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TMPS 7286

Lifespan Pastoral Care and Counseling · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

86BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2022

—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

26thMore challenging than 26% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

86BC — “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

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Walter SmithTheology and Ministry Provisional	801 record	—	26th

There is no ranking to read here: Walter Smith is the only instructor with evaluation records for TMPS 7286, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Walter Smith

3 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
TMPS 7269Healing Ministries	12 records	98
TMPS 7265Lifespan Pastoral Care	11 record	65
TMPS 7267Professional Chaplaincy	11 record	70

Other TMPS classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
TMPS 7080Spiritual Formation for Ministry	650 records	84
TMPS 7280Theological Reflection for Ministry	114 records	72
TMPS 7096Professional Ethics for Ministry II	113 records	75
TMPS 8139Internship Reflection Group	112 records	73
TMPS 7207Professional Ministry Practicum	110 records	76
TMPS 8034Introduction to the Practice of Spiritual Direction	28 records	98

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.

9133rd pctl

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

783rd pctl

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

839th pctl

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

9236th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9575th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8936th pctl

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

9779th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8518th pctl

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

9782nd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9146th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8626th pctl

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

8830th 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. 1 of 13 questions were not reported and are left out rather than shown as zero.

Game log

1 section · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Walter Smith	Fall 2022	01	80	86	—

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.