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SOCY 7761

Second Year Graduate Writing Seminar · 1 instructor on record · 8 sections

What the course score is made of

88BC evaluations8 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – 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

15thMore challenging than 15% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

83BC — “Intellectually Challenging”8 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

41stMore work than 41% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

53BC — “Workload”8 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 is a 3-credit, 2-semester course that meets approximately every other week for both terms. Students should contact the professor about attending in the fall, but wait to register until the spring term. In the fall term, they should register instead for an independent study with the faculty member advising their writing project. Note that a completed research proposal is required for entry. The writing seminar is intended for second year M.A. and Ph.D. students working on their M.A. theses/papers. The 3-credit seminar begins in fall and continues into the spring term. The seminar employs a supportive structure and a collaborative learning environment to help students to carry out their independent projects.

The only instructor on record

8 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Sarah BabbProfessor · Sociology	968 records	41st	15th	843 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Sarah Babb is the only instructor with evaluation records for SOCY 7761, so the number is a record, not a position. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Sarah Babb

4 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
SOCY 2210Research Methods	723 records	79
SOCY 7711Empirical Research Seminar	24 records	94
SOCY 9999Doctoral Continuation	12 records	70
SOCY 5151Global and Transnational Sociology	11 record	93

Other SOCY classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
SOCY 1001Introductory Sociology	2657 records	82
SOCY 2210Research Methods	723 records	79
SOCY 1030Deviance and Social Control	213 records	74
SOCY 2215Social Theory	313 records	76
SOCY 2200Statistics	311 records	74
SOCY 1501Global Implications of Climate Change	310 records	78

The line

All 13 items · means across 8 records

The Professor4 items

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

9775th pctl

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

9987th pctl

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

9881st pctl

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

9664th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9357th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9466th pctl

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

9571st pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9045th pctl

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

9573rd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9675th 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.

5341st pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8315th pctl

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

9147th 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

8 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Sarah Babb	Spring 2026	01	100	70	60
Sarah Babb	Spring 2025	01	97	83	40
Sarah Babb	Fall 2024	01	90	70	40
Sarah Babb	Spring 2024	01	85	80	40
Sarah Babb	Spring 2023	01	100	100	60
Sarah Babb	Fall 2022	01	100	100	60
Sarah Babb	Spring 2022	01	100	100	60
Sarah Babb	Fall 2021	01	100	100	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.