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THEO 1431

Islam and Christianity in Dialogue · 13 instructors on record · 41 sections

What the course score is made of

78BC evaluations41 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026

—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

29thMore challenging than 29% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

87BC — “Intellectually Challenging”41 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

34thMore work than 34% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

50BC — “Workload”41 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.

This course engages the quest for truth and meaning in the faith traditions and practices of Islam and Christianity through the lens of comparative theology. We will use textual, historical, social, cultural, and gender analyses to examine and reflect on understandings of God, scripture, worship, sacred rites and rituals, religious law, and membership in the faith community, in addition to a comparative approach to Biblical and Quranic narratives, characters, and concepts of prophethood and saints, with special emphasis given to Jesus, Muhammad, and the Virgin Mary. Satisfies Core requirement for: Theology (Sacred Texts and Traditions)

The board

13 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 13Filters 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. 3 of the 13 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Jason WelleAssistant Professor · Theology	915 records	40th	61st	602 ratings · all classes
2	Megan HopkinsTheology	876 records	40th	30th	—no page
3	Natana Delong-BasTheology	8415 records	30th	21st	—no page
4	Shin Jae LeeTheology Provisional fewer records	872 records	25th	39th	—no page
5	Barrie BlissTheology Provisional fewer records	891 record	78th	62nd	—no page
6	Dhinakaran SavariyarTheology Provisional	841 record	78th	19th	—no page
7	James MorrisTheology Provisional	822 records	39th	12th	—no page
8	Jess NavaretteTheology Provisional	821 record	25th	76th	—no page
9	Grace AgoliaTheology Provisional	791 record	—	—	—no page
10	Scott MolonyTheology Provisional	641 record	78th	27th	—no page
11	Michael CostasTheology Provisional fewer records	611 record	25th	15th	—no page
12	Dorothy GoehringTheology Provisional	642 records	39th	17th	—no page
13	Michael Vanzandt CollinsTheology	613 records	78th	18th	—no page

All 13 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. 9 of 13 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 41 records

The Professor4 items

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

8819th pctl

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

9024th pctl

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

8718th pctl

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

8817th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9039th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8831st pctl

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

8822nd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8622nd pctl

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

8730th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8727th 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.

5034th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8729th pctl

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

8624th 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

41 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Natana Delong-Bas	Spring 2026	01	93	86	—
Megan Hopkins	Spring 2026	02	83	72	60
Barrie Bliss	Spring 2026	03	89	87	60
Jason Welle	Spring 2026	03	88	87	60
Natana Delong-Bas	Spring 2026	04	88	84	40
Natana Delong-Bas	Fall 2025	01	84	75	60
Natana Delong-Bas	Fall 2025	02	79	73	40
Megan Hopkins	Fall 2025	03	92	85	40
Megan Hopkins	Fall 2025	04	91	84	60
Megan Hopkins	Summer 2025	01	95	95	—
Natana Delong-Bas	Spring 2025	01	95	90	60
Scott Molony	Spring 2025	01	64	90	60
Jason Welle	Spring 2025	03	93	90	40
Jess Navarette	Spring 2025	03	82	90	40
Dorothy Goehring	Spring 2025	04	64	63	60
Natana Delong-Bas	Fall 2024	01	85	79	40
Natana Delong-Bas	Fall 2024	02	88	85	40
Shin Jae Lee	Fall 2024	02	88	85	40
Megan Hopkins	Fall 2024	03	81	73	40
Dorothy Goehring	Fall 2024	04	64	61	40
Jason Welle	Fall 2024	05	100	90	40
Jason Welle	Fall 2024	07	82	82	80
Michael Costas	Spring 2024	01	61	77	40
Natana Delong-Bas	Spring 2024	01	86	77	40
Natana Delong-Bas	Spring 2024	02	87	83	40

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.