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 1402

God, Self, and Society · 55 instructors on record · 175 sections

How the curve score is built
71Teaching82 raw · 30th percentile of BC classes
+2Easiness adjustmenteasiness 84 · 44 raw workload · lighter than 73% of BC classes
73Curve scorethe teaching curve +2 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 73% of BC classes.

What the course score is made of
82BC evaluations175 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
19thMore challenging than 19% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
85BC — “Intellectually Challenging”175 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
27thMore work than 27% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
44BC — “Workload”175 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.

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the dynamics of theological reflection in an academic setting. Framed as a quest for truth, transformation, and justice, the course invites students to explore key questions and themes of enduring human significance in conversation with the classic texts, ideas, and practices that animate the Christian theological tradition. Such questions include: What is theology? What is the ultimate horizon of our lives? What does it mean to be human? Who is Jesus Christ? And how can we know and serve the common good? Satisfies Core requirement for: Theology (Christian Theology)

The board

55 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. 18 of the 55 rows carry a mark saying so.

RankInstructorCurveEasinessChallengeRMP overall
1Jeanmarie GribaudoAdjunct Faculty · Theology8693 raw · 19 records84+2 to the score21st687 ratings · all classes
2John SteichenTheology fewer records8995 raw · 8 records77±0 to the score41st9833 ratings · all classes
3Cesar BaldelomarInternational Studies fewer records9296 raw · 5 records84+2 to the score29th10012 ratings · all classes
4Daniel CoxTheology Provisional fewer records9698 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score62nd—no page
5Madeline JarrettTheology8693 raw · 4 records84+2 to the score17th1001 rating · all classes
6James MatarazzoTheology8590 raw · 4 records97+5 to the score12th—no page
7Derek BrownTheology8291 raw · 9 records83+2 to the score34th1007 ratings · all classes
8Aimee HeinTheology fewer records8492 raw · 4 records84+2 to the score19th—no page
9Suzanne HeveloneAdjunct Faculty · Theology Provisional fewer records8995 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score9th1007 ratings · all classes
10Megan UlishneyTheology Provisional8894 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score13th1003 ratings · all classes
11Richard BannonTheology8391 raw · 4 records84+2 to the score29th—no page
12Austin HolmesTheology Provisional fewer records8793 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score37th801 rating · all classes
13Stephen SurhTheology Provisional8794 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score41st—no page
14Andrew PrevotTheology Provisional8693 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score15th1005 ratings · all classes
15Louis PetilloTheology Provisional8492 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score6th9830 ratings · all classes
16Sara Bernard-HoverstadTheology Provisional8492 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score30th—no page
17Spencer JohnsonTheology8091 raw · 7 records76±0 to the score27th—no page
18Sarah Livick-MosesTheology Provisional fewer records8391 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score30th—no page
19Federico CinoccaTheology Provisional fewer records8693 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score9th—no page
20Justin ConwayTheology8090 raw · 4 records76±0 to the score41st—no page
21Nicholas FagnantTheology Provisional fewer records8592 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score41st—no page
22Daniel GustafsonTheology Provisional8190 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score18th—no page
23Jamie MyroseTheology Provisional8190 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score26th—no page
24Jordan ParroTheology Provisional8190 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score17th803 ratings · all classes
25Sarah MillerTheology Provisional8089 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score11th—no page
26Barrie BlissTheology Provisional8092 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score50th—no page
27Grace AgoliaTheology Provisional7887 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score15th—no page
28Maria Del Villar TagleTheology Provisional7889 raw · 2 records———no page
29Anthony HarrisonTheology Provisional7689 raw · 2 records68−2 to the score19th1001 rating · all classes
30Henry WiddicombeTheology Provisional fewer records7584 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score5th—no page
31Brian RobinetteProfessor · Theology7687 raw · 4 records76±0 to the score34th669 ratings · all classes
32Matthew CuffTheology Provisional fewer records7484 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score20th—no page
33Barbara KozeeTheology Provisional7584 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score20th—no page
34Nathan Wood-HouseTheology Provisional7585 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score23rd—no page
35Michael CostasTheology Provisional7383 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score19th—no page
36Nicholas HayesTheology Provisional fewer records7387 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score15th—no page
37Amey AdkinsAfrican and African Diaspora Studies7585 raw · 3 records84+2 to the score14th—no page
38Jeremy WilkinsTheology Provisional7181 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score25th802 ratings · all classes
39Boyd CoolmanTheology Provisional6978 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score12th706 ratings · all classes
40Benjamin HohmanTheology Provisional6877 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score64th747 ratings · all classes
41John Bosco LugonjaTheology Provisional6870 raw · 1 record99+6 to the score0th—no page
42Megan HopkinsTheology Provisional fewer records6881 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score26th—no page
43Nelly Wamaitha WambuiInternational Studies Provisional7282 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score48th—no page
44Michael DinsmoreTheology Provisional6675 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score18th—no page
45Mary BozzaTheology Provisional fewer records6369 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score25th—no page
46Laurel PotterTheology Provisional7079 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score5th—no page
47Berit GuidottiTheology Provisional fewer records6981 raw · 2 records78±0 to the score36th—no page
48Christopher McLaughlinTheology7485 raw · 16 records76±0 to the score22nd9013 ratings · all classes
49Geraldine Chimbuoyim UzodimmaTheology Provisional6676 raw · 2 records———no page
50Katherine KimballTheology Provisional fewer records6674 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score15th—no page
51Carlos Mendoza-AlvarezTheology6978 raw · 7 records83+2 to the score6th—no page
52John CarterTheology fewer records6167 raw · 3 records81+1 to the score29th—no page
53Frederick LawrenceProfessor Emeritus · Theology fewer records6261 raw · 4 records97+5 to the score2nd1001 rating · all classes
54Ligita RyliskyteTheology6470 raw · 5 records84+2 to the score13th—no page
55Brett McLaughlinTheology6370 raw · 5 records81+1 to the score6th—no page

All 55 instructors listed.

37 of 55 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 175 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

175 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Madeline JarrettSpring 202601958940
Jeanmarie GribaudoSpring 202602909140
Christopher McLaughlinSpring 202603848040
Sarah MillerSpring 202604928440
Mary BozzaSpring 202605697540
John SteichenSpring 2026069896—
Daniel CoxSpring 202607989540
Henry WiddicombeSpring 202608847840
Megan UlishneySpring 202608897840
Jeanmarie GribaudoSpring 202610979740
Justin ConwaySpring 202612979660
Christopher McLaughlinSpring 202613807740
John SteichenFall 202501999760
Daniel CoxFall 202502979740
Sarah MillerFall 202504878540
Justin ConwayFall 202506918760
Richard BannonFall 2025089085—
Madeline JarrettFall 202509969240
Jeanmarie GribaudoFall 202510979740
Jeanmarie GribaudoFall 202511909440
Richard BannonFall 202513837940
Jeanmarie GribaudoFall 202514929140
Ligita RyliskyteFall 202515747140
Michael DinsmoreFall 202515757140
Berit GuidottiFall 202516827660

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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.