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THEO 5794

Philosophy and the Church Fathers · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of

91BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – Spring 2025

—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

49thMore challenging than 49% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

90BC — “Intellectually Challenging”3 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

25thMore work than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

40BC — “Workload”3 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.

The only instructor on record

3 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Margaret SchatkinTheology	943 records	25th	49th

There is no ranking to read here: Margaret Schatkin is the only instructor with evaluation records for THEO 5794, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Margaret Schatkin

3 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
THEO 5372Patristic Greek I	14 records	91
THEO 5426From Nile to Niger: African Christian Fathers and Mothers of the Church	14 records	92
THEO 5373Patristic Greek II	13 records	93

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 3 records

The Professor4 items

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

9670th pctl

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

9666th pctl

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

9671st pctl

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

9773rd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9357th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9359th pctl

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

9137th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9152nd pctl

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

9463rd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9463rd 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.

4025th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9049th pctl

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

9252nd 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

3 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Margaret Schatkin	Spring 2025	01	93	91	40
Margaret Schatkin	Spring 2024	01	95	91	40
Margaret Schatkin	Spring 2022	01	93	91	40

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.