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Boston College course evaluations · every published number, ranked class by class

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.

Instructor record · Romance Languages and Literatures · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026

Brian O'connor

Romance Languages and Literatures · 33 evaluation records across 9 classes

On each class's board
ITAL 10211st of 2 instructorsITAL 10222nd of 2 instructorsITAL 11112nd of 2 instructorsITAL 11122nd of 2 instructorsITAL 10034th of 9 instructorsITAL 10048th of 11 instructors ProvisionalITAL 55552nd of 2 instructors ProvisionalITAL 11133rd of 10 instructors ProvisionalITAL 11146th of 10 instructors Provisional
What the overall is made of
91BC evaluations33 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026
Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute
RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

Sources are averaged by how much we trust each one and by how many records sit behind it, so a handful of reviews nudges the number rather than replacing it.

What the challenge rank is made of
BC — “Intellectually Challenging”33 records — does not contribute

Boston College's “intellectually challenging” question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not an easy class.

What the workload rank is made of
BC — “Workload”33 records — does not contribute

Boston College's workload question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not a light class.

The line

All 13 items · means across 33 records

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

Class by class

9 classes · 33 sections

How each position is worked outPositions 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.

ITAL 1021 Elementary Italian Practicum IOvr87ChalWork
On this class's board1st of 2 instructors

8 sections on record · course itself rated 83 out of 100. See the full board for ITAL 1021.

TermSecInstrCourseWork
Fall 2025019189
Fall 2025029692
Fall 2024016856
Fall 2024027069
Fall 20230110096
Fall 2023028986
Fall 202201100100
Fall 2022028476
All 13 items for ITAL 1021

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

ITAL 1022 Elementary Italian Practicum IIOvr91ChalWork
On this class's board2nd of 2 instructors

8 sections on record · course itself rated 88 out of 100. See the full board for ITAL 1022.

TermSecInstrCourseWork
Spring 2026018989
Spring 2026028986
Spring 2025019090
Spring 2025029383
Spring 2024019187
Spring 2024028884
Spring 2023019593
Spring 2023029090
All 13 items for ITAL 1022

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

ITAL 1111 Intermediate Italian Practicum IOvr86ChalWork
On this class's board2nd of 2 instructors

4 sections on record · course itself rated 84 out of 100. See the full board for ITAL 1111.

TermSecInstrCourseWork
Fall 2025019493
Fall 2024018888
Fall 2023019590
Fall 2022016864
All 13 items for ITAL 1111

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

ITAL 1112 Intermediate Italian Practicum IIOvr95ChalWork
On this class's board2nd of 2 instructors

4 sections on record · course itself rated 94 out of 100. See the full board for ITAL 1112.

TermSecInstrCourseWork
Spring 2026019590
Spring 202501100100
Spring 2024018585
Spring 202301100100
All 13 items for ITAL 1112

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

ITAL 1003 Elementary Italian IOvr94ChalWork
On this class's board4th of 9 instructors

3 sections on record · course itself rated 89 out of 100. See the full board for ITAL 1003.

TermSecInstrCourseWork
Fall 2023039490
Fall 2022039589
Fall 2021039486
All 13 items for ITAL 1003

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

ITAL 1004 Elementary Italian IIOvr92ChalWork
On this class's board8th of 11 instructors Provisional

2 sections on record · course itself rated 86 out of 100. See the full board for ITAL 1004.

TermSecInstrCourseWork
Spring 2024039591
Spring 2023038882
All 13 items for ITAL 1004

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

ITAL 5555 Italian Culture Through Popular SongOvr91ChalWork
On this class's board2nd of 2 instructors Provisional

2 sections on record · course itself rated 89 out of 100. See the full board for ITAL 5555.

TermSecInstrCourseWork
Spring 2024019595
Spring 2022018783
All 13 items for ITAL 5555

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

ITAL 1113 Intermediate Italian IOvr100ChalWork
On this class's board3rd of 10 instructors Provisional

1 section on record · course itself rated 95 out of 100. See the full board for ITAL 1113.

TermSecInstrCourseWork
Fall 20210110095
All 13 items for ITAL 1113

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

ITAL 1114 Intermediate Italian IIOvr100ChalWork
On this class's board6th of 10 instructors Provisional

1 section on record · course itself rated 95 out of 100. See the full board for ITAL 1114.

TermSecInstrCourseWork
Spring 20220110095
All 13 items for ITAL 1114

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

How to read this pageScores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Almost every class scores high on that scale (the median is about 90), so challenge and workload are shown as a rank against every instructor we hold rather than as a score; the raw figure is in the breakdown above. Neither describes quality, and neither is ever marked better or worse anywhere on this site. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero. The position printed against each class is this instructor's place on that class's own board, computed from the same records the board itself is built from.