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PRTO 4402

From Knowledge to Wisdom: Integrating the Humanities, Management, and Sciences · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

96BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2026

—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

82ndMore challenging than 82% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

96BC — “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

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

40BC — “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	RMP overall
Michael SmithAssociate Professor of the Practice · Undergrad Management Honors/Ethics Provisional	971 record	25th	82nd	9630 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Michael Smith is the only instructor with evaluation records for PRTO 4402, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Michael Smith

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
PRTO 1000Portico	11169 records	90
PRTO 3300Senior Seminar in Business Ethics	615 records	98
UGMG 2000Ethical Leadership: Theory and Practice	36 records	100
PRTO 4307Happiness in a Commercial Society	24 records	96
PRTO 4901Special Topics: The Ethics and Politics of Capitalism	24 records	96
SCHI 3200The Ethics of Sustainability and the Future of the Common Good	22 records	93

Other PRTO classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
PRTO 1000Portico	11169 records	90
PRTO 3300Senior Seminar in Business Ethics	615 records	98
PRTO 2402American Commerce and American Culture	211 records	87
PRTO 4307Happiness in a Commercial Society	24 records	96
PRTO 4901Special Topics: The Ethics and Politics of Capitalism	24 records	96
PRTO 2401Free Markets, Faith, and the Common Good	13 records	95

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.

9882nd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9358th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9786th 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.

9992nd pctl

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

9889th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9888th 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.

9682nd pctl

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

9783rd 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
Michael Smith	Spring 2026	01	97	96	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.