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THEO 1432

Hinduism and Christianity in Dialogue · 8 instructors on record · 34 sections

How the curve score is built

70Teaching81 raw · 27th percentile of BC classes

+1Easiness adjustmenteasiness 82 · 48 raw workload · lighter than 67% of BC classes

71Curve 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 67% of BC classes.

What the course score is made of

81BC evaluations34 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

39thMore challenging than 39% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

89BC — “Intellectually Challenging”34 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

33rdMore work than 33% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

48BC — “Workload”34 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.

It has been said that to know one religion is to know none. In this course, we seek to gain an understanding of two of the major world religions, Christianity and Hinduism, through a comparative and dialogical approach of the ways in which these traditions have come to terms with some of the basic existential questions and religious aspirations of humanity. We will focus on conceptions of evil and salvation/liberation, on ritual practices, ethical principles, and their respective views of one another. Satisfies Core requirement for: Theology (Sacred Texts and Traditions)

The board

8 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

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. 2 of the 8 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Curve	Easiness	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Mary MylroieTheology	8694 raw · 12 records	81+1 to the score	44th	928 ratings · all classes
2	Jason SmithTheology fewer records	9296 raw · 4 records	81+1 to the score	40th	—no page
3	Morgan CurtisTheology	7887 raw · 4 records	84+2 to the score	40th	—no page
4	Richard BannonTheology	7685 raw · 6 records	83+2 to the score	29th	—no page
5	Barrie BlissTheology Provisional	7185 raw · 1 record	68−2 to the score	48th	—no page
6	Qi ZengTheology Provisional	6578 raw · 1 record	68−2 to the score	14th	—no page
7	Dhinakaran SavariyarTheology Provisional fewer records	5562 raw · 1 record	68−2 to the score	33rd	—no page
8	Catherine CornilleProfessor; Newton College Alumnae Chair of Western Culture · Theology	6375 raw · 5 records	68−2 to the score	40th	365 ratings · all classes

3 of 8 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 34 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

34 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Richard Bannon	Spring 2026	01	83	77	40
Richard Bannon	Spring 2026	02	90	83	60
Mary Mylroie	Spring 2026	03	96	90	40
Mary Mylroie	Spring 2026	04	94	87	40
Morgan Curtis	Spring 2026	05	82	71	40
Morgan Curtis	Spring 2026	06	81	76	40
Barrie Bliss	Fall 2025	01	85	68	60
Catherine Cornille	Fall 2025	01	78	68	60
Mary Mylroie	Fall 2025	02	95	91	40
Mary Mylroie	Fall 2025	03	96	91	40
Morgan Curtis	Fall 2025	04	93	90	40
Morgan Curtis	Fall 2025	05	92	89	40
Mary Mylroie	Summer 2025	02	93	80	—
Richard Bannon	Spring 2025	01	84	78	40
Richard Bannon	Spring 2025	02	90	84	40
Mary Mylroie	Spring 2025	03	95	87	40
Mary Mylroie	Spring 2025	04	90	83	40
Catherine Cornille	Fall 2024	01	76	68	60
Mary Mylroie	Fall 2024	02	86	76	—
Richard Bannon	Spring 2024	01	85	82	40
Richard Bannon	Spring 2024	02	79	75	40
Catherine Cornille	Fall 2023	01	76	69	—
Mary Mylroie	Fall 2023	02	94	83	—
Catherine Cornille	Fall 2022	01	74	69	60
Qi Zeng	Fall 2022	01	78	69	60

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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.