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SCWK 7701

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

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

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

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 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

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

Find an instructor among the 29Filters 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 29 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Vincent FusaroSocial Work	936 records	40th	26th	—no page
2	Maria Pineros LeanoSocial Work	917 records	47th	21st	—no page
3	Whitney IrieSocial Work	915 records	28th	39th	—no page
4	Shanta PandeySocial Work	903 records	43rd	15th	—no page
5	Paul HeithausSocial Work Provisional fewer records	961 record	25th	33rd	—no page
6	Erin DonohueSocial Work Provisional	961 record	78th	56th	—no page
7	Joshua LownSocial Work Provisional	951 record	25th	13th	—no page
8	Thomas HeavrenSocial Work Provisional	931 record	25th	53rd	—no page
9	Sophie HansenSocial Work Provisional	911 record	78th	48th	—no page
10	Estefania Palacios PizarroSocial Work Provisional	911 record	78th	60th	—no page
11	Lyndsey McmahanSocial Work Provisional	882 records	39th	4th	—no page
12	Thomas ByrneSocial Work Provisional fewer records	901 record	25th	74th	—no page
13	Emilia DiamantSocial Work Provisional	891 record	78th	55th	—no page
14	Matthew PecoraroSocial Work Provisional	891 record	78th	13th	—no page
15	John FranchittoSocial Work Provisional	871 record	25th	21st	—no page
16	Spencer SandbergSocial Work Provisional	861 record	25th	43rd	—no page
17	Megan TaylorSocial Work Provisional	852 records	78th	14th	—no page
18	Sophia EisenbergSocial Work Provisional	831 record	78th	40th	—no page
19	Oladoyin OkunorenCounseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Provisional	832 records	78th	9th	1001 rating · all classes
20	Akosoa McfadgionSocial Work Provisional	781 record	25th	3rd	—no page
21	Xi WangSocial Work Provisional fewer records	721 record	25th	74th	—no page
22	Julia MacmahonSocial Work fewer records	794 records	78th	18th	401 rating · all classes
23	Dana PrescottSocial Work	807 records	43rd	26th	—no page
24	Christopher BaidooSocial Work Provisional fewer records	671 record	78th	36th	—no page
25	Rebecca JacksonSocial Work	786 records	25th	2nd	—no page
26	Erika Clairgue CaizeroSocial Work Provisional	712 records	78th	6th	—no page
27	Gabi Celia OrtizSocial Work Provisional fewer records	601 record	78th	12th	—no page
28	Nicole RobinsonSocial Work	723 records	25th	3rd	—no page
29	Dewin HernandezSocial Work Provisional	531 record	25th	1st	—no page

All 29 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. 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; 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 66 records

The Professor4 items

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

8820th pctl

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

9025th pctl

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

8821st pctl

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

8817th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8315th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8314th pctl

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

8513th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

818th pctl

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

8421st pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8520th 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.

5139th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8417th pctl

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

8011th 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

66 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Paul Heithaus	Spring 2026	01	96	85	40
Julia Macmahon	Spring 2026	02	76	67	—
Matthew Pecoraro	Spring 2026	04	89	71	60
Whitney Irie	Spring 2026	05	95	93	40
Estefania Palacios Pizarro	Spring 2026	06	91	90	60
Maria Pineros Leano	Spring 2026	06	96	90	60
Dewin Hernandez	Spring 2026	07	53	48	40
Thomas Heavren	Spring 2026	08	93	82	40
Thomas Byrne	Spring 2026	09	90	78	40
Xi Wang	Spring 2026	09	72	78	40
Megan Taylor	Spring 2026	10	70	64	60
Megan Taylor	Spring 2026	11	100	82	—
Emilia Diamant	Spring 2026	12	89	80	60
Dana Prescott	Spring 2026	13	74	69	40
Akosoa Mcfadgion	Spring 2025	01	78	66	40
Maria Pineros Leano	Spring 2025	02	83	64	40
Erika Clairgue Caizero	Spring 2025	03	63	54	60
Maria Pineros Leano	Spring 2025	03	72	54	60
Erika Clairgue Caizero	Spring 2025	04	79	78	60
Maria Pineros Leano	Spring 2025	04	97	78	60
Julia Macmahon	Spring 2025	05	83	68	—
Whitney Irie	Spring 2025	06	100	99	60
Gabi Celia Ortiz	Spring 2025	07	60	66	60
Vincent Fusaro	Spring 2025	07	84	66	60
Rebecca Jackson	Spring 2025	08	84	67	40

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.