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TMCE 7034

Critical Ethical Issues · 1 instructor on record · 4 sections

How the curve score is built

53Teaching59 raw · 1st percentile of BC classes

−2Easiness adjustmenteasiness 67 · 67 raw workload · lighter than 19% of BC classes

51Curve scorethe teaching curve −2 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 19% of BC classes.

What the course score is made of

59BC evaluations4 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

1stMore challenging than 1% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

70BC — “Intellectually Challenging”4 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

81stMore work than 81% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

67BC — “Workload”4 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.

This is the introductory course in moral theology for all degree programs, except the M.Div. This iteration of this course will introduce students to the basics of virtue ethics and the theological foundations of Catholic social thought, including its picture of the good life as one lived in community. In conversation with the insights of the Catholic tradition, it will then take up a series of issues arising in social life today, including questions about how social media relates to character and human flourishing, the causes and effects of social and political polarization, and the conditions and possibilities for friendship and other intimate relationships in our digital age.

The only instructor on record

4 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Curve	Easiness	Challenge
Mary Jo IozzioTheology and Ministry	5461 raw · 4 records	65−3 to the score	1st

There is no ranking to read here: Mary Jo Iozzio is the only instructor with evaluation records for TMCE 7034, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Mary Jo Iozzio

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
TMCE 7008Introduction to Catholic Social Ethics	35 records	81
TMCE 7101Directed Readings	12 records	90
TMCE 7164Call and Response: an Introduction to the Moral Life	12 records	75
TMCE 8082Social Sin, Responsibility, Accountability and Justice	12 records	92
TMCE 8040Theological Critiques From the Margin	11 record	84
TMCE 8059Social Justice and the Bible	11 record	65

Other TMCE classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
TMCE 7038Professional Ethics for Ministry I	113 records	76
TMCE 7008Introduction to Catholic Social Ethics	35 records	81
TMCE 8002Fundamental Moral: Theological Ethics	35 records	74
TMCE 7216Virtue Ethics	14 records	84
TMCE 8118Health Care Ethics	13 records	89
TMCE 8124End of Life Ethics	13 records	92

The line

All 13 items · means across 4 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

4 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Mary Jo Iozzio	Spring 2026	01	72	71	40
Mary Jo Iozzio	Summer 2025	01	53	53	80
Mary Jo Iozzio	Spring 2024	01	71	71	—
Mary Jo Iozzio	Fall 2021	01	47	42	80

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.