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THTR 1128

Ballroom Dance: Mid-Nineteenth Century · 1 instructor on record · 4 sections

What the course score is made of

92BC evaluations4 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – Fall 2025

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

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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

7thMore challenging than 7% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

80BC — “Intellectually Challenging”4 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

3rdMore work than 3% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

35BC — “Workload”4 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.

Students in this course will learn a selection of mid-19th century ballroom dances such as the waltz, the polka, a quadrille, and country dances such as the Virginia Reel. In addition, students will connect with the past through an exploration of topics such as womens and mens fashion, etiquette, and the physical world of the ballroom. Students will be asked to synthesize the information contained in the course through the embodiment of a character that will be presented in class. These elements will encourage each student to envision the past, bringing it to life with an understanding of the relationships between dance, etiquette, fashion, and the culture of the period.

The only instructor on record

4 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Quinn BurgessVisiting Assistant Professor · Theatre	934 records	3rd	7th

There is no ranking to read here: Quinn Burgess is the only instructor with evaluation records for THTR 1128, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Quinn Burgess

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
THTR 1012Theatre Production Lab I: Wardrobe Run	317 records	83
THTR 1140Elements of Theatrical Design	514 records	69
THTR 1130Elements of Stagecraft	513 records	78
THTR 1017Elements of Stagecraft Lab	510 records	74
THTR 1018Elements of Theatrical Design Lab	49 records	81
THTR 3377Fashion and Decor: A Cultural History	39 records	77

Other THTR classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
THTR 1170Introduction to Theatre	1299 records	76
THTR 1103Acting I: Fundamentals of Performance	325 records	91
THTR 1012Theatre Production Lab I: Wardrobe Run	317 records	83
THTR 1120Elements of Dance	116 records	71
THTR 1140Elements of Theatrical Design	514 records	69
THTR 1130Elements of Stagecraft	513 records	78

The line

All 13 items · means across 4 records

The Professor4 items

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

9776th pctl

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

793rd pctl

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

9457th pctl

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

9663rd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9785th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9680th pctl

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

9137th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8727th pctl

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

9463rd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9358th 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.

353rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

807th pctl

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

9887th 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

4 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Quinn Burgess	Fall 2025	01	88	93	40
Quinn Burgess	Fall 2024	01	97	100	40
Quinn Burgess	Fall 2023	01	98	98	40
Quinn Burgess	Spring 2022	01	88	78	20

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.