MUSA 2209 Music of the Modern Era

Name: Music of the Modern Era
Rating: 3.97 (34 reviews)

Explore MUSA2209 Music of the Modern Era at Boston College, including instructors, sections, and official aggregate ratings.

Course overview

Department: Music
School: Boston College
Credits: 0

Requirements fulfilled

Music (Before Fall 2026): Music of the Modern Era (Before Fall 2026 (page heading "Major Requirements Before Fall 2026"; elsewhere the page calls these "contracts before fall 2026"))

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Course evaluations

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

Course rating: 3.97 / 5 · Very Good
34 responses
Instructor rating: 4.21 / 5 · Very Good
34 responses
Terms evaluated: 5
Most recent: Fall 2025

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
Fall 2025	Daniel Callahan	5.0	4.7	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	—	3 of 3
Fall 2024	Daniel Callahan	3.8	4.3	4.3	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.3	5.0	—	4 of 6
Fall 2023	Daniel Callahan	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12 of 16
Fall 2022	Daniel Callahan	3.5	3.8	4.5	4.2	5.0	4.0	3.8	4.5	7–9 hrs/week	6 of 8
Fall 2021	Daniel Callahan	3.8	4.0	4.7	4.3	4.8	4.3	4.3	5.0	7–9 hrs/week	9 of 12

Data freshness

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

Instructors

Daniel Callahan
Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.21/5