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THEO 1088

Person and Social Responsibility I · 19 instructors on record · 120 sections

What the course score is made of

87BC evaluations120 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2022 – 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

64thMore challenging than 64% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

93BC — “Intellectually Challenging”120 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

79thMore work than 79% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

63BC — “Workload”120 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.

Enrollment limited to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors The course requirements include ten to twelve hours per week of community service. In light of classic philosophical and theological texts, students in this course address the relationship of self and society, the nature of community, the mystery of suffering and the practical difficulties of developing a just society. PULSE students are challenged to investigate the insights offered by their readings in relationship to their service work. Places in the course are very limited.

The board

19 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 19Filters 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. 5 of the 19 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Joshua SnyderAssociate Professor of the Practice · Theology	998 records	78th	75th	1002 ratings · all classes
2	Mary TroxellPart-Time Faculty · Philosophy	9714 records	44th	82nd	1006 ratings · all classes
3	Suzanne HeveloneAdjunct Faculty · Theology	9616 records	30th	39th	1007 ratings · all classes
4	Matthew KrugerAssociate Professor of the Practice; Director of Undergraduate Studies · Theology fewer records	979 records	40th	84th	988 ratings · all classes
5	Valentina Nilo CovarrubiasTheology	973 records	95th	84th	—no page
6	Stephen PopeProfessor · Theology	953 records	95th	84th	—no page
7	Charles FriedPhilosophy	936 records	95th	79th	—no page
8	Elizabeth AntusPhilosophy fewer records	943 records	78th	93rd	—no page
9	Yonder GillihanAssociate Professor · Theology	934 records	81st	36th	943 ratings · all classes
10	Meghan SweeneyProfessor of the Practice · Theology	918 records	78th	60th	1003 ratings · all classes
11	Martin Maira SotomayorPhilosophy fewer records	924 records	78th	53rd	1004 ratings · all classes
12	Nicholas HayesTheology	923 records	100th	55th	—no page
13	John MileskiTheology	914 records	81st	80th	—no page
14	Jonelle WeierTheology Provisional fewer records	871 record	78th	72nd	—no page
15	James WeissAssociate Professor · Theology	898 records	78th	63rd	8814 ratings · all classes
16	Eileen SweeneyPhilosophy Provisional	791 record	—	—	201 rating · all classes
17	Marina MccoyPhilosophy	793 records	78th	57th	—no page
18	Julia LegasPart-Time Faculty · Philosophy fewer records	718 records	83rd	76th	727 ratings · all classes
19	Stanley AnoziePhilosophy	7214 records	47th	42nd	—no page

All 19 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. 2 of 19 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 120 records

The Professor4 items

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

9450th pctl

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

9452nd pctl

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

9453rd pctl

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

9551st pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9256th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9357th pctl

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

9463rd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9258th pctl

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

8835th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9146th 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.

6379th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9364th pctl

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

9675th 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

120 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Suzanne Hevelone	Fall 2025	10	98	96	40
James Weiss	Fall 2025	16	88	89	60
Meghan Sweeney	Fall 2025	19	91	84	60
Jonelle Weier	Fall 2025	28	87	95	60
Matthew Kruger	Fall 2025	28	97	95	60
Suzanne Hevelone	Fall 2025	37	92	93	40
Yonder Gillihan	Fall 2025	40	91	86	80
Joshua Snyder	Fall 2025	43	96	93	40
Mary Troxell	Fall 2024	01	97	93	60
Mary Troxell	Fall 2024	02	96	92	—
Mary Troxell	Fall 2024	03	100	91	60
Charles Fried	Fall 2024	04	89	84	80
Charles Fried	Fall 2024	05	93	89	100
Charles Fried	Fall 2024	06	90	86	80
John Mileski	Fall 2024	07	89	89	60
John Mileski	Fall 2024	08	95	90	80
John Mileski	Fall 2024	09	88	88	60
Suzanne Hevelone	Fall 2024	10	98	90	40
Suzanne Hevelone	Fall 2024	11	100	96	40
Suzanne Hevelone	Fall 2024	12	98	96	60
Marina Mccoy	Fall 2024	13	78	77	60
Marina Mccoy	Fall 2024	14	80	76	—
Marina Mccoy	Fall 2024	15	78	76	60
James Weiss	Fall 2024	16	88	86	60
James Weiss	Fall 2024	17	91	89	60

Showing the first 25.

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.