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SCWK 8865

Family Therapy · 1 instructor on record · 9 sections

What the course score is made of

78BC 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

13thMore challenging than 13% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

83BC — “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

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

49BC — “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.

Elective An advanced course designed to integrate family therapy theories of practice and intervention techniques. Throughout the course critical issues relative to power, gender, and race will be interwoven with outcome effectiveness, research, and evaluation. Emphasis will be placed on the adaptation of the family process to the stressors of chronic illness, aging, addictions, and interpersonal violence. The strengths and problems of minority families, families living in poverty, blended families, adoptive families, and families of same sex parents will be reviewed.

The only instructor on record

9 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Thomas HealeySocial Work	809 records	33rd	13th

There is no ranking to read here: Thomas Healey is the only instructor with evaluation records for SCWK 8865, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Thomas Healey

2 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
SCWK 8856Clinical Practice with Adults: Assessment, Intervention, and Evidence-Based Practice	2254 records	79
SCWK 7727Substance Use Disorders	512 records	75

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.

8717th pctl

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

9345th pctl

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

8925th pctl

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

9127th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8112th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8312th pctl

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

9243rd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9040th pctl

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

9040th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9148th 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.

4933rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8313th pctl

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

8833rd 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
Thomas Healey	Spring 2026	01	80	76	60
Thomas Healey	Summer 2025	01	92	90	60
Thomas Healey	Spring 2025	01	78	73	40
Thomas Healey	Summer 2024	01	72	84	—
Thomas Healey	Spring 2024	01	69	61	40
Thomas Healey	Summer 2023	01	68	58	—
Thomas Healey	Spring 2023	01	88	84	40
Thomas Healey	Summer 2022	01	85	82	60
Thomas Healey	Spring 2022	01	88	90	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.