Instructor record · Earth and Environmental Sciences · Spring 1 2023 – Spring 2023

Emily Chua

Earth and Environmental Sciences · 5 evaluation records across 3 classes

On each class's board

EESC 22053rd of 3 instructorsEESC 22032nd of 2 instructors ProvisionalEESC 3380only instructor on record Provisional

What the overall is made of

65BC evaluations5 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 1 2023 – Spring 2023

—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

24thMore challenging than 24% of BC instructorsranked against every one we hold

84BC — “Intellectually Challenging”5 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question — 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

35thMore work than 35% of BC instructorsranked against every one we hold

47BC — “Workload”5 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload 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 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.

765th pctl

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

784th pctl

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

723rd pctl

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

808th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

7810th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8113th pctl

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

786th pctl

Assignments & Feedback2 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

755th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

789th 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.

4735th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8424th pctl

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

8221st 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. 1 of 13 questions were not reported and are left out rather than shown as zero.

Class by class

3 classes · 5 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.

EESC 2205 Environmental Systems: Climate ChangeOvr68Chal17thWork25th

On this class's board3rd of 3 instructors

3 sections on record · course itself rated 66 out of 100. See the full board for EESC 2205.

Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Spring 2023	01	65	68	—
Spring 2023	02	69	70	40
Spring 2023	03	69	60	40

All 13 items for EESC 2205

The Professor4 items

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

762nd pctl

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

804th pctl

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

752nd pctl

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

804th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

788th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

819th pctl

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

783rd pctl

Assignments & Feedback2 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

753rd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

776th 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.

4025th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8417th pctl

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

8315th pctl

EESC 2203 Environmental Systems: Water ResourcesOvr64Chal—Work—

On this class's board2nd of 2 instructors Provisional

1 section on record · course itself rated 65 out of 100. See the full board for EESC 2203.

Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Spring 1 2023	01	64	65	—

All 13 items for EESC 2203

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

EESC 3380 Environmental OceanographyOvr59Chal14thWork78th

On this class's boardonly instructor on record Provisional

1 section on record · course itself rated 64 out of 100. See the full board for EESC 3380.

Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Spring 2023	01	59	64	60

All 13 items for EESC 3380

The Professor4 items

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

742nd pctl

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

711st pctl

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

630th pctl

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

772nd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

798th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8313th pctl

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

752nd pctl

Assignments & Feedback2 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

763rd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

797th 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.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8314th pctl

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

8011th pctl

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.