Bowdoin College Course Reviews
A course review website to help students get the most out of their education.
WHAT IS BOWDOIN COLLEGE COURSE REVIEWS?
Bowdoin Course Reviews allows students to search for reviews on classes, professors, and departments. Each review, created by Bowdoin students, evaluates a class or professor's overall rating, test difficulty, workload quantity, grading difficulty, material quality, professor rating, and whether the student would recommend the class or professor to a friend.
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
Since launching to the student body in November 2023, we have received almost 800 new reviews and over a third of the school has used the site.
Course Reviews helps students plan for their academic success and flexibility. - Bowdoin Student Government President, Paul Wang
IMPLEMENTATION
STACK
Front-End ReactJavascript
Back-End PythonFlask
Database MariaDB
OUR DATA
2,669 Reviews
2,095 Courses
603 Professors
PURPOSE
My classmate and I were frustrated with the current system of reviewing courses at Bowdoin and thought the student body could benefit from a new website that streamlined reviews and presented data in an easy to understand format. Over the course of a year, we built the website from scratch.
MY ROLE
Since we were only a team of 2, I contributed to many aspects of the website. The main role I took on was overseeing design from start to finish. My goal was to make the website easy to navigate, functional, and beautiful. To accomplish this goal, I developed the site architecture, user interface, and front-end features with user experience guiding every decision.
BOWDOIN ORIENT ARTICLE
Wirsching ’24 and Bookbinder ’24 revamp outdated Bowdoin Course Review website →
Check out this article featured in Bowdoin's student newspaper to learn more about the project and how it is helping students!
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