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TMOT 8101

Job and Suffering · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

94BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2023 – Spring 2025

—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

51stMore challenging than 51% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

91BC — “Intellectually Challenging”2 records · 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

85thMore work than 85% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

70BC — “Workload”2 records · 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.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Andrew DavisTheology and Ministry Provisional	972 records	85th	51st

There is no ranking to read here: Andrew Davis is the only instructor with evaluation records for TMOT 8101, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Andrew Davis

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
TMOT 7067Introduction to the Old Testament	28 records	94
TMNT 8140Seminar in Current Biblical Scholarship	44 records	84
TMOT 7014The Core Narrative of the Old Testament: Genesis to Kings	24 records	89
TMOT 8098Prophets	24 records	95
TMOT 7226Biblical Spirituality	13 records	94
TMOT 8100Women in Scripture	23 records	85

Other TMOT classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
TMOT 7067Introduction to the Old Testament	28 records	94
TMOT 7014The Core Narrative of the Old Testament: Genesis to Kings	24 records	89
TMOT 8098Prophets	24 records	95
TMOT 7226Biblical Spirituality	13 records	94
TMOT 8100Women in Scripture	23 records	85
TMOT 8052Biblical Theology of Exile	12 records	93

The line

All 13 items · means across 2 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9778th pctl

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

9670th pctl

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

9778th pctl

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

9876th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9784th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9888th pctl

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

9678th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9364th pctl

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

9784th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9573rd 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.

7085th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9151st pctl

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

9885th 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

2 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Andrew Davis	Spring 2025	01	98	95	60
Andrew Davis	Spring 2023	01	95	94	80

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.