Carney Curve

Boston College course evaluations · every published number, ranked class by class

Positions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted.

Class record · AADS · MCAS

AADS 3000

Black Church Black Protest · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of
74BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2025
Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute
RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of
14thMore challenging than 14% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
83BC — “Intellectually Challenging”1 record · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of
25thMore work than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
40BC — “Workload”1 record · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
Amey AdkinsAfrican and African Diaspora Studies Provisional831 record25th14th

There is no ranking to read here: Amey Adkins is the only instructor with evaluation records for AADS 3000, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Amey Adkins

6 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
THEO 1402God, Self, and Society55175 records82
AADS 6600Senior Seminar: Theorizing the Diaspora46 records94
AADS 3350Black Futures12 records84
AADS 2300The Walking Dead11 record71
THEO 7021Liberation Theology11 record65
THEO 7026Into the Far Country: The Theology of Karl Barth11 record100

Other AADS classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
AADS 1110Introduction to African Diaspora Studies510 records80
AADS 1114When Gods Begin Again: Intro to African and African Diaspora Religions310 records84
AADS 2204Music and Social Justice210 records90
AADS 3310Studies of Race, Law, and Resistance110 records86
AADS 6600Senior Seminar: Theorizing the Diaspora46 records94
AADS 2182Black Popular Culture25 records90

The line

All 13 items · means across 1 record
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
9030th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9133rd pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9347th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9234th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
713rd pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
809th pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9352nd pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
8727th pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
683rd pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
733rd pctl
Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings
WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.
4025th pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
8314th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
8011th pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

1 section · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Amey AdkinsSpring 202501837440

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.