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THEO 1090

Perspectives on Western Culture I/Perspectives I · 33 instructors on record · 107 sections

What the course score is made of

85BC evaluations107 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

74thMore challenging than 74% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

94BC — “Intellectually Challenging”107 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

80thMore work than 80% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

64BC — “Workload”107 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.

Freshmen only The course introduces students to the Judeo-Christian Biblical texts and to the writings of such foundational thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Bacon, Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, Kant, Hegel, and Kierkegaard. The first semester considers the birth of the self-critical Greek philosophic spirit, the story of the people of Israel, the emergence of Christianity and Islam, and concludes with a consideration of medieval explorations of the relationship between faith and reason. Attention will also be paid to non-Western philosophical and theological sources.

The board

33 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 33Filters 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. 9 of the 33 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Louis PetilloTheology	9710 records	78th	71st	9830 ratings · all classes
2	Timothy MuldoonAssociate Professor of the Practice · Philosophy	956 records	85th	51st	9814 ratings · all classes
3	David StoreyAssociate Professor of the Practice · Philosophy	946 records	81st	82nd	906 ratings · all classes
4	John SteichenTheology Provisional fewer records	992 records	78th	92nd	9833 ratings · all classes
5	Henry SheaTheology	944 records	43rd	82nd	1001 rating · all classes
6	Andrew CulbrethAssistant Professor · Philosophy Provisional fewer records	982 records	78th	88th	—no page
7	Andrew BarretteAssociate Professor of the Practice · Philosophy	936 records	85th	79th	9819 ratings · all classes
8	Ronald TacelliPhilosophy Provisional fewer records	972 records	78th	74th	9610 ratings · all classes
9	Jeremy WilkinsTheology	943 records	85th	90th	802 ratings · all classes
10	Michael FrostPhilosophy	943 records	78th	89th	988 ratings · all classes
11	Kerry CroninPhilosophy	933 records	85th	88th	10011 ratings · all classes
12	Jason DonnellyTheology	8910 records	87th	79th	8219 ratings · all classes
13	Christopher MclaughlinTheology	895 records	78th	76th	9013 ratings · all classes
14	Richard AtkinsPhilosophy Provisional fewer records	902 records	78th	92nd	927 ratings · all classes
15	Jamie MyroseTheology Provisional fewer records	911 record	78th	31st	—no page
16	Michael MagreeTheology Provisional	882 records	85th	84th	1002 ratings · all classes
17	Daniel CoxTheology Provisional	881 record	78th	74th	—no page
18	Deborah Dechiara-QuenzerPhilosophy	884 records	78th	75th	—no page
19	Brian BramanPart-Time Faculty · Philosophy Provisional	871 record	—	—	8416 ratings · all classes
20	Paul UlishneyVisiting Assistant Professor · Theology Provisional	872 records	78th	88th	664 ratings · all classes
21	Noah EnzorTheology Provisional	861 record	93rd	87th	—no page
22	Berit GuidottiTheology Provisional	801 record	—	—	—no page
23	Jacob KilgoreTheology Provisional fewer records	801 record	78th	65th	—no page
24	Sadrack NelsonTheology Provisional	812 records	78th	90th	—no page
25	Christopher BergerPhilosophy Provisional	792 records	—	81st	5020 ratings · all classes
26	Elisa MagriAssociate Professor · Philosophy Provisional	792 records	78th	62nd	—no page
27	Joshua Zhi En WongTheology Provisional fewer records	711 record	78th	79th	—no page
28	Paul McnellisPhilosophy	814 records	85th	56th	—no page
29	Trevor RickenbrodeTheology Provisional fewer records	681 record	93rd	79th	—no page
30	Christopher ConstasPhilosophy fewer records	763 records	78th	64th	806 ratings · all classes
31	Antonia AtanassovaAdjunct Faculty · Theology	798 records	80th	71st	—no page
32	Karen HowardPhilosophy Provisional	682 records	78th	14th	5411 ratings · all classes
33	Pheme PerkinsJoseph Professor of Catholic Spirituality Emerita · Theology	624 records	78th	41st	5813 ratings · all classes

All 33 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. 18 of 33 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 107 records

The Professor4 items

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

9135th pctl

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

9030th pctl

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

9239th pctl

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

9235th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9039th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8935th pctl

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

9242nd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9045th pctl

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

8729th 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.

6480th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9474th pctl

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

9568th 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

107 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Louis Petillo	Fall 2025	07	98	95	60
Jason Donnelly	Fall 2025	11	76	74	80
Antonia Atanassova	Fall 2025	13	60	59	60
Joshua Zhi En Wong	Fall 2025	19	71	84	60
Michael Magree	Fall 2025	19	88	84	60
Antonia Atanassova	Fall 2025	21	67	65	60
Louis Petillo	Fall 2025	25	90	89	60
Trevor Rickenbrode	Fall 2025	29	68	95	80
Jason Donnelly	Fall 2025	45	83	79	60
John Steichen	Fall 2025	47	100	100	60
Kerry Cronin	Fall 2024	01	90	85	80
Kerry Cronin	Fall 2024	02	90	87	60
Paul Mcnellis	Fall 2024	03	83	81	—
Paul Mcnellis	Fall 2024	04	84	82	60
Daniel Cox	Fall 2024	07	88	88	60
Louis Petillo	Fall 2024	07	95	88	60
Louis Petillo	Fall 2024	08	96	87	60
Andrew Culbreth	Fall 2024	09	98	96	60
Andrew Culbreth	Fall 2024	10	98	99	60
Jason Donnelly	Fall 2024	11	88	87	60
Jason Donnelly	Fall 2024	12	89	88	80
Antonia Atanassova	Fall 2024	13	81	79	80
Antonia Atanassova	Fall 2024	14	82	78	—
Paul Ulishney	Fall 2024	15	87	81	60
Paul Ulishney	Fall 2024	16	86	82	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.