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TMHC 8145

Reforms and Reformations · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of
90BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2024
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
72ndMore challenging than 72% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
94BC — “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
100thMore work than 100% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
100BC — “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.

Church reformers often harken back to a real or imagined pure or golden period at various times in the history of the Christian community and attempt to reform and direct the life of the Church based on that image. This course will examine significant episodes of reform in the Church from the early medieval period (6-9th centuries) until the present day. Notably, it will treat extensively the Protestant and Catholic reform(ation)s of the 16th-century, as well as the reform of the mid-20th century, but also the Carolingian Reforms and the Gregorian Reform, among others.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
Stephen MolvarecTheology and Ministry Provisional921 record100th72nd

There is no ranking to read here: Stephen Molvarec is the only instructor with evaluation records for TMHC 8145, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Stephen Molvarec

6 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
TMHC 7026History of Western Christianity I: 100-85036 records86
TMHC 7027History of Western Christianity II: 850-165035 records79
TMHC 7285Where Two or Three are Gathered: A History of Religious Life in the West12 records95
TMHC 7301Tolkien: Catholicism, History, and Myth12 records97
TMHC 8148Stones, Bones, Spaces and Places: A History of Christianity?s Relationship with the Material World12 records86
TMHC 8572Heresy and Revolution, Protest and Reform12 records91

Other TMHC classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
TMHC 7026History of Western Christianity I: 100-85036 records86
TMHC 7027History of Western Christianity II: 850-165035 records79
TMHC 7218Introduction to Ignatian Spirituality35 records88
TMHC 7195Classic Wisdom for Discerning the Spirits14 records91
TMHC 7022Spiritual Autobiography: Journeys into the Self and God13 records72
TMHC 7179History of Western Christianity III: Catholicism from the French Revolution to Vatican II13 records80

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.
9240th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9453rd pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9670th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9663rd pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
9467th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
9253rd pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9245th pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
9471st pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
9044th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
9464th 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.
100100th pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
9472nd pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
9464th 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
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Stephen MolvarecFall 2024019290100

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.