Carney Curve

Boston College course evaluations · Fall 2021 through Spring 2026, ranked class by class

Top of the board1.PRTO 3300982.UNAS 3348903.MUSP 1670944.COMM 1060925.MUSP 1660926.ECON 9902887.BSLW 2299918.PHIL 4932939.COMM 19029010.UGMG 10109311.MUSP 26009912.TMPS 803495
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 · SCWK · SSW

SCWK 7701

The Social Welfare System · 29 instructors on record · 66 sections

How the curve score is built
62Teaching72 raw · 8th percentile of BC classes
+1Easiness adjustmenteasiness 80 · 51 raw workload · lighter than 61% of BC classes
63Curve scorethe teaching curve +1 for the workload · at most ±6 either way

Boston College's ratings are bunched at the top — the median instructor averages about 88 out of 100 on the raw scale, and 44% of them clear 90 — so a raw score cannot separate anybody. Every figure here is ranked against BC classes and that rank is re-expressed out of 100, which is what turns a raw 88 — the middle of the university — into a figure that says where somebody actually stands. On this scale 77 is the median, 84 the top quarter and 91 the top tenth. Workload is then an adjustment on top of that, worth nothing at all for an ordinary one. Lighter work than 61% of BC classes.

What the course score is made of
72BC evaluations66 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – Spring 2026
—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
17thMore challenging than 17% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
84BC — “Intellectually Challenging”66 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question. It is not a measure of difficulty, grading or workload.

How is this worked out?

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
39thMore work than 39% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
51BC — “Workload”66 records · raw score out of 100

One of Boston College's five workload bands, not a number of hours. Higher means more work, not worse.

How is this worked out?

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.

The board

29 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3
Filters 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. 9 of the 29 rows carry a mark saying so.

RankInstructorCurveEasinessChallengeRMP overall
1Vincent FusaroSocial Work8493 raw · 6 records77±0 to the score26th—no page
2Whitney IrieSocial Work8191 raw · 5 records82+1 to the score39th—no page
3Paul HeithausSocial Work Provisional fewer records9296 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score33rd—no page
4Joshua LownSocial Work Provisional9095 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score13th—no page
5Maria Pineros LeanoSocial Work8091 raw · 7 records73−1 to the score21st—no page
6Erin DonohueSocial Work Provisional fewer records8896 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score56th—no page
7Thomas HeavrenSocial Work Provisional8693 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score53rd—no page
8Shanta PandeySocial Work7990 raw · 3 records76±0 to the score15th—no page
9Thomas ByrneSocial Work Provisional fewer records8190 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score74th—no page
10Estefania Palacios PizarroSocial Work Provisional7991 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score60th—no page
11Sophie HansenSocial Work Provisional7991 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score48th—no page
12John FranchittoSocial Work Provisional7787 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score21st—no page
13Emilia DiamantSocial Work Provisional7689 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score55th—no page
14Matthew PecoraroSocial Work Provisional7689 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score13th—no page
15Spencer SandbergSocial Work Provisional7686 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score43rd—no page
16Lyndsey McMahanSocial Work Provisional7688 raw · 2 records78±0 to the score4th—no page
17Sophia EisenbergSocial Work Provisional7083 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score40th—no page
18Akosoa McFadgionSocial Work Provisional fewer records6978 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score3rd—no page
19Megan TaylorSocial Work Provisional7185 raw · 2 records68−2 to the score14th—no page
20Xi WangSocial Work Provisional fewer records6572 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score74th—no page
21Oladoyin OkunorenCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional6983 raw · 2 records68−2 to the score9th1001 rating · all classes
22Christopher BaidooSocial Work Provisional5767 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score36th—no page
23Dewin HernandezSocial Work Provisional5553 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score1st—no page
24Gabi Celia OrtizSocial Work Provisional fewer records5560 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score12th—no page
25Erika Clairgue CaizeroSocial Work Provisional fewer records6071 raw · 2 records68−2 to the score6th—no page
26Nicole RobinsonSocial Work fewer records6572 raw · 3 records84+2 to the score3rd—no page
27Rebecca JacksonSocial Work6978 raw · 6 records84+2 to the score2nd—no page
28Julia MacMahonSocial Work fewer records6579 raw · 4 records68−2 to the score18th401 rating · all classes
29Dana PrescottSocial Work6880 raw · 7 records75±0 to the score26th—no page

All 29 instructors listed.

21 of 29 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, not a figure about this class.

How this board is built and 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. 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”. Curve is the instructor's score for THIS class only, ranked against every instructor we hold and printed back out of 100, with the raw BC average underneath it; nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Easiness is an adjustment on top of it, worth up to about ±6 — BC's workload item, ranked and turned over, so a lighter section gains and a heavier one loses, while an ordinary one changes nothing — and each row prints the adjustment, signed. The board is ordered on the same figure it prints, adjusted for how many records back it. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item shown as a rank against every class we hold; students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it is not a measure of difficulty or grading, and it is never marked better or worse.

That site has no course dimension, so its figure is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 66 records
Instructor4
Course3
Feedback3
Workload & Challengenot ratings

Bars are ranks, not raw scores. Nothing here is graded good or bad.

What each item asks
Explains Clearly
The instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
Available
The instructor was available for help outside of class.
Motivating
The instructor motivated me to do my best work.
Sparks Interest
The course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
Organized
The course was well organized.
Clear Goals
The learning objectives for the course were clear.
Useful Later
What I learned is applicable beyond this course.
Assignments
Assignments and exams contributed to my learning.
Fast Feedback
I received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
Useful Feedback
The feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
Workload
How 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.
Challenge
The course was intellectually challenging.
Attendance
Attending class was necessary to do well in this course.
Why these numbers are curved

Both the number and the bar are the rank against every comparable record we hold, printed back out of 100. BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so on the raw scale every cell here would read in the high eighties and every bar would be nearly full — thirteen numbers that tell you nothing. Each cell prints its raw BC figure and its percentile underneath, so nothing is hidden by the transform. 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

66 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Paul HeithausSpring 202601968540
Julia MacMahonSpring 2026027667—
Matthew PecoraroSpring 202604897160
Whitney IrieSpring 202605959340
Estefania Palacios PizarroSpring 202606919060
Maria Pineros LeanoSpring 202606969060
Dewin HernandezSpring 202607534840
Thomas HeavrenSpring 202608938240
Thomas ByrneSpring 202609907840
Xi WangSpring 202609727840
Megan TaylorSpring 202610706460
Megan TaylorSpring 20261110082—
Emilia DiamantSpring 202612898060
Dana PrescottSpring 202613746940
Akosoa McFadgionSpring 202501786640
Maria Pineros LeanoSpring 202502836440
Erika Clairgue CaizeroSpring 202503635460
Maria Pineros LeanoSpring 202503725460
Erika Clairgue CaizeroSpring 202504797860
Maria Pineros LeanoSpring 202504977860
Julia MacMahonSpring 2025058368—
Whitney IrieSpring 2025061009960
Gabi Celia OrtizSpring 202507606660
Vincent FusaroSpring 202507846660
Rebecca JacksonSpring 202508846740

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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.