Megan Bowman Arndt
Apr 29, 2026 · Historical comment
The Best Professor No one is better than her
ENGL1079 · English
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
This course, the second half of a year-long sequence of core English courses, is designed for students whose first language is something other than English. It may be taken in place of ENGL 1080: Literature Core and satisfies the literature core requirement. Students will have ample opportunity to participate in group discussions as they explore a variety of literary genres from short fiction to poetry to drama, with a focus on American literature. Support for language issues including those related to writing is an important component of the course. Seats are prioritized for students who have been recommended for targeted language support.Students place into this course based on BC's English Writing Assessment taken during the summer prior to freshmen year or in consultation with the director of the program,lynne.anderson@bc.edu
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.7 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.4 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.7 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.6 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~4.5
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Associate Professor of the Practice, English Department
4.9 / 5
4.7 / 5
Part Time Faculty, English Department
4.8 / 5
4.6 / 5
Assistant Professor of the Practice, MCAS College Faculty
4.3 / 5
4.2 / 5
Part Time Faculty, English Department
4.2 / 5
4.1 / 5
Part Time Faculty, English Department
4.4 / 5
4.3 / 5
Assistant Director, Outreach & Support, PMI Mentoring & Academic Achievement
4.3 / 5
3.8 / 5
Director, English Language Learners Program, English Department
4.7 / 5
4.3 / 5
Part Time Faculty, English Department
4.9 / 5
4.8 / 5
Part Time Faculty, Undergraduate Programs, Woods College of Adv. Std
4.3 / 5
3.9 / 5
Professor, English Department
4.8 / 5
4.4 / 5
Assistant Professor of the Practice, English Department
4.6 / 5
4.4 / 5
Student perspective
Recovered and new anonymous comments are shown as written and may reflect different course formats.
Apr 29, 2026 · Historical comment
The Best Professor No one is better than her
Dec 8, 2025 · Historical comment
Great teacher overall. Asked to change my lit core's teacher next semester to be with her (was put with a random teacher)
Mar 26, 2025 · Historical comment
I had her for two semesters, I think that her classes are kind of useless and most of the content is common knowledge. She can be nice at times but changes the assignment the night before it is due, assigns readings for the day after at 9pm, and is usually not available outside of class.
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
9 sectionsSpring 2024
7 sectionsSpring 2023
7 sectionsSpring 2022
7 sectionsSpring 2021
9 sectionsSpring 2020
8 sections