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TMHC 7166

Popes and the Papacy: From Peter to the Present · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

How the curve score is built

99Teaching100 raw · 100th percentile of BC classes

±0Easiness adjustmentworkload not reported — takes nothing off the score

99Curve scorethe teaching curve — nothing added or taken off

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. Boston College's workload question was not reported in these records, so easiness could not be worked out. That is missing data, not a heavy class — and it takes nothing off the score.

What the course score is made of

100BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2022

—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

100thMore challenging than 100% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

100BC — “Intellectually Challenging”1 record · 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

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

Not reported in these records — which is missing data, not a light class.

How is this worked out?

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.

A survey course on the papacy from St Peter to Francis I with attention to spiritual, theological, and institutional contexts. We will explore issues such as papal primacy, ground-breaking teachings and councils, influential women, controversies including the crusades, Protestant Reformation, church expansion in the global South, infallibility, the Holocaust, racial and social justice concerns, the role of the laity, womens ministries, and gender topics. Papal relations with the Jesuits receive special attention. Lectures with regular opportunities to discuss primary source readings and their relevance today.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Curve	Easiness	Challenge
Catherine MooneyTheology and Ministry Provisional	99100 raw · 1 record	—	100th

There is no ranking to read here: Catherine Mooney is the only instructor with evaluation records for TMHC 7166, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Catherine Mooney

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
TMHC 7027History of Western Christianity II: 850-1650	35 records	79
TMHC 7218Introduction to Ignatian Spirituality	35 records	88
TMHC 7022Spiritual Autobiography: Journeys into the Self and God	13 records	72
TMHC 7297Women Theologians, Ministers, & Preachers in Christian History	12 records	84
TMHC 7201Pathways to God: Classic Texts on Prayer and Christian Mysticism	11 record	88
TMHC 7303Screening Saints & Sanctity	11 record	83

Other TMHC classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
TMHC 7026History of Western Christianity I: 100-850	36 records	86
TMHC 7027History of Western Christianity II: 850-1650	35 records	79
TMHC 7218Introduction to Ignatian Spirituality	35 records	88
TMHC 7195Classic Wisdom for Discerning the Spirits	14 records	91
TMHC 7022Spiritual Autobiography: Journeys into the Self and God	13 records	72
TMHC 7179History of Western Christianity III: Catholicism from the French Revolution to Vatican II	13 records	80

The line

All 13 items · means across 1 record

Instructor4

Course3

Feedback3

Workload & Challengenot ratings

Bars are ranks, not raw scores. Nothing here is graded good or bad. 1 of 13 questions were not reported and are left out rather than shown as zero.

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.
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

1 section · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Catherine Mooney	Fall 2022	01	100	100	—

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.