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SCWK 8854

Advanced Clinical Practice with Latinx Populations · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of

92BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Summer 2023 – Summer 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

29thMore challenging than 29% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

87BC — “Intellectually Challenging”3 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

25thMore work than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

40BC — “Workload”3 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.

ElectiveThis course prepares students for effective clinical practice with Latinx populations living in the United States. There are three units within this course meant to address the inherent needs and complexities of the Latinx community. The first unit examines the intersection of clinical social work and Latinx culture through themes of identity, family systems, and attitudes toward mental health. The second unit focuses on clinical social work and immigration by exploring experiences of migration, generational differences within families, and feelings of guilt and stress related to immigration status. The third unit is centered on the varied experiences of trauma in Latinx communities and how social workers can empathically engage these experiences in culturally relevant capacities. In each of these units we will explore (1) diagnosis, misdiagnosis, and depathologization; (2) evidenced based practices and interventions; and (3) strengths, protective factors, and resilience. This course will be taught in Spanish.

The only instructor on record

3 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Maria Izquiel BermudezSocial Work	923 records	25th	29th

There is no ranking to read here: Maria Izquiel Bermudez is the only instructor with evaluation records for SCWK 8854, so the number is a record, not a position.

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 3 records

The Professor4 items

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

9135th pctl

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

9028th pctl

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

9345th pctl

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

9446th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8831st pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9255th pctl

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

9565th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8830th pctl

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

8523rd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8936th 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.

4025th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8729th pctl

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

9463rd 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

3 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Maria Izquiel Bermudez	Summer 2025	01	83	83	—
Maria Izquiel Bermudez	Summer 2024	01	94	93	40
Maria Izquiel Bermudez	Summer 2023	01	100	100	—

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.