	93	60
Atef Ghobrial	Fall 2023	01	100	100	40
Atef Ghobrial	Fall 2022	01	100	95	40
Atef Ghobrial	Fall 2021	01	97	94	100

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.