MUSA 2303 Afro-Brazilian Musical Worlds

Name: Afro-Brazilian Musical Worlds
Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)

Explore MUSA2303 Afro-Brazilian Musical Worlds 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): One of the following non-Western tradition courses (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: 4.83 / 5 · Excellent
6 responses
Instructor rating: 4.83 / 5 · Excellent
6 responses
Terms evaluated: 2
Most recent: Spring 2024

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 2024	Douglass Dineen	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.8	4.8	5.0	5.0	5.0	4–6 hrs/week	4 of 6
Spring 2022	Douglass Dineen	4.5	4.5	5.0	5.0	4.0	5.0	4.0	5.0	4–6 hrs/week	2 of 6

Data freshness

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

Instructors

Douglass Dineen
Spring 2024, Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.83/5