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APSY 7440

Foundations of Counseling I · 11 instructors on record · 64 sections

What the course score is made of

85BC evaluations64 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 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

29thMore challenging than 29% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

87BC — “Intellectually Challenging”64 records · 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

80thMore work than 80% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

65BC — “Workload”64 records · 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.

Summer course is intended for non-counseling majors only. Provides an introduction to counseling principles and techniques with an emphasis on interviewing skills. The areas of communication skills involving the use of role playing, observation, and practice components are emphasized. Training consists of peer role-plays and laboratory experiences with individual and group supervision.Section .01 is for Mental Health Counseling students ONLYSection .02 is for School Counseling students ONLY

The board

11 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Scores are real averages. The order also accounts for how many records back each one — the count is under every score — so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. 3 of the 11 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Maria TheodorakakisCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology	974 records	78th	41st	—no page
2	Emma Highsmith RichCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional fewer records	1002 records	—	100th	—no page
3	Jonathan WolffCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional	1002 records	39th	48th	—no page
4	Amanda ReyomeCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional	942 records	93rd	69th	—no page
5	Mauricio MontesCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional fewer records	981 record	78th	90th	—no page
6	Beth WatermanCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional	971 record	—	69th	—no page
7	Ryan RivardCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology	913 records	25th	15th	—no page
8	Emily ZhangCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional fewer records	831 record	78th	9th	—no page
9	Sidney TranthamCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology	8645 records	81st	27th	—no page
10	Damon PryorCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional	801 record	78th	9th	—no page
11	Elizabeth LouisCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional	492 records	—	0th	201 rating · all classes

How this board is orderedPositions 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. The comparison here is the class itself: a thin record is read against how this class was rated overall, not against the university.

Every instructor with an evaluation record for this class is on this board — it is not a top ten, and nothing is hidden behind a “show more”. Overall is the instructor's blended score for THIS class only, and its one contributing source is Boston College's evaluations for the sections in the row's record count — nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Workload and Challenge are RANKS against every class we hold, not scores: BC's questions all sit near the top of the 1-5 scale, so a raw number would put almost every row in the high eighties and tell you nothing. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item, which students answer positively about courses that stretched them — it is not a measure of difficulty or grading. Neither column is ever marked better or worse. 8 of 11 rows are marked provisional: fewer than 3 records stand behind the number. That is thin evidence, not a bad instructor — the record count is in every row. The RateMyProfessors column is an instructor's overall figure across everything they teach; that site has no course dimension, so it is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 64 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9031st pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

8923rd pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9136th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9129th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8832nd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9037th pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

9141st pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9046th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

8832nd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9146th 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.

6580th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8729th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

9038th 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

64 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Sidney Trantham	Fall 2025	01	88	82	80
Sidney Trantham	Fall 2025	02	100	100	80
Sidney Trantham	Fall 2025	03	92	92	60
Sidney Trantham	Fall 2025	04	75	88	100
Sidney Trantham	Fall 2025	05	76	76	60
Sidney Trantham	Fall 2025	06	88	84	60
Mauricio Montes	Fall 2025	07	98	93	60
Sidney Trantham	Fall 2025	07	95	93	60
Beth Waterman	Fall 2025	08	97	90	—
Sidney Trantham	Fall 2025	08	90	90	—
Amanda Reyome	Fall 2025	09	92	87	80
Sidney Trantham	Fall 2025	09	88	87	80
Sidney Trantham	Fall 2025	10	95	85	80
Sidney Trantham	Fall 2025	11	80	65	60
Sidney Trantham	Fall 2024	01	91	87	80
Sidney Trantham	Fall 2024	02	92	96	80
Sidney Trantham	Fall 2024	03	87	100	—
Sidney Trantham	Fall 2024	04	93	93	60
Sidney Trantham	Fall 2024	05	93	90	—
Sidney Trantham	Fall 2024	06	96	92	—
Emma Highsmith Rich	Fall 2024	07	100	100	—
Sidney Trantham	Fall 2024	07	84	100	—
Jonathan Wolff	Fall 2024	08	100	97	40
Sidney Trantham	Fall 2024	08	100	97	40
Emily Zhang	Fall 2024	09	83	73	60

Showing the first 25.

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.