Carney Curve

Boston College course evaluations · Fall 2021 through Spring 2026, ranked class by class

How this list is ordered

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 · ENVS · MCAS

ENVS 4901

Readings and Research · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of
—BC evaluations1 record — does not contribute
—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute
—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

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.

What the challenge rank is made of
—BC — “Intellectually Challenging”1 record — does not contribute

Not reported in these records — which is missing data, not an easy class.

How is this worked out?

Boston College's “intellectually challenging” question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not an easy class.

What the workload rank is made of
—BC — “Workload”1 record — does not contribute

Not reported in these records — which is missing data, not a light class.

How is this worked out?

Boston College's workload question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not a light class.

In rare cases where regular courses do not meet the needs of students, independent research may be arranged by a student with a faculty member.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorCurveEasinessChallengeRMP overall
Conevery ValenciusHistory Provisional—— raw · 1 record——968 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Conevery Valencius is the only instructor with evaluation records for ENVS 4901, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Conevery Valencius

6 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
HIST 1068America and the World II620 records84
EESC 1507Powering America: The Past and Future of Energy, Technology, and the Environment314 records80
HIST 1513Powering America: The Past and Future of Energy, Technology, and the Environment38 records84
HIST 2406This Land is Your Land: U. S. Environmental History14 records92
HIST 5404Senior Colloquium: Energy History12 records100
HIST 2411U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction11 record93

Other ENVS classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
ENVS 2256Environmental Law and Policy2443 records88
ENVS 1075Understanding and Protecting Our Oceans in the Wake of Global Change317 records75
ENVS 4943Environmental Seminar511 records75
ENVS 3360Research Methods in Environmental Studies28 records74
ENVS 4941ENVS: Senior Research Seminar I18 records72
ENVS 4942ENVS: Senior Research Seminar II18 records71

The line

All 13 items · means across 1 record

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

Game log

1 section · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Conevery ValenciusSpring 202601———
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.