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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 · UNRS · MCAS

UNRS 1102

Kostka Living Learning Community Seminar · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of
91BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2024 – Fall 2025
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
0thMore challenging than 0% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
61BC — “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
0thMore work than 0% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
20BC — “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.

In the Kostka Womens Experience Seminar, students will study foundational texts covering the struggles and triumphs women have experienced historically and in the present. Additionally, students will engage in formative practices surrounding academic and professional goals.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallengeRMP overall
Celeste WellsCommunication Provisional962 records0th0th8621 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Celeste Wells is the only instructor with evaluation records for UNRS 1102, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Celeste Wells

6 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
UNCS 2201Courage to Know21114 records90
COMM 1010The Rhetorical Tradition320 records83
COMM 3360Communication Research Methods: Mixed Methodology413 records80
COMM 3340Communication Methods: Critical/Cultural211 records82
COMM 4475Introduction to Honors510 records90
COMM 3330Communication Methods: Social Science47 records79

Other UNRS classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
UNRS 1101Shaw Living Learning Community Seminar12 records85
UNRS 1104Fr. Rutilio Grande, S.J., Intercultural Experience Living Learning Community Seminar22 records87
UNRS 1201Residential Leadership Seminar, Living Learning Communities (Part 1)12 records91
UNRS 1210Living Learning Communities, Residential Leadership Seminar (Part II)12 records75
UNRS 1103BC F1RST Living Learning Community Seminar11 record75
UNRS 1202Kostka Women's Experience Living and Learning Community, Residential Leadership Seminar (Part I)11 record80

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.
9562nd pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9881st 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.
9556th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
9145th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
9144th pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9141st pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
8519th 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.
9253rd 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.
200th pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
610th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
8937th 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
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Celeste WellsFall 202501958520
Celeste WellsFall 202401989820

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.