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SOCY 1058

Sociology of the Family · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

69BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Summer 2025 – Fall 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

3rdMore challenging than 3% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

75BC — “Intellectually Challenging”2 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

85thMore work than 85% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

70BC — “Workload”2 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.

In recent years, U.S. public policy has focused on strengthening the nuclear family as a primary strategy for reducing poverty and improving the lives of America's youth. It is often assumed that this type of family is healthy, financially independent, heterosexual, violence-free, normative, and grounded in historical tradition. This course examines these assumptions sociologically while considering systemic variations in race/ethnicity, class, gender, ability, and sexual orientation within and among American families.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Patricia ArendSociology Provisional	712 records	85th	3rd

There is no ranking to read here: Patricia Arend is the only instructor with evaluation records for SOCY 1058, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Patricia Arend

1 other class

Class	Instructors	Course score
SOCY 1024Gender and Society	12 records	68

Other SOCY classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
SOCY 1001Introductory Sociology	2657 records	82
SOCY 2210Research Methods	723 records	79
SOCY 1030Deviance and Social Control	213 records	74
SOCY 2215Social Theory	313 records	76
SOCY 2200Statistics	311 records	74
SOCY 1501Global Implications of Climate Change	310 records	78

The line

All 13 items · means across 2 records

The Professor4 items

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

828th pctl

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

762nd pctl

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

773rd pctl

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

848th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8317th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

785th pctl

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

9136th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

819th 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.

692nd 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.

7085th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

753rd pctl

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

8622nd 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

2 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Patricia Arend	Fall 2025	01	74	71	60
Patricia Arend	Summer 2025	01	67	67	80

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.