THTR 1140
Elements of Theatrical Design · 5 instructors on record · 14 sections
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.
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.
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 is designed for majors and minors. Minors, please get permission from Theatre Department to enroll. The course is a continuation of the Elements of Theatre Production I class. In addition to learning more of the basic knowledge and skills necessary for the preparation and execution of theatrical production work, students will use class projects to begin creating designs for the stage. The final project will focus on professional design processes and collaborative procedures as they apply to scenic, costume, lighting and sound design. In addition, Elements II in combination with the Theater Production Laboratory will introduce you to skills necessary for the preparation and execution of lights, sound, painting and make-up for stage productions. It is required for Majors.
Scores are real averages. The order also accounts for how many records back each one — the count is under every score — so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. 1 of the 5 rows carry a mark saying so.
| Rank | Instructor | Overall | Workload | Challenge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quinn BurgessVisiting Assistant Professor · Theatre | 884 records | 78th | 52nd |
| 2 | Jacqueline DalleyTheater Provisional fewer records | 901 record | — | 48th |
| 3 | Crystal TialaChairperson of the Music Department; Professor, Theatre Department · Music | 814 records | 78th | 52nd |
| 4 | Joshua PatinoTheater Provisional | 701 record | — | 48th |
| 5 | Jeff AdelbergLecturer in Design · Theatre | 694 records | 78th | 49th |
How this board is orderedPositions 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. The comparison here is the class itself: a thin record is read against how this class was rated overall, not against the university.
Every instructor with an evaluation record for this class is on this board — it is not a top ten, and nothing is hidden behind a “show more”. Overall is the instructor's blended score for THIS class only, and its one contributing source is Boston College's evaluations for the sections in the row's record count — nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Workload and Challenge are RANKS against every class we hold, not scores: BC's questions all sit near the top of the 1-5 scale, so a raw number would put almost every row in the high eighties and tell you nothing. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item, which students answer positively about courses that stretched them — it is not a measure of difficulty or grading. Neither column is ever marked better or worse. 2 of 5 rows are marked provisional: fewer than 3 records stand behind the number. That is thin evidence, not a bad instructor — the record count is in every row.
The line
All 13 items · means across 14 recordsBar 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
14 sections · newest first| Instructor | Term | Sec | Instr | Course | Work |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Adelberg | Fall 2025 | 01 | 85 | 70 | — |
| Joshua Patino | Fall 2025 | 01 | 70 | 70 | — |
| Quinn Burgess | Fall 2025 | 01 | 90 | 70 | — |
| Crystal Tiala | Fall 2024 | 01 | 89 | 83 | 60 |
| Quinn Burgess | Fall 2024 | 01 | 83 | 83 | 60 |
| Crystal Tiala | Fall 2023 | 01 | 83 | 63 | — |
| Jeff Adelberg | Fall 2023 | 01 | 51 | 63 | — |
| Quinn Burgess | Fall 2023 | 01 | 97 | 63 | — |
| Crystal Tiala | Fall 2022 | 01 | 72 | 63 | 60 |
| Jeff Adelberg | Fall 2022 | 01 | 49 | 63 | 60 |
| Quinn Burgess | Fall 2022 | 01 | 80 | 63 | 60 |
| Crystal Tiala | Fall 2021 | 01 | 80 | 70 | — |
| Jacqueline Dalley | Fall 2021 | 01 | 90 | 70 | — |
| Jeff Adelberg | Fall 2021 | 01 | 90 | 70 | — |
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.