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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 · UNAS · MCAS

UNAS 3333

Cross Currents: Thinking About Law and Economics · 1 instructor on record · 6 sections

What the course score is made of
90BC evaluations6 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 2023
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
55thMore challenging than 55% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
91BC — “Intellectually Challenging”6 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
27thMore work than 27% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
43BC — “Workload”6 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

6 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
John FelterEconomics926 records27th55th

There is no ranking to read here: John Felter is the only instructor with evaluation records for UNAS 3333, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by John Felter

2 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
ECON 3339Applying Economic Theory in the Practice of Law18 records78
ECON 2243Financial Literacy: Making Informed Personal Financial Decisions11 record76

Other UNAS classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
UNAS 1199Gateway to the Sciences Seminar958 records82
UNAS 3348Cross Currents Seminar: Thinking about Resilience936 records93
UNAS 1725Real Estate and Urban Action: Transforming Communities and Increasing Access to Opportunity529 records82
UNAS 1005Applications of Learning Theory827 records84
UNAS 1702Life Liberty & Health: The Economics Policy and Law of Healthcare224 records78
UNAS 3337Cross Currents: Thinking about Multicultural Leadership1224 records75

The line

All 13 items · means across 6 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
9456th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
8715th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9348th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9552nd pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
9467th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
9363rd pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9570th pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
9361st pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
9573rd pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
9359th 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.
4327th pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
9155th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
9145th 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

6 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
John FelterFall 202301888840
John FelterFall 202302948940
John FelterFall 202201989640
John FelterFall 202202908860
John FelterFall 202101878040
John FelterFall 202102979740

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.