Class record · PHCG · Schiller Institute

PHCG 3120

Cancer Epidemiology · 1 instructor on record · 4 sections

What the course score is made of

71BC evaluations4 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – Spring 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

14thMore challenging than 14% 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

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

40BC — “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
Kurt StraifSchiller Institute	824 records	25th	14th

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

Also taught by Kurt Straif

3 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
PHCG 1210Public Health in a Global Society	1021 records	85
PHCG 2120Introduction to Epidemiology	29 records	91
PHCG 7120Cancer Epidemiology (graduate level)	11 record	100

Other PHCG classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
PHCG 1210Public Health in a Global Society	1021 records	85
PHCG 2130Global Public Health Law	210 records	69
PHCG 2120Introduction to Epidemiology	29 records	91
PHCG 3210Contemporary Issues in Public Health	15 records	91
PHCG 3560Biostatistics, Data Analytics and Quantitative Methods in Public Health	15 records	94
PHCG 4140Children's Health and the Environment	15 records	92

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.

8822nd pctl

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

9457th pctl

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

9137th pctl

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

9236th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

777th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8313th 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.

8516th pctl

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

9146th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8416th 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.

8314th pctl

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

8316th 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
Kurt Straif	Spring 2025	01	70	65	40
Kurt Straif	Spring 2024	01	91	79	40
Kurt Straif	Spring 2023	01	80	60	40
Kurt Straif	Spring 2022	01	87	78	—

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.