APSY 9847
Advanced Pre-Internship Counseling Practicum Seminar · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections
Boston College's ratings are bunched at the top — the median instructor averages about 88 out of 100 on the raw scale, and 44% of them clear 90 — so a raw score cannot separate anybody. Every figure here is ranked against BC classes and that rank is re-expressed out of 100, which is what turns a raw 88 — the middle of the university — into a figure that says where somebody actually stands. On this scale 77 is the median, 84 the top quarter and 91 the top tenth. Workload is then an adjustment on top of that, worth nothing at all for an ordinary one. Lighter work than 57% of BC classes.
The class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it — who taught it is the board below.
How is this worked out?
That is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between: the board carries each instructor's own score for this class, and the score above is the class averaged across all of them.
Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question. It is not a measure of difficulty, grading or workload.
How is this worked out?
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.
One of Boston College's five workload bands, not a number of hours. Higher means more work, not worse.
How is this worked out?
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.
This is a year-long course, 1 credit in the fall, 2 credits in the spring. Pre-internship placement in a mental health setting accompanied by a biweekly seminar on campus. Placement requires 20-24 hours per week over two semesters. Focus will be on the integration of theoretical and research perspectives on clinical interventions utilizing the experience of site-based practice. Satisfactory completion of this course is a prerequisite for the doctoral internship.
| Instructor | Curve | Easiness | Challenge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney TranthamCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology | 7283 raw · 3 records | 76±0 to the score | 15th |
There is no ranking to read here: Sidney Trantham is the only instructor with evaluation records for APSY 9847, so the number is a record, not a position.
Also taught by Sidney Trantham
5 other classes| Class | Instructors | Course score |
|---|---|---|
| APSY 7748Foundations of Counseling II | 3296 records | 85 |
| APSY 7440Foundations of Counseling I | 1164 records | 85 |
| APSY 7221Neurological and Biological Bases of Behavior | 417 records | 85 |
| APSY 9846Pre-Internship Counseling Practicum Seminar | 313 records | 85 |
| APSY 9842Seminar in Counseling Theory | 14 records | 94 |
Other APSY classes
All of them| Class | Instructors | Course score |
|---|---|---|
| APSY 7748Foundations of Counseling II | 3296 records | 85 |
| APSY 7440Foundations of Counseling I | 1164 records | 85 |
| APSY 1030Child Development | 1558 records | 80 |
| APSY 1031Family, School, and Society | 1443 records | 83 |
| APSY 7661Practicum and Internship Seminar II | 1343 records | 90 |
| APSY 7660Practicum and Internship Seminar I | 1339 records | 88 |
The line
All 13 items · means across 3 recordsBars are ranks, not raw scores. Nothing here is graded good or bad.
What each item asks
- Explains Clearly
- The instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
- Available
- The instructor was available for help outside of class.
- Motivating
- The instructor motivated me to do my best work.
- Sparks Interest
- The course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
- Organized
- The course was well organized.
- Clear Goals
- The learning objectives for the course were clear.
- Useful Later
- What I learned is applicable beyond this course.
- Assignments
- Assignments and exams contributed to my learning.
- Fast Feedback
- I received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
- Useful Feedback
- The feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
- Workload
- How 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.
- Challenge
- The course was intellectually challenging.
- Attendance
- Attending class was necessary to do well in this course.
Why these numbers are curved
Both the number and the bar are the rank against every comparable record we hold, printed back out of 100. BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so on the raw scale every cell here would read in the high eighties and every bar would be nearly full — thirteen numbers that tell you nothing. Each cell prints its raw BC figure and its percentile underneath, so nothing is hidden by the transform. 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
3 sections · newest first| Instructor | Term | Sec | Instr | Course | Work |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney Trantham | Spring 2026 | 01 | 90 | 80 | 20 |
| Sidney Trantham | Fall 2025 | 01 | 100 | 60 | 100 |
| Sidney Trantham | Fall 2024 | 01 | 60 | 60 | 40 |
How to read this board
Instructors 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.