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THTR 1170

Introduction to Theatre · 12 instructors on record · 99 sections

How the curve score is built

66Teaching76 raw · 15th percentile of BC classes

+2Easiness adjustmenteasiness 83 · 44 raw workload · lighter than 72% of BC classes

68Curve scorethe teaching curve +2 for the workload · at most ±6 either way

Boston College's ratings are bunched at the top — the median instructor averages about 88 out of 100 on the raw scale, and 44% of them clear 90 — so a raw score cannot separate anybody. Every figure here is ranked against BC classes and that rank is re-expressed out of 100, which is what turns a raw 88 — the middle of the university — into a figure that says where somebody actually stands. On this scale 77 is the median, 84 the top quarter and 91 the top tenth. Workload is then an adjustment on top of that, worth nothing at all for an ordinary one. Lighter work than 72% of BC classes.

What the course score is made of

76BC evaluations99 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

The class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it — who taught it is the board below.

How is this worked out?

That is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between: the board carries each instructor's own score for this class, and the score above is the class averaged across all of them.

What the challenge rank is made of

9thMore challenging than 9% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

80BC — “Intellectually Challenging”99 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question. It is not a measure of difficulty, grading or workload.

How is this worked out?

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

28thMore work than 28% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

44BC — “Workload”99 records · raw score out of 100

One of Boston College's five workload bands, not a number of hours. Higher means more work, not worse.

How is this worked out?

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 survey course for primarily non-majors. Its aim is to impart an appreciation of the theatre as an artistic and humanizing experience. There will be discussion of the various elements that contribute to the development of theatre as a specialized art form including historical and cultural influences, staging styles and techniques, and the multiple genres of dramatic writing. Several plays illustrating the above will be read and attendance at selected performances is required.

The board

12 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 12Filters the rows below. Positions are always against the whole class, so a rank does not change when the list is narrowed.

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. 3 of the 12 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Curve	Easiness	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Amy MeyerLecturer in Theatre · Theatre	8794 raw · 20 records	83+2 to the score	11th	8612 ratings · all classes
2	John RezesTheater	8391 raw · 3 records	84+2 to the score	9th	—no page
3	Megan StahlTheater Provisional	8190 raw · 2 records	84+2 to the score	11th	—no page
4	Margaret CabezudTheater	7988 raw · 5 records	84+2 to the score	9th	902 ratings · all classes
5	Luke JorgensenDirector of Undergraduate Studies · Theatre Provisional	7990 raw · 2 records	—	36th	—no page
6	Michael LuegerLecturer in Theatre · Theatre	7787 raw · 22 records	82+1 to the score	11th	8414 ratings · all classes
7	Courtney MohlerTheater Provisional fewer records	5766 raw · 1 record	68−2 to the score	13th	—no page
8	Joy ClarkLecturer in Theatre · Theatre	7284 raw · 7 records	77±0 to the score	14th	6411 ratings · all classes
9	Tiffany Pounds-WilliamsTheater fewer records	6066 raw · 4 records	82+1 to the score	3rd	—no page
10	Susan ThompsonLecturer in Theatre · Theatre	6576 raw · 6 records	77±0 to the score	4th	746 ratings · all classes
11	Stuart HechtTheater fewer records	5761 raw · 7 records	77±0 to the score	6th	264 ratings · all classes
12	Brian CroninLecturer in Theatre · Theatre	6675 raw · 20 records	84+2 to the score	5th	7414 ratings · all classes

All 12 instructors listed.

3 of 12 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 RateMyProfessors column is an instructor's overall figure across everything they teach, not a figure about this class.

How this board is built and ordered

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. 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”. Curve is the instructor's score for THIS class only, ranked against every instructor we hold and printed back out of 100, with the raw BC average underneath it; nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Easiness is an adjustment on top of it, worth up to about ±6 — BC's workload item, ranked and turned over, so a lighter section gains and a heavier one loses, while an ordinary one changes nothing — and each row prints the adjustment, signed. The board is ordered on the same figure it prints, adjusted for how many records back it. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item shown as a rank against every class we hold; students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it is not a measure of difficulty or grading, and it is never marked better or worse.

That site has no course dimension, so its figure is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 99 records

Instructor4

Course3

Feedback3

Workload & Challengenot ratings

Bars are ranks, not raw scores. Nothing here is graded good or bad.

What each item asks

Explains Clearly: The instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
Available: The instructor was available for help outside of class.
Motivating: The instructor motivated me to do my best work.
Sparks Interest: The course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
Organized: The course was well organized.
Clear Goals: The learning objectives for the course were clear.
Useful Later: What I learned is applicable beyond this course.
Assignments: Assignments and exams contributed to my learning.
Fast Feedback: I received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
Useful Feedback: The feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
Workload: How 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.
Challenge: The course was intellectually challenging.
Attendance: Attending class was necessary to do well in this course.

Why these numbers are curved

Both the number and the bar are the rank against every comparable record we hold, printed back out of 100. BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so on the raw scale every cell here would read in the high eighties and every bar would be nearly full — thirteen numbers that tell you nothing. Each cell prints its raw BC figure and its percentile underneath, so nothing is hidden by the transform. 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

99 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Michael Lueger	Spring 2026	01	88	81	40
Brian Cronin	Spring 2026	02	72	63	40
Brian Cronin	Spring 2026	03	85	75	40
Margaret Cabezud	Spring 2026	04	88	84	40
Amy Meyer	Spring 2026	05	95	87	40
Amy Meyer	Spring 2026	06	95	87	40
Margaret Cabezud	Spring 2026	07	86	84	40
Michael Lueger	Spring 2026	10	85	78	40
Brian Cronin	Fall 2025	01	62	57	40
Amy Meyer	Fall 2025	02	96	88	40
Brian Cronin	Fall 2025	03	67	64	40
Joy Clark	Fall 2025	04	83	71	60
Joy Clark	Fall 2025	05	68	66	60
Amy Meyer	Fall 2025	06	96	86	60
Michael Lueger	Fall 2025	07	92	86	40
Michael Lueger	Fall 2025	08	88	83	60
Susan Thompson	Fall 2025	10	76	70	40
Margaret Cabezud	Fall 2025	13	90	82	40
Luke Jorgensen	Summer 2025	03	84	80	—
Luke Jorgensen	Summer 2025	04	96	92	—
Michael Lueger	Spring 2025	01	88	78	60
Brian Cronin	Spring 2025	02	66	62	40
Brian Cronin	Spring 2025	03	62	56	40
Margaret Cabezud	Spring 2025	04	86	80	40
Amy Meyer	Spring 2025	05	95	84	40

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How to read this board

Instructors 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.