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 · ICSP · MCAS

ICSP 4952

ICS Senior Thesis · 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.

TBD

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorCurveEasinessChallengeRMP overall
Kathleen BaileyProfessor of the Practice · Political Science Provisional—— raw · 1 record——8618 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Kathleen Bailey is the only instructor with evaluation records for ICSP 4952, 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 Kathleen Bailey

6 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
POLI 1041Fundamental Concepts of Politics1037 records76
POLI 1042Introduction to Modern Politics519 records83
ICSP 7101Readings and Research--Grad55 records—
POLI 2405Comparative Politics of the Middle East15 records90
POLI 3404Seminar: The Anatomy of Dictatorship15 records90
ICSP 4942ICS Senior Seminar Continuation13 records95

Other ICSP classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
ICSP 2615Islam and Liberal Democracy15 records91
ICSP 3310Women and Gender in Islam15 records90
ICSP 7101Readings and Research--Grad55 records—
ICSP 1199Islamic Civilization13 records94
ICSP 4942ICS Senior Seminar Continuation13 records95
ICSP 2250Conversion, Islam, and Politics in the Balkans12 records80

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
Kathleen BaileySpring 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.