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SCWK 7722

Psychosocial Pathology · 16 instructors on record · 63 sections

What the course score is made of

88BC evaluations63 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

55thMore challenging than 55% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

91BC — “Intellectually Challenging”63 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

28thMore work than 28% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

44BC — “Workload”63 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.

Required of Clinical Social Work students; elective for others.. An examination of the etiology and identification of adult mental disorders utilizing the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Focus is on psychological, genetic, and biochemical theories of mental illness; biopsychosocial stressors in symptom formation, assessment and treatment; cultural determinants in psychopathology; differential diagnosis; and drug therapies.

The board

16 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 16Filters 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. 3 of the 16 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Katherine Nicholas MalveySocial Work	9910 records	28th	81st	—no page
2	Beth CraftSocial Work	975 records	29th	62nd	—no page
3	Scott EastonSocial Work	969 records	30th	79th	—no page
4	Olivia DuboisSocial Work fewer records	973 records	39th	65th	—no page
5	Claire MaddenSocial Work Provisional	962 records	25th	14th	—no page
6	Robin WarshSocial Work	937 records	25th	16th	—no page
7	Anshika Hansen-VermaSocial Work Provisional	932 records	39th	86th	—no page
8	Kristen CatlinSocial Work Provisional	931 record	25th	31st	—no page
9	Binh NguyenSocial Work Provisional	921 record	78th	48th	—no page
10	Samantha McketchnieSocial Work Provisional fewer records	871 record	25th	11th	—no page
11	Tsana DimaninSocial Work	9111 records	29th	70th	—no page
12	Cindy GordonSocial Work	873 records	25th	30th	—no page
13	Ellen Sophis GillespieSocial Work	864 records	25th	20th	—no page
14	Natalie GrafftSocial Work Provisional	721 record	25th	50th	—no page
15	Marietta LyonSocial Work Provisional fewer records	701 record	25th	29th	—no page
16	Karen BullockSocial Work Provisional	742 records	25th	39th	602 ratings · all classes

All 16 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 16 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 63 records

The Professor4 items

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

9454th pctl

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

9453rd pctl

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

9456th pctl

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

9659th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9360th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9465th pctl

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

9571st pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8728th pctl

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

9569th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9356th 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.

4428th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9155th pctl

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

9358th 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

63 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Tsana Dimanin	Spring 2026	01	93	88	40
Tsana Dimanin	Spring 2026	02	97	92	40
Scott Easton	Spring 2026	03	95	95	40
Beth Craft	Spring 2026	04	99	99	—
Katherine Nicholas Malvey	Spring 2026	05	100	96	40
Olivia Dubois	Spring 2026	06	93	91	60
Karen Bullock	Spring 2026	07	76	71	40
Binh Nguyen	Spring 2026	08	92	91	60
Natalie Grafft	Spring 2026	09	72	75	40
Katherine Nicholas Malvey	Spring 2026	10	96	89	40
Ellen Sophis Gillespie	Spring 2026	11	99	91	40
Marietta Lyon	Spring 2026	12	70	68	40
Ellen Sophis Gillespie	Summer 2025	01	73	76	—
Tsana Dimanin	Spring 2025	01	91	90	60
Scott Easton	Spring 2025	02	100	93	40
Scott Easton	Spring 2025	03	98	98	40
Beth Craft	Spring 2025	04	99	94	60
Katherine Nicholas Malvey	Spring 2025	05	100	96	40
Olivia Dubois	Spring 2025	06	99	93	40
Tsana Dimanin	Spring 2025	07	96	91	40
Katherine Nicholas Malvey	Spring 2025	08	100	94	40
Robin Warsh	Spring 2025	09	96	91	40
Anshika Hansen-Verma	Spring 2025	10	94	88	40
Olivia Dubois	Spring 2025	11	100	96	—
Karen Bullock	Spring 2025	12	73	73	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.