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THEO 7042

Augustine's City of God · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

85BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2022

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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

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

88BC — “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

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”1 record · 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 offers a close reading of Augustines City of God. While the immediateoccasion was the sack of Rome by Alaric (410), Augustines thought on the two cities had been germinating for several years. Partly an apology for Christianity, the book offers a sweeping survey of human history from Adam to the eschaton, as well as searching reflections on Christian existence in the present age (saeculum). He treats topics such as the nature of bodily existence, Christian participation in the political order, the value of ancient philosophy, the role of the emotions, divine providence, and the interpretation of Scripture.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
David HunterMargaret O'Brien Flatley Chair of Catholic Theology · Theology Provisional	931 record	78th	33rd

There is no ranking to read here: David Hunter is the only instructor with evaluation records for THEO 7042, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by David Hunter

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
THEO 1401Engaging Catholicism	43114 records	78
THEO 1722The Formation of Early Christian Thought: A Theological Examination	24 records	84
THEO 7049Council of Nicaea (325): Theology and Discipline	23 records	86
THEO 3103Early Christian Traditions	22 records	92
THEO 7018Priesthood, Celibacy, and Authority in Ancient Christianity	11 record	96
THEO 7059Reading Romans in the Early Church	11 record	80

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.

9561st pctl

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

100100th pctl

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

9881st pctl

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

9876th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9887th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9574th pctl

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

9141st pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9361st pctl

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

768th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

765th 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.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8833rd pctl

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

9355th 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

1 section · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
David Hunter	Fall 2022	01	93	85	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.