Carney Curve

Boston College course evaluations · every published number, ranked class by class

Positions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted.

Class record · SPAN · MCAS

SPAN 6666

Early Black Iberias · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of
90BC 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
87thMore challenging than 87% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
97BC — “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
BC — “Workload”1 record — 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.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
Esteban Crespo JaramilloRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional931 record87th

There is no ranking to read here: Esteban Crespo Jaramillo is the only instructor with evaluation records for SPAN 6666, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Esteban Crespo Jaramillo

4 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
SPAN 3395Contextos: Introduction to Literary Analysis in Spanish635 records84
SPAN 6635Modern Queer Spain: Twentieth Century Literature, Art and Film11 record87
SPAN 6656Spectacular Iberia: Theater in the Age of Cervantes11 record90
SPAN 9956Early Black Iberias11 record100

Other SPAN classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
SPAN 1116Intermediate Spanish II22163 records72
SPAN 1115Intermediate Spanish I32143 records72
SPAN 1016Elementary Spanish II2695 records76
SPAN 1015Elementary Spanish I1841 records81
SPAN 2215Spanish Conversation, Composition, and Reading I641 records79
SPAN 3395Contextos: Introduction to Literary Analysis in Spanish635 records84

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.
839th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
804th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
8310th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
837th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
9043rd pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
9042nd pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9356th pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
9367th pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
8013th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
8725th pctl
Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
9787th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
9780th 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

1 section · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Esteban Crespo JaramilloSpring 2026019390

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.