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Class record · SCWK · SSW

SCWK 8869

Clinical Social Work Independent Study · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of
100BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · 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
BC — “Intellectually Challenging”1 record — does not contribute

Boston College's “intellectually challenging” question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not an easy class.

What the workload rank is made of
BC — “Workload”1 record — does not contribute

Boston College's workload question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not a light class.

Elective An opportunity for those in the Clinical Social Work concentration to investigate one aspect of social work practice in-depth. The area of investigation must be of clear significance to contemporary clinical social work practice with individuals, families, or groups. Any clinical social work student may submit (in the prior semester) a proposal for independent study in the fall and/or spring semester of his/her final year.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
Carolyn RomanoSocial Work Provisional1001 record

There is no ranking to read here: Carolyn Romano is the only instructor with evaluation records for SCWK 8869, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Carolyn Romano

4 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
SCWK 8855Clinical Practice with Children and Families: Assessment, Intervention, and Evidence-Based Practice1853 records77
SCWK 8872Advanced Clinical Interventions with Children, Youth, and Families518 records81
SCWK 8876Solution Focused Therapy210 records92
SCWK 8857Group Therapy for Children and Adolescents16 records87

Other SCWK classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
SCWK 8841Program Evaluation2368 records72
SCWK 7701The Social Welfare System2966 records72
SCWK 7722Psychosocial Pathology1663 records88
SCWK 7721Human Behavior and the Social Environment1861 records84
SCWK 7747Research Methods in Social Work Practice1758 records69
SCWK 7723Re-thinking Diversity: Systems of Oppression and Privilege1755 records85

The line

All 13 items · means across 1 record

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

Game log

1 section · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Carolyn RomanoSpring 202601100100

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.