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UNCP 4602

There and Back Again: A Critical Reflection on Hobbits, Wizards, Middle Earth, and a Purposeful Life · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

97BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2025 – Spring 2026

—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

51stMore challenging than 51% 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

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “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

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Brian GareauProfessor, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs · Sociology Provisional	952 records	78th	51st

There is no ranking to read here: Brian Gareau is the only instructor with evaluation records for UNCP 4602, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Brian Gareau

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
UNCS 2245First-Year Topic Seminar	32107 records	89
INTL 4941International Studies Senior Seminar	1022 records	84
ENVS 4943Environmental Seminar	511 records	75
SOCY 1501Global Implications of Climate Change	310 records	78
SOCY 1506POD Leadership Seminar Global Implications	11 record	98
SOCY 7765Topics in Environmental Sociology	11 record	95

Other UNCP classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
UNCP 5505Capstone: Life and Career Planning	120 records	90
UNCP 5511Capstone: The Balancing Act	110 records	97
UNCP 5533Capstone: Desire and Discernment	18 records	98
UNCP 5521Capstone: Surviving Life with Humor	17 records	97
UNCP 5501Capstone: Authenticity and Human Development	26 records	96
UNCP 5522Capstone: Creativity and Self	16 records	88

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.

9564th pctl

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

9671st pctl

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

9667th pctl

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

9880th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9785th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9571st pctl

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

9783rd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9681st pctl

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

9362nd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8725th 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.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9151st pctl

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

9780th 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

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Brian Gareau	Spring 2026	01	95	97	60
Brian Gareau	Spring 2025	01	95	96	60

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.