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NURS 9806

Philosophical Inquiry for Knowledge Development in Nursing · 1 instructor on record · 5 sections

What the course score is made of

92BC evaluations5 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

89thMore challenging than 89% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

97BC — “Intellectually Challenging”5 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

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”5 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.

Movements in the history and philosophy of science are reviewed for appreciating nursing's epistemological development. Contemporary understandings of philosophy and philosophy of science and their influences on knowledge development and nursing are examined. A focus is on understanding the relationship of the epistemological foundations of nursing to those of the health and social sciences. The course aims to develop scholars who can critically evaluate scientific initiatives and their relevance for nursing practice and emerging societal needs. Emphasis is on integrating knowledge of movements in philosophy of science and nursing epistemology with themes developed in Strategies for Knowledge Development in Nursing.

The only instructor on record

5 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Jane FlanaganNursing	965 records	78th	89th

There is no ranking to read here: Jane Flanagan is the only instructor with evaluation records for NURS 9806, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Jane Flanagan

4 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
NURS 2070Introduction to Professional Nursing	1023 records	73
NURS 8716Health Care Policy for Nursing Leaders	611 records	82
NURS 9751Advanced Qualitative Research Methods	36 records	93
NURS 9712Evidence Appraisal and Synthesis	45 records	82

Other NURS classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
NURS 1010Professional Development Seminar	174 records	84
NURS 2231Adult Health Nursing I Clinical Laboratory	1372 records	79
NURS 2121Nursing Health Assessment Across the Lifespan Clinical Laboratory	1946 records	88
NURS 9906DNP Project Seminar 2	1133 records	71
NURS 9904DNP Project Seminar 1	1130 records	74
NURS 4260Population Health Nursing Theory	524 records	68

The line

All 13 items · means across 5 records

The Professor4 items

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

9988th pctl

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

9780th pctl

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

9778th pctl

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

9879th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9464th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9681st pctl

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

9672nd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9788th pctl

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

9151st pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9358th 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.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9789th pctl

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

9888th 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

5 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Jane Flanagan	Fall 2025	01	100	100	—
Jane Flanagan	Fall 2024	01	93	87	60
Jane Flanagan	Fall 2023	01	100	100	—
Jane Flanagan	Fall 2022	01	88	80	—
Jane Flanagan	Fall 2021	01	100	93	—

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.