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PHIL 1088

Person and Social Responsibility I · 19 instructors on record · 69 sections

What the course score is made of

88BC evaluations69 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

61stMore challenging than 61% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

92BC — “Intellectually Challenging”69 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

61BC — “Workload”69 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.

Enrollment limited to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors The course requirements include ten to twelve hours per week of community service. In light of classic philosophical and theological texts, students in this course address the relationship of self and society, the nature of community, the mystery of suffering and the practical difficulties of developing a just society. PULSE students are challenged to investigate the insights offered by their readings in relationship to their service work. Places in the course are very limited.

The board

19 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 19Filters the rows below. Positions are always against the whole class, so a rank does not change when the list is narrowed.

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. 6 of the 19 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Mary TroxellPart-Time Faculty · Philosophy	989 records	81st	72nd	1006 ratings · all classes
2	Matthew KrugerAssociate Professor of the Practice; Director of Undergraduate Studies · Theology	968 records	46th	76th	988 ratings · all classes
3	Joshua SnyderAssociate Professor of the Practice · Theology fewer records	984 records	45th	84th	1002 ratings · all classes
4	Charles FriedPhilosophy	983 records	94th	84th	—no page
5	Suzanne HeveloneAdjunct Faculty · Theology	938 records	33rd	36th	1007 ratings · all classes
6	Meghan SweeneyProfessor of the Practice · Theology fewer records	954 records	93rd	53rd	1003 ratings · all classes
7	Elizabeth AntusPhilosophy	953 records	78th	89th	—no page
8	Kenneth HimesTheology Provisional fewer records	1001 record	78th	60th	—no page
9	Nicholas HayesTheology	943 records	78th	52nd	—no page
10	Martin Maira SotomayorPhilosophy Provisional fewer records	981 record	78th	48th	1004 ratings · all classes
11	Micah LottAssociate Professor · Philosophy Provisional	941 record	—	71st	—no page
12	Daniel MaryanovichPhilosophy Provisional	921 record	25th	21st	902 ratings · all classes
13	C FriedPhilosophy Provisional	881 record	93rd	72nd	—no page
14	James WeissAssociate Professor · Theology	864 records	78th	62nd	8814 ratings · all classes
15	Jared HighlenPhilosophy Provisional fewer records	771 record	78th	51st	908 ratings · all classes
16	Stanley AnoziePhilosophy	837 records	46th	32nd	—no page
17	Marina MccoyPhilosophy Provisional	752 records	39th	31st	—no page
18	Eileen SweeneyPhilosophy Provisional fewer records	511 record	—	41st	201 rating · all classes
19	Julia LegasPart-Time Faculty · Philosophy	747 records	78th	79th	727 ratings · all classes

All 19 instructors listed.

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 19 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 69 records

The Professor4 items

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

9453rd pctl

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

9452nd pctl

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

9347th pctl

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

9444th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9256th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9254th pctl

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

9460th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9153rd pctl

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

8834th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9145th 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.

6178th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9261st pctl

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

9674th 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

69 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Jared Highlen	Fall 2025	01	77	72	60
Martin Maira Sotomayor	Fall 2025	04	98	92	60
Micah Lott	Fall 2025	13	94	95	—
Marina Mccoy	Fall 2025	25	70	72	60
Mary Troxell	Fall 2025	31	93	90	60
Stanley Anozie	Fall 2025	34	80	83	60
Daniel Maryanovich	Fall 2025	46	92	83	40
Mary Troxell	Fall 2022	01	100	93	60
Mary Troxell	Fall 2022	02	100	87	60
Mary Troxell	Fall 2022	03	100	96	—
Stanley Anozie	Fall 2022	04	88	80	60
Stanley Anozie	Fall 2022	05	95	90	—
Stanley Anozie	Fall 2022	06	87	77	60
Matthew Kruger	Fall 2022	07	96	94	60
Matthew Kruger	Fall 2022	08	91	80	60
Matthew Kruger	Fall 2022	09	98	98	60
Matthew Kruger	Fall 2022	10	98	96	—
Matthew Kruger	Fall 2022	11	100	100	—
Matthew Kruger	Fall 2022	12	100	100	40
Elizabeth Antus	Fall 2022	13	94	89	60
Elizabeth Antus	Fall 2022	14	95	90	60
Elizabeth Antus	Fall 2022	15	97	94	60
James Weiss	Fall 2022	16	88	89	—
James Weiss	Fall 2022	17	90	90	—
James Weiss	Fall 2022	18	83	87	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.