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 9944

Field Education IV Macro · 17 instructors on record · 21 sections

What the course score is made of
79BC evaluations21 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
25thMore challenging than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
86BC — “Intellectually Challenging”21 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
83BC — “Workload”21 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.

The board

17 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
1Joseph Mc LaughlinSocial Work Provisional1002 records100th58thno page
2Melissa HalliseySocial Work Provisional1002 records100th9thno page
3Timothy WilliamsSocial Work Provisional1002 records100th100thno page
4Devorath RuizSocial Work Provisional1001 recordno page
5Emily Greising RemenschneiderSocial Work Provisional1001 recordno page
6Julia MacmahonSocial Work Provisional1001 record25th0th401 rating · all classes
7Lyndsey McmahanSocial Work Provisional1001 record69thno page
8Marie MathieuSocial Work Provisional1001 recordno page
9Nicole DowningSocial Work Provisional1001 recordno page
10William HowardSocial Work Provisional1001 record100th100thno page
11Karin ElliottSocial Work Provisional901 record100th48thno page
12Rebecca CamargoSocial Work Provisional701 record48thno page
13Sandee TisdaleSocial Work Provisional672 records0th0thno page
Carrie JohnsonSocial Work Provisional1 recordno page
Erika HamelSocial Work Provisional1 recordno page
Tatiana SchettiniSocial Work Provisional1 recordno page
Ximena SotoSocial Work Provisional1 recordno page

All 17 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. 17 of 17 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 21 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
8923rd pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9450th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9134th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9022nd pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
8832nd pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
9038th pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
839th pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
774th pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
9044th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
9039th 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.
8394th pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
8625th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
8317th 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

21 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Nicole DowningSpring 20260210080
Erika HamelSpring 202603
Emily Greising RemenschneiderSpring 202604100
Carrie JohnsonSpring 202605
Marie MathieuSpring 20260610040
Julia MacmahonSpring 20260710010040
Joseph Mc LaughlinSpring 202608100100100
Devorath RuizSpring 20260910060
Ximena SotoSpring 202610
Sandee TisdaleSpring 202611
Tatiana SchettiniSpring 202612100
Melissa HalliseySpring 202613
Timothy WilliamsSpring 202615100100
Rebecca CamargoSpring 2023037080
Karin ElliottSpring 2023049090100
William HowardSpring 20230810096100
Lyndsey McmahanSpring 20230910087
Joseph Mc LaughlinSpring 20231010080100
Sandee TisdaleSpring 202311674020
Melissa HalliseySpring 20231410060100
Timothy WilliamsSpring 202315100

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.