Carney Curve

Boston College course evaluations · every published number, ranked class by class

Positions 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.

Class record · SCWK · SSW

SCWK 9942

Field Education II Macro · 20 instructors on record · 22 sections

What the course score is made of
74BC evaluations22 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2023 – 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
4thMore challenging than 4% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
76BC — “Intellectually Challenging”22 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
94thMore work than 94% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
85BC — “Workload”22 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 Macro students. Supervised learning and practice in the development of change-oriented knowledge and skill. Through the staffing of task groups focused on community or administrative problem-solving, students learn about structure, function, and dynamics common to intra-organizational and community environments.

The board

20 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3
Filters 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.

RankInstructorOverallWorkloadChallengeRMP overall
1Patricia BirchSocial Work Provisional1002 records100thno page
2Rebecca CamargoSocial Work Provisional1001 record100thno page
3Ximena SotoSocial Work Provisional1001 recordno page
4Lyndsey McmahanSocial Work Provisional931 record0thno page
5William HowardSocial Work Provisional901 record48thno page
6Jennifer ShawSocial Work Provisional801 recordno page
7Julia MacmahonSocial Work Provisional801 record100th1st401 rating · all classes
8Karin ElliottSocial Work Provisional751 record0thno page
9Sandee TisdaleSocial Work Provisional752 records25th9thno page
Carrie JohnsonSocial Work Provisional1 recordno page
Erika HamelSocial Work Provisional1 recordno page
Erin McsherrySocial Work Provisional1 recordno page
Felicia Rodney-OsbourneSocial Work Provisional1 recordno page
Ginnelle VasquezSocial Work Provisional1 recordno page
Jonathan BaumSocial Work Provisional1 recordno page
Kali BostonSocial Work Provisional1 recordno page
Keavy SmithSocial Work Provisional1 recordno page
Marie MathieuSocial Work Provisional1 recordno page
Melissa HalliseySocial Work Provisional1 recordno page
Tatiana SchettiniSocial Work Provisional1 record100th0thno page

All 20 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. 20 of 20 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 22 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.
9346th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9028th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
8919th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
777th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
8212th pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
8511th pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
742nd pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
581st pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
8416th 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.
8594th pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
764th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
765th 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

22 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Jonathan BaumSpring 202602
Patricia BirchSpring 202603
Melissa HalliseySpring 202604
Erika HamelSpring 202605
Carrie JohnsonSpring 202606
Julia MacmahonSpring 2026078080100
Marie MathieuSpring 202608
Felicia Rodney-OsbourneSpring 202609
Tatiana SchettiniSpring 20261040100
Ximena SotoSpring 202611100100
Kali BostonSpring 202612
Sandee TisdaleSpring 2026135090
Ginnelle VasquezSpring 202614
Erin McsherrySpring 202615
Jennifer ShawSpring 2026168060
Keavy SmithSpring 202617
Rebecca CamargoSpring 20230310090
Karin ElliottSpring 2023047550
William HowardSpring 2023089090
Lyndsey McmahanSpring 2023109367
Patricia BirchSpring 202312100100
Sandee TisdaleSpring 2023151007040

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.