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Class record · PHCG · Schiller Institute

PHCG 7810

Public Health Planning, Practice and Evaluation (Graduate level) · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of
79BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2024 – 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
0thMore challenging than 0% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
60BC — “Intellectually Challenging”2 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
BC — “Workload”2 records — does not contribute

Boston College's workload question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not a light class.

In this course, you will learn about the basic theoretical elements of program planning, monitoring, and evaluation, frameworks used for program development, and the practical process of creating and evaluatingpublic health programs. We will evaluate existing programs using publicly available documents and consider the process of developing new programs for field implementation. We will also discuss the basics of publichealth advocacy and learn about types of advocacy campaigns and methods used in the US and globally.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
Katelyn SileoSchiller Institute Provisional792 records0th

There is no ranking to read here: Katelyn Sileo is the only instructor with evaluation records for PHCG 7810, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Katelyn Sileo

2 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
PHCG 1210Public Health in a Global Society1021 records85
PHCG 3810Public Health Planning, Practice and Evaluation34 records79

Other PHCG classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
PHCG 1210Public Health in a Global Society1021 records85
PHCG 2130Global Public Health Law210 records69
PHCG 2120Introduction to Epidemiology29 records91
PHCG 3210Contemporary Issues in Public Health15 records91
PHCG 3560Biostatistics, Data Analytics and Quantitative Methods in Public Health15 records94
PHCG 4140Children's Health and the Environment15 records92

The line

All 13 items · means across 2 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
806th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9028th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
600th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
600th 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.
9033rd 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.
9044th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
600th pctl
Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
600th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
600th 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. 1 of 13 questions were not reported and are left out rather than shown as zero.

Game log

2 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Katelyn SileoFall 2025017080
Katelyn SileoFall 2024018878

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.