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PSYC 2255

Health Psychology: Foundations for a Culture of Health Equity · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

73BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2025

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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

21stMore challenging than 21% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

85BC — “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.

Health psychology examines how to promote and maintain health, prevent and treat illness, identify the causes and diagnostic correlates of health and illness, and improve health care systems and policy. This course provides an overview of major concepts and questions in the field, combining classic and contemporary research with a critical examination of psychological theories applied to health and illness. Through reading, lectures, and interactive discussions, students will critically examine various psychological and social influences on health such as identity, behaviors, beliefs, relationships, motivation, environment, and culture. For example, students will explore topics such as health behavior change, determinants of health, the evolving patient-provider relationship, the impact of racism on health, the role of self and social control for health, and the intersection of health motivation with identity. It also examines how health psychology can help promote a more equitable health culture by improving our understanding of how to address issues such as racial and ethnic healthcare disparities.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Kengthsagn LouisAssistant Professor · Psychology and Neuroscience Provisional	821 record	25th	21st

There is no ranking to read here: Kengthsagn Louis is the only instructor with evaluation records for PSYC 2255, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Kengthsagn Louis

1 other class

Class	Instructors	Course score
PSYC 5544Psychological Insights from Caribbean and African Epistemologies	11 record	100

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All of them

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PSYC 1120Introduction to Behavioral Statistics and Research I	646 records	68
PSYC 1110Brain, Mind, & Behavior	628 records	76
PSYC 1111Self, Mind, & Society	628 records	83
PSYC 2234Introduction to Psychopathology	414 records	91
PSYC 2260Child Developmental Psychology	613 records	77
PSYC 2285Behavioral Neuroscience	313 records	86

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.

8822nd pctl

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

9349th pctl

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

8925th pctl

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

9338th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8113th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8416th pctl

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

9242nd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

818th pctl

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

8835th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8520th 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.

8521st pctl

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

8213th 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
Kengthsagn Louis	Spring 2025	01	82	73	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.