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UNCP 5517

Capstone: Love and Indoctrination · 1 instructor on record · 4 sections

What the course score is made of

94BC evaluations4 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2023 – 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

64thMore challenging than 64% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

93BC — “Intellectually Challenging”4 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

30thMore work than 30% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

47BC — “Workload”4 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

4 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Thomas Kaplan-MaxfieldAssociate Professor of the Practice · English	964 records	30th	64th

There is no ranking to read here: Thomas Kaplan-Maxfield is the only instructor with evaluation records for UNCP 5517, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Thomas Kaplan-Maxfield

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
ENGL 1010First Year Writing Seminar	136442 records	80
ENGL 1080Literature Core	90257 records	80
UNCS 2245First-Year Topic Seminar	32107 records	89
ENGL 2133Studies in Narrative	1634 records	87
ENGL 4412Writing Workshop: Creative Nonfiction	916 records	91
ENGL 3401Science Fiction	13 records	81

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 4 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9882nd pctl

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

9780th pctl

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

9456th pctl

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

9770th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9145th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9253rd pctl

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

9779th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9474th pctl

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

9991st pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

10090th 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.

4730th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9364th pctl

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

9888th 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

4 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Thomas Kaplan-Maxfield	Spring 2026	01	98	98	60
Thomas Kaplan-Maxfield	Spring 2025	01	93	91	40
Thomas Kaplan-Maxfield	Spring 2024	01	94	92	40
Thomas Kaplan-Maxfield	Spring 2023	01	99	96	—

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.