Class record · PSYC · MCAS

PSYC 5585

Advanced Brain Systems: Motivation and Emotion · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of

94BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – 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

70thMore challenging than 70% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

94BC — “Intellectually Challenging”3 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

43rdMore work than 43% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

53BC — “Workload”3 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.

This course will review the organization of neural networks that control motivated and emotional behaviors in mammals. This is a functional neuroanatomy course that will discuss how the brain regions are interconnected to form functional systems.

The only instructor on record

3 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Gorica PetrovichProfessor · Psychology and Neuroscience	973 records	43rd	70th

There is no ranking to read here: Gorica Petrovich is the only instructor with evaluation records for PSYC 5585, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Gorica Petrovich

2 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
PSYC 3388Neurobiology of Eating and Eating Disorders	13 records	90
PSYC 4485Neuroscience of Mental Illness: Current Topics	11 record	89

Other PSYC classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
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 3 records

The Professor4 items

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

9989th pctl

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

9988th pctl

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

9988th pctl

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

9984th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9785th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9992nd pctl

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

9781st pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9576th pctl

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

9991st pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9467th 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.

5343rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9470th pctl

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

9990th 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

3 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Gorica Petrovich	Fall 2025	01	95	90	40
Gorica Petrovich	Spring 2024	01	98	98	60
Gorica Petrovich	Spring 2022	01	97	94	60

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.