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THEO 2953

Introduction to Islam · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

60BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021

—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

0thMore challenging than 0% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

40BC — “Intellectually Challenging”1 record · 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

—BC — “Workload”1 record — does not contribute

Boston College's workload question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not a light class.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Gerhard BoweringTheology Provisional	601 record	—	0th

There is no ranking to read here: Gerhard Bowering is the only instructor with evaluation records for THEO 2953, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Gerhard Bowering

3 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
THEO 2312Perspectives on World Religions	11 record	60
THEO 5440Islam Today: Jihad and Fundamentalism	11 record	100
THEO 5444The Quran and Its Interpretation	11 record	40

Other THEO classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
THEO 1402God, Self, and Society	55175 records	82
THEO 1091Perspectives on Western Culture II/Perspectives II	41125 records	86
THEO 1088Person and Social Responsibility I	19120 records	87
THEO 1401Engaging Catholicism	43114 records	78
THEO 1090Perspectives on Western Culture I/Perspectives I	33107 records	85
THEO 1089Person and Social Responsibility II	2598 records	90

The line

All 13 items · means across 1 record

The Professor4 items

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

600th pctl

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

600th pctl

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

600th pctl

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

9025th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

200th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

200th pctl

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

600th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

600th pctl

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

9044th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

702nd pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

400th pctl

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

600th 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. 1 of 13 questions were not reported and are left out rather than shown as zero.

Game log

1 section · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Gerhard Bowering	Fall 2021	01	60	60	—

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.