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Boston College course evaluations · every published number, ranked class by class

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.

Class record · THEO · MCAS

THEO 7977

Twentieth Century Catholic Moral Theologians · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of
83BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2023
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
48thMore challenging than 48% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
90BC — “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
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
James KeenanTheology Provisional891 record48th

There is no ranking to read here: James Keenan is the only instructor with evaluation records for THEO 7977, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by James Keenan

6 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
TMCE 8002Fundamental Moral: Theological Ethics35 records74
THEO 7518Aquinas' Ethics12 records90
TMOT 8149Old Testament and Ethics22 records87
THEO 7051Learning from Aquinas to be Virtuous11 record93
THEO 7063History of Catholic Theological Ethics11 record83
THEO 7687Catholic Theological Ethics: Twelfth to Eighteenth Century11 record92

Other THEO classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
THEO 1402God, Self, and Society55175 records82
THEO 1091Perspectives on Western Culture II/Perspectives II41125 records86
THEO 1088Person and Social Responsibility I19120 records87
THEO 1401Engaging Catholicism43114 records78
THEO 1090Perspectives on Western Culture I/Perspectives I33107 records85
THEO 1089Person and Social Responsibility II2598 records90

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.
9136th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
8920th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9138th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9131st pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
9150th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
8933rd pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9779th pctl
Assignments & Feedback2 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
9045th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
9043rd pctl
Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
9048th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
9042nd 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. 2 of 13 questions were not reported and are left out rather than shown as zero.

Game log

1 section · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
James KeenanSpring 2023018983

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.