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UNCS 2201

Courage to Know · 21 instructors on record · 114 sections

What the course score is made of

90BC evaluations114 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – 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

13thMore challenging than 13% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

82BC — “Intellectually Challenging”114 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”114 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.

This will be an interactive three-credit seminar of fifteen students, serving as one of students' university electives and one of the five courses in the first semester. Your instructor will serve as your academic advisor during the first year. This course offers an introduction to college life. The readings and discussions will investigate personal and social development in the college years. Topics will include the nature of learning, diversity, social justice, human sexuality, intimacy, addiction, and other topics. The class materials and strategies are designed to be provocative and practical as well as intellectually stimulating.

The board

21 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 21Filters 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. 4 of the 21 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Ryan MulderrigUndergrad Management Honors/Ethics	977 records	25th	9th	—no page
2	Celeste WellsCommunication fewer records	985 records	25th	31st	8621 ratings · all classes
3	Thomas MoganUniversity and Capstone	976 records	3rd	5th	—no page
4	Akua SarrAdvancing Studies	967 records	25th	11th	—no page
5	Elizabeth BracherUniversity and Capstone	9519 records	78th	55th	8412 ratings · all classes
6	Luke JorgensenDirector of Undergraduate Studies · Theatre	9410 records	3rd	3rd	—no page
7	Joseph DesciakUniversity and Capstone	949 records	3rd	9th	1004 ratings · all classes
8	Bonnie RudnerAssociate Professor of the Practice · English Provisional fewer records	981 record	25th	40th	8613 ratings · all classes
9	Ryan HeffernanUniversity and Capstone Provisional	952 records	25th	21st	—no page
10	Jason DonnellyTheology	934 records	30th	12th	8219 ratings · all classes
11	Joshua SnyderAssociate Professor of the Practice · Theology Provisional	892 records	78th	41st	1002 ratings · all classes
12	Treseanne AinsworthEnglish Provisional	882 records	—	42nd	6612 ratings · all classes
13	Cecilie JoynerUniversity and Capstone Provisional fewer records	851 record	25th	9th	—no page
14	James WeissAssociate Professor · Theology Provisional	862 records	39th	41st	8814 ratings · all classes
15	Ashley DugganProfessor of Health Communication · Communication Provisional fewer records	842 records	2nd	3rd	664 ratings · all classes
16	John MichalczykProfessor · Art, Art History, and Film	864 records	3rd	2nd	—no page
17	Martha HincksEnglish	869 records	25th	21st	4811 ratings · all classes
18	Susan MichalczykFilm Studies	844 records	39th	6th	6618 ratings · all classes
19	Brett IngramCommunication	835 records	3rd	3rd	6234 ratings · all classes
20	Michael DavidsonUniversity and Capstone	8310 records	26th	6th	—no page
21	Susan RobertsAssociate Professor of the Practice · English	773 records	30th	3rd	9015 ratings · all classes

All 21 instructors listed.

How this board is orderedPositions 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”. Overall is the instructor's blended score for THIS class only, and its one contributing source is Boston College's evaluations for the sections in the row's record count — nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Workload and Challenge are RANKS against every class we hold, not scores: BC's questions all sit near the top of the 1-5 scale, so a raw number would put almost every row in the high eighties and tell you nothing. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item, which students answer positively about courses that stretched them — it is not a measure of difficulty or grading. Neither column is ever marked better or worse. 7 of 21 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; that site has no course dimension, so it is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 114 records

The Professor4 items

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

9349th pctl

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

9136th pctl

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

9455th pctl

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

9555th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8936th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8936th pctl

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

9569th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9047th pctl

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

8729th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8933rd 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.

8213th pctl

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

9147th 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

114 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Martha Hincks	Spring 2026	01	84	92	40
Elizabeth Bracher	Spring 2026	02	95	95	60
Luke Jorgensen	Spring 2026	03	95	93	40
Celeste Wells	Spring 2026	04	98	97	40
Michael Davidson	Spring 2026	06	61	66	40
Ryan Mulderrig	Spring 2026	07	100	99	40
Martha Hincks	Spring 2026	08	91	92	40
Joseph Desciak	Spring 2026	09	96	98	40
Joshua Snyder	Spring 2026	11	86	87	—
Akua Sarr	Spring 2026	12	98	94	40
Cecilie Joyner	Spring 2026	13	85	87	40
Elizabeth Bracher	Fall 2025	01	99	99	—
Luke Jorgensen	Fall 2025	02	94	85	40
Michael Davidson	Fall 2025	05	80	85	40
Elizabeth Bracher	Fall 2025	06	98	97	60
Akua Sarr	Fall 2025	07	92	87	40
Brett Ingram	Fall 2025	08	84	89	—
Thomas Mogan	Fall 2025	09	99	96	40
Joseph Desciak	Fall 2025	10	92	88	40
Treseanne Ainsworth	Fall 2025	13	97	90	—
Martha Hincks	Spring 2025	01	86	89	40
Elizabeth Bracher	Spring 2025	02	92	89	60
Luke Jorgensen	Spring 2025	03	96	92	40
Celeste Wells	Spring 2025	04	99	96	40
Elizabeth Bracher	Spring 2025	05	98	95	60

Showing the first 25.

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.