FORM 8100 Master's Comprehensives

Name: Master's Comprehensives
Rating: 4.0 (4 reviews)

All master's students who have completed their course work and are preparing for comprehensive exams must register for this course.

Course overview

Department: Formative Education
School: Lynch
Credits: 0
Level: Graduate
Offered: Every Fall, Every Spring, Every Summer

Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating: 4.00 / 5 · Very Good
4 responses
Instructor rating: 5.00 / 5 · Excellent
4 responses
Terms evaluated: 1
Most recent: Spring 2026

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
Term	Instructor	Course overall	Instructor overall	Well organized	Clear learning objectives	Intellectually challenging	Helpful assignments	Applicable beyond course	Attendance necessary	Weekly effort	Responses
Spring 2026	Steven Viveiros	4.0	5.0	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.5	4.7	3.0	7–9 hrs/week	4 of 4

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

Steven Viveiros
Spring 2027, Spring 2026 · Official rating 5.00/5

Sections

Section 01
Spring 2027 · Steven Viveiros · By Arrangement · Offered