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TMPS 8024

CPE Reflection Experience · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of
60BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2025 – Spring 2026
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
9thMore challenging than 9% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
80BC — “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
25thMore work than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
40BC — “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.

This one-credit experience is required of all M.Div. students who complete a unit of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) for academic credit. It offers the opportunity to examine and articulate the pastoral and professional learning one has gained through participation in CPE. Students prepare written summations of and reflections on their experiences and engage in an oral process of reflection with other participants.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
Joseph WeissTheology and Ministry Provisional802 records25th9th

There is no ranking to read here: Joseph Weiss is the only instructor with evaluation records for TMPS 8024, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Joseph Weiss

6 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
TMPS 7207Professional Ministry Practicum110 records76
TMPS 8515Advanced Professional Ministry Practicum18 records85
TMPS 8119Liturgical Preaching17 records80
TMPS 8006Confessional Ministry15 records93
TMPS 8008Liturgical Presiding for Ordained Ministry15 records95
TMST 8021Priesthood: Theology and Praxis24 records79

Other TMPS classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
TMPS 7080Spiritual Formation for Ministry650 records84
TMPS 7280Theological Reflection for Ministry114 records72
TMPS 7096Professional Ethics for Ministry II113 records75
TMPS 8139Internship Reflection Group112 records73
TMPS 7207Professional Ministry Practicum110 records76
TMPS 8034Introduction to the Practice of Spiritual Direction28 records98

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.
806th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
804th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
806th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
804th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
8011th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
600th pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
805th pctl
Assignments & Feedback1 item
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
600th 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.
4025th pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
809th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
8011th 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. 2 of 13 questions were not reported and are left out rather than shown as zero.

Game log

2 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Joseph WeissSpring 202601
Joseph WeissFall 202501806040

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.