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UNCP 5504

Capstone: The Courage to Becoming · 1 instructor on record · 5 sections

What the course score is made of
98BC evaluations5 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2024 – 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
66thMore challenging than 66% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
93BC — “Intellectually Challenging”5 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
29thMore work than 29% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
45BC — “Workload”5 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.

Capstone Seniors only. classes may NOT be taken Pass/Fail. You may take only ONE Capstone class before graduation. The title of the Cornerstone elective The Courage to Know implies it requires courage to be an educated person. Wisdom evolves from having courage to set aside previous ways of being, seeing, and knowing, in order to incorporate new and previously unexplored understandings of the world around us. As a first-year student at BC, you courageously set out to know yourself in new ways while transitioning into college. Now, as seniors transitioning out of college, how has that early experience of CTK and your experience of Jesuit education combined to give you the Courage to Be . . .Be Attentive, Be Intelligent, Be Responsible, Be Reasonable, and Be Loving as you move from undergraduate life at BC into professional life beyond Chestnut Hill? Restricted to students who took Courage to Know in their first year.If seats are not filled, students from other sections of CTK in either of those semesters will be considered for overrides. Email Dr. Bracher renicke@bc.edu to ask to be enrolled in this course.

The only instructor on record

5 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallengeRMP overall
Elizabeth BracherUniversity and Capstone995 records29th66th8412 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Elizabeth Bracher is the only instructor with evaluation records for UNCP 5504, so the number is a record, not a position. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Elizabeth Bracher

4 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
UNCS 2201Courage to Know21114 records90
UNCS 2205Mentoring and Leadership Seminar110 records91
UNCP 5501Capstone: Authenticity and Human Development26 records96
UNAS 2250Internship11 record100

Other UNCP classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
UNCP 5505Capstone: Life and Career Planning120 records90
UNCP 5511Capstone: The Balancing Act110 records97
UNCP 5533Capstone: Desire and Discernment18 records98
UNCP 5521Capstone: Surviving Life with Humor17 records97
UNCP 5501Capstone: Authenticity and Human Development26 records96
UNCP 5522Capstone: Creativity and Self16 records88

The line

All 13 items · means across 5 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
9988th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9988th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9987th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9984th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
9783rd pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
9786th pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9990th pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
9788th pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
9679th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
9990th 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.
4529th pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
9366th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
9989th 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

5 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Elizabeth BracherSpring 202601989940
Elizabeth BracherFall 20250110010060
Elizabeth BracherSpring 2025019999
Elizabeth BracherFall 2024011009740
Elizabeth BracherSpring 202401989540

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.