Class record · PHIL · MCAS

PHIL 1090

Perspectives on Western Culture I/Perspectives I · 30 instructors on record · 67 sections

What the course score is made of

84BC evaluations67 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

70thMore challenging than 70% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

94BC — “Intellectually Challenging”67 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

81stMore work than 81% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

65BC — “Workload”67 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.

Freshmen only This course addresses the enduring and foundational questions of life through critical engagement with some of the intellectual, moral, and spiritual sources of the present age. The first semester will focus on the religions, philosophies and theologies of the pre-modern world, and especially the philosophical and theological traditions of early Western culture. Students will be asked to read and reflect on the works of Plato, Aristotle, the Bible, Augustine, Aquinas, and more.

The board

30 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 30Filters 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. 11 of the 30 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Timothy MuldoonAssociate Professor of the Practice · Philosophy	985 records	78th	61st	9814 ratings · all classes
2	Kerry CroninPhilosophy	974 records	94th	93rd	10011 ratings · all classes
3	Ronald TacelliPhilosophy fewer records	983 records	78th	56th	9610 ratings · all classes
4	Michael FrostPhilosophy	953 records	81st	90th	988 ratings · all classes
5	Louis PetilloTheology Provisional fewer records	972 records	25th	69th	9830 ratings · all classes
6	Jeffrey BloechlAlbert J. Fitzgibbons Professor of Philosophy; Chair of the Department · Philosophy Provisional	962 records	39th	69th	803 ratings · all classes
7	David StoreyAssociate Professor of the Practice · Philosophy	943 records	78th	72nd	906 ratings · all classes
8	Andrew BarretteAssociate Professor of the Practice · Philosophy	924 records	78th	74th	9819 ratings · all classes
9	Andrew PrevotTheology Provisional fewer records	981 record	93rd	92nd	1005 ratings · all classes
10	Brian BramanPart-Time Faculty · Philosophy	923 records	93rd	89th	8416 ratings · all classes
11	Robert ElliotPhilosophy Provisional fewer records	961 record	78th	92nd	—no page
12	Giovanni Pietro BasilePhilosophy Provisional	912 records	78th	36th	1001 rating · all classes
13	Sean HaefnerPhilosophy Provisional fewer records	931 record	78th	72nd	—no page
14	Sarah Livick-MosesTheology Provisional	921 record	78th	71st	—no page
15	Chanelle RobinsonTheology Provisional	921 record	93rd	92nd	543 ratings · all classes
16	Gregory FloydAssistant Professor · Philosophy Provisional	871 record	93rd	91st	—no page
17	Pheme PerkinsJoseph Professor of Catholic Spirituality Emerita · Theology Provisional	871 record	78th	71st	5813 ratings · all classes
18	Christopher BergerPhilosophy Provisional fewer records	852 records	93rd	93rd	5020 ratings · all classes
19	Deborah Dechiara-QuenzerPhilosophy	864 records	78th	52nd	—no page
20	Kelsey Boor MulcaheyPhilosophy Provisional	852 records	85th	64th	—no page
21	Eileen SweeneyPhilosophy Provisional fewer records	801 record	93rd	76th	201 rating · all classes
22	Stephen HudsonPhilosophy	843 records	25th	20th	9816 ratings · all classes
23	Julia LegasPart-Time Faculty · Philosophy Provisional fewer records	781 record	78th	80th	727 ratings · all classes
24	Jason DonnellyTheology Provisional	792 records	85th	75th	8219 ratings · all classes
25	Sarah ByersAssociate Professor · Philosophy Provisional fewer records	671 record	78th	69th	6615 ratings · all classes
26	Christopher ConstasPhilosophy	783 records	87th	87th	806 ratings · all classes
27	Karen HowardPhilosophy Provisional	752 records	85th	44th	5411 ratings · all classes
28	Katherine KimballTheology Provisional fewer records	571 record	—	88th	—no page
29	Paul McnellisPhilosophy fewer records	693 records	81st	31st	—no page
30	Antonia AtanassovaAdjunct Faculty · Theology	704 records	85th	75th	—no page

All 30 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. 18 of 30 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 67 records

The Professor4 items

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

9134th pctl

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

9029th pctl

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

9134th pctl

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

9232nd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8834th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8829th pctl

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

9035th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8939th pctl

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

8627th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8832nd 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.

6581st pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9470th pctl

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

9572nd 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

67 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Kerry Cronin	Fall 2025	01	98	96	80
Paul Mcnellis	Fall 2025	03	69	73	80
Kelsey Boor Mulcahey	Fall 2025	09	85	83	80
Andrew Barrette	Fall 2025	23	95	91	—
Timothy Muldoon	Fall 2025	27	96	92	60
Michael Frost	Fall 2025	31	92	88	60
Andrew Barrette	Fall 2025	33	90	89	60
Timothy Muldoon	Fall 2025	39	97	86	60
David Storey	Fall 2025	43	98	93	60
Kelsey Boor Mulcahey	Fall 2025	49	84	81	60
Gregory Floyd	Fall 2025	51	87	81	80
Ronald Tacelli	Fall 2025	53	99	97	60
David Storey	Fall 2025	59	96	93	60
Sean Haefner	Fall 2025	61	93	91	60
Eileen Sweeney	Fall 2025	63	80	77	80
Jeffrey Bloechl	Fall 2022	01	97	94	60
Paul Mcnellis	Fall 2022	03	73	71	80
Christopher Berger	Fall 2022	05	77	74	—
Stephen Hudson	Fall 2022	13	79	72	40
Kerry Cronin	Fall 2022	17	98	96	80
Brian Braman	Fall 2022	19	93	89	60
Michael Frost	Fall 2022	25	95	89	60
Antonia Atanassova	Fall 2022	29	76	73	—
Antonia Atanassova	Fall 2022	31	57	57	60
Christopher Constas	Fall 2022	35	80	77	80

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.