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PHCG 7120

Cancer Epidemiology (graduate level) · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

100BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · 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

100thMore challenging than 100% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

100BC — “Intellectually Challenging”1 record · 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

93rdMore work than 93% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

80BC — “Workload”1 record · 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

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Kurt StraifSchiller Institute Provisional	1001 record	93rd	100th

There is no ranking to read here: Kurt Straif is the only instructor with evaluation records for PHCG 7120, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

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 3120Cancer Epidemiology	14 records	71

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 1 record

The Professor4 items

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

100100th 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.

100100th pctl

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

100100th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

100100th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

100100th pctl

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

100100th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

100100th pctl

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

8013th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8010th 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.

8093rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

100100th pctl

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

100100th 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

1 section · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Kurt Straif	Spring 2025	01	100	100	80

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.