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Class record · SPAN · MCAS

SPAN 6667

The Poetic Generation of 1927 · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of
81BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – Spring 2024
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
52ndMore challenging than 52% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
91BC — “Intellectually Challenging”2 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
25thMore work than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
40BC — “Workload”2 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.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
Irene MizrahiRomance Languages and Literatures Provisional892 records25th52nd

There is no ranking to read here: Irene Mizrahi is the only instructor with evaluation records for SPAN 6667, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Irene Mizrahi

6 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
SPAN 6608Modern and Postmodern Spanish Short Story13 records91
SPAN 9965Modern and Postmodern Spanish Short Story13 records96
SPAN 6647Spanish Short Stories since Clarin12 records92
SPAN 6652Hispanic Nobel Prize Winners in Literature12 records79
SPAN 6661Contemporary Spanish Theater12 records90
SPAN 6672Spanish Romanticism12 records95

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 2 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
9239th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9452nd pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9242nd pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9551st pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
8728th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
8621st pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
8823rd pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
9041st pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
8730th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
8832nd 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.
9152nd pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
9467th 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

2 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Irene MizrahiSpring 202401878040
Irene MizrahiSpring 202201928240

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.