Carney Curve

Boston College course evaluations · Fall 2021 through Spring 2026, ranked class by class

Top of the board1.PRTO 3300982.UNAS 3348903.MUSP 1670944.COMM 1060925.MUSP 1660926.ECON 9902887.BSLW 2299918.PHIL 4932939.COMM 19029010.UGMG 10109311.MUSP 26009912.TMPS 803495
How this list is ordered

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 · THEO · MCAS

THEO 1401

Engaging Catholicism · 43 instructors on record · 114 sections

How the curve score is built
67Teaching78 raw · 18th percentile of BC classes
+1Easiness adjustmenteasiness 82 · 47 raw workload · lighter than 68% of BC classes
68Curve scorethe teaching curve +1 for the workload · at most ±6 either way

Boston College's ratings are bunched at the top — the median instructor averages about 88 out of 100 on the raw scale, and 44% of them clear 90 — so a raw score cannot separate anybody. Every figure here is ranked against BC classes and that rank is re-expressed out of 100, which is what turns a raw 88 — the middle of the university — into a figure that says where somebody actually stands. On this scale 77 is the median, 84 the top quarter and 91 the top tenth. Workload is then an adjustment on top of that, worth nothing at all for an ordinary one. Lighter work than 68% of BC classes.

What the course score is made of
78BC evaluations114 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026
—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute
—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

The class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it — who taught it is the board below.

How is this worked out?

That is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between: the board carries each instructor's own score for this class, and the score above is the class averaged across all of them.

What the challenge rank is made of
22ndMore challenging than 22% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
85BC — “Intellectually Challenging”114 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question. It is not a measure of difficulty, grading or workload.

How is this worked out?

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
32ndMore work than 32% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
47BC — “Workload”114 records · raw score out of 100

One of Boston College's five workload bands, not a number of hours. Higher means more work, not worse.

How is this worked out?

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.

Roman Catholicism is a global religious tradition with over 1.2 billion adherents. In this Core course students will be offered an introductory engagement with the Roman Catholic tradition. This engagement will include consideration of the history, principal beliefs, exemplary figures, and communal practices of the Roman Catholicism. The course will also explore contemporary issues and challenges facing Catholicism today. Satisfies Core requirement for: Theology (Christian Theology)

The board

43 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. 16 of the 43 rows carry a mark saying so.

RankInstructorCurveEasinessChallengeRMP overall
1William BerginTheology8895 raw · 10 records82+1 to the score36th—no page
2Cesar BaldelomarInternational Studies fewer records9095 raw · 4 records84+2 to the score18th10012 ratings · all classes
3Robert KaranovichTheology Provisional fewer records97100 raw · 2 records68−2 to the score55th—no page
4Derek BrownTheology Provisional8894 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score26th1007 ratings · all classes
5Robin LandrithTheology Provisional8894 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score9th—no page
6Jozef MoonsTheology8493 raw · 3 records76±0 to the score36th—no page
7Jeanmarie GribaudoAdjunct Faculty · Theology Provisional fewer records8694 raw · 2 records—25th687 ratings · all classes
8Matthew CuffTheology Provisional fewer records8794 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score33rd—no page
9Emily TurnerTheology8092 raw · 4 records68−2 to the score56th—no page
10Brandon BiagioliTheology Provisional fewer records8592 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score50th—no page
11Daniel GustafsonTheology Provisional8592 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score41st—no page
12Peter FayTheology Provisional8593 raw · 1 record—81st1002 ratings · all classes
13Megan UlishneyTheology Provisional8391 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score6th1003 ratings · all classes
14Michael MagreeTheology7790 raw · 4 records68−2 to the score57th1002 ratings · all classes
15Austin HolmesTheology Provisional7585 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score23rd801 rating · all classes
16Spencer JohnsonTheology Provisional fewer records7585 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score9th—no page
17Jean-Paul JugeTheology7686 raw · 3 records84+2 to the score21st—no page
18Keni Philomin Raj SanthiahTheology Provisional fewer records7383 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score22nd—no page
19Brett OneillTheology7585 raw · 3 records81+1 to the score14th801 rating · all classes
20Daniel CoxTheology Provisional7286 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score6th—no page
21Ligita RyliskyteTheology Provisional7079 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score17th—no page
22Michael DinsmoreTheology Provisional fewer records7079 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score9th—no page
23Hilary NwainyaTheology Provisional7382 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score9th—no page
24Benjamin HohmanTheology Provisional fewer records6982 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score51st747 ratings · all classes
25Grace AgoliaTheology Provisional7183 raw · 2 records78±0 to the score33rd—no page
26Mark SpinnenweberDoctoral Student · Theology Provisional fewer records6573 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score6th—no page
27John Bosco LugonjaTheology7284 raw · 3 records78±0 to the score20th—no page
28Trevor RickenbrodeTheology Provisional6375 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score51st—no page
29Andrew VinkTheology Provisional6270 raw · 1 record—9th—no page
30Teva ReguleTheology Provisional fewer records6065 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score1st—no page
31Christopher McLaughlinTheology7281 raw · 4 records84+2 to the score24th9013 ratings · all classes
32Jordan ParroTheology Provisional6880 raw · 2 records——803 ratings · all classes
33Geraldine Chimbuoyim UzodimmaTheology Provisional6775 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score30th—no page
34Byron WrateeTheology Provisional fewer records6674 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score12th—no page
35David HunterMargaret O'Brien Flatley Chair of Catholic Theology · Theology6876 raw · 3 records84+2 to the score11th—no page
36Margaret FeliceAdjunct Faculty · Theology Provisional fewer records6369 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score29th504 ratings · all classes
37Shaun SlusarskiTheology fewer records6780 raw · 3 records68−2 to the score7th—no page
38Paul UlishneyVisiting Assistant Professor · Theology7183 raw · 7 records75±0 to the score42nd664 ratings · all classes
39Dhinakaran SavariyarTheology Provisional fewer records6065 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score4th—no page
40Maria Angela Socorro CruzTheology7181 raw · 8 records84+2 to the score15th569 ratings · all classes
41Chanelle RobinsonTheology Provisional fewer records5665 raw · 2 records68−2 to the score14th543 ratings · all classes
42Boyd CoolmanTheology6980 raw · 10 records78±0 to the score20th706 ratings · all classes
43Mary Ann HinsdaleTheology5664 raw · 5 records68−2 to the score4th308 ratings · all classes

All 43 instructors listed.

28 of 43 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, not a figure about this class.

How this board is built and ordered

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. 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”. Curve is the instructor's score for THIS class only, ranked against every instructor we hold and printed back out of 100, with the raw BC average underneath it; nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Easiness is an adjustment on top of it, worth up to about ±6 — BC's workload item, ranked and turned over, so a lighter section gains and a heavier one loses, while an ordinary one changes nothing — and each row prints the adjustment, signed. The board is ordered on the same figure it prints, adjusted for how many records back it. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item shown as a rank against every class we hold; students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it is not a measure of difficulty or grading, and it is never marked better or worse.

That site has no course dimension, so its figure is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 114 records
Instructor4
Course3
Feedback3
Workload & Challengenot ratings

Bars are ranks, not raw scores. Nothing here is graded good or bad.

What each item asks
Explains Clearly
The instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
Available
The instructor was available for help outside of class.
Motivating
The instructor motivated me to do my best work.
Sparks Interest
The course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
Organized
The course was well organized.
Clear Goals
The learning objectives for the course were clear.
Useful Later
What I learned is applicable beyond this course.
Assignments
Assignments and exams contributed to my learning.
Fast Feedback
I received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
Useful Feedback
The feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
Workload
How 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.
Challenge
The course was intellectually challenging.
Attendance
Attending class was necessary to do well in this course.
Why these numbers are curved

Both the number and the bar are the rank against every comparable record we hold, printed back out of 100. BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so on the raw scale every cell here would read in the high eighties and every bar would be nearly full — thirteen numbers that tell you nothing. Each cell prints its raw BC figure and its percentile underneath, so nothing is hidden by the transform. 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

114 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Boyd CoolmanSpring 202601888340
Keni Philomin Raj SanthiahSpring 202601838340
Emily TurnerSpring 202602989060
John Bosco LugonjaSpring 202603787360
Jozef MoonsSpring 202604979440
Mark SpinnenweberSpring 202605738840
Megan UlishneySpring 202605918840
Brandon BiagioliSpring 202606929340
William BerginSpring 202606969340
Paul UlishneySpring 202607838140
Margaret FeliceSpring 202608747440
Paul UlishneySpring 202609797160
Emily TurnerFall 202501959060
Jozef MoonsFall 202502928860
Margaret FeliceFall 202503646640
William BerginFall 202504948960
John Bosco LugonjaFall 2025059083—
Paul UlishneyFall 202506878240
Jozef MoonsFall 202507918760
Paul UlishneyFall 202509847860
Paul UlishneyFall 202510726660
Boyd CoolmanSummer 202501858560
Boyd CoolmanSummer 202502809060
Boyd CoolmanSpring 202501908140
Michael MagreeSpring 202504898460

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How to read this board

Instructors 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.