Instructor record · Information Systems · Fall 2021 – Fall 2023

Will Cohen

Information Systems · 5 evaluation records across 1 class

On this class's board

What the overall is made of

78BC evaluations5 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 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

60thMore challenging than 60% of BC instructorsranked against every one we hold

90BC — “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

59thMore work than 59% of BC instructorsranked against every one we hold

55BC — “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.

8623rd pctl

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

763rd pctl

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

8213th pctl

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

8620th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8216th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8317th pctl

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

8314th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8423rd pctl

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

663rd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

7911th 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.

5559th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9060th pctl

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

8634th 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.

Class by class

1 class · 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.

ISYS 6625 Geographic Information Systems for Planning and Decision-MakingOvr78Chal43rdWork45th

On this class's boardonly instructor on record

5 sections on record · course itself rated 74 out of 100. See the full board for ISYS 6625.

Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Fall 2023	01	80	78	—
Spring 2023	01	77	71	60
Fall 2022	01	77	72	60
Spring 2022	01	73	70	40
Fall 2021	01	82	78	60

All 13 items for ISYS 6625

The Professor4 items

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

8615th pctl

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

762nd pctl

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

827th pctl

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

8611th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8214th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8313th pctl

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

838th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8415th pctl

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

662nd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

798th 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.

5545th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9043rd pctl

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

8624th 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.