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SCWK 6608

Introduction to Social Work · 1 instructor on record · 9 sections

What the course score is made of

89BC evaluations9 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – Spring 2026

—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

33rdMore challenging than 33% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

88BC — “Intellectually Challenging”9 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

26thMore work than 26% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

43BC — “Workload”9 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.

This is a Social Work course available to undergraduate students Starting with a discussion of its history and the relevance of values and ethics to its practice, the course takes up the various social work methods of dealing with individuals, groups, and communities and their problems. In addition to a discussion of the theories of human behavior that apply to social work interventions, the course examines the current policies and programs, issues, and trends of the major settings in which social work is practiced.

The only instructor on record

9 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Sarah RyanSocial Work	919 records	26th	33rd	1001 rating · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Sarah Ryan is the only instructor with evaluation records for SCWK 6608, so the number is a record, not a position. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Sarah Ryan

1 other class

Class	Instructors	Course score
PSYC 2201Introduction to Social Work	11 record	97

Other SCWK classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
SCWK 8841Program Evaluation	2368 records	72
SCWK 7701The Social Welfare System	2966 records	72
SCWK 7722Psychosocial Pathology	1663 records	88
SCWK 7721Human Behavior and the Social Environment	1861 records	84
SCWK 7747Research Methods in Social Work Practice	1758 records	69
SCWK 7723Re-thinking Diversity: Systems of Oppression and Privilege	1755 records	85

The line

All 13 items · means across 9 records

The Professor4 items

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

9451st pctl

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

8613th 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.

9552nd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9145th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9252nd pctl

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

9458th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9152nd pctl

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

746th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

797th 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.

4326th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8833rd pctl

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

9568th 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

9 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Sarah Ryan	Spring 2026	01	90	90	40
Sarah Ryan	Fall 2025	01	89	88	40
Sarah Ryan	Spring 2025	01	92	94	40
Sarah Ryan	Fall 2024	01	93	89	60
Sarah Ryan	Spring 2024	01	90	86	40
Sarah Ryan	Fall 2023	01	90	90	—
Sarah Ryan	Spring 2023	01	86	83	40
Sarah Ryan	Fall 2022	01	90	88	40
Sarah Ryan	Spring 2022	01	97	97	40

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.