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TMPS 8515

Advanced Professional Ministry Practicum · 1 instructor on record · 8 sections

What the course score is made of

85BC evaluations8 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

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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

2ndMore challenging than 2% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

74BC — “Intellectually Challenging”8 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

81stMore work than 81% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

65BC — “Workload”8 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 Advanced Professional Ministry Practicum provides advanced M.Div. or Th.M. students with opportunities for exercising ministerial leadership in settings requiring both advanced ministerial experience and professional expertise in a field other than theology. The aim is to conjoin expertise in another professional field (e.g., health care, law, economics, social work, education, international affairs, etc.) with the practice of ministry. The student is mentored by experienced ministers. The course component offers opportunity for careful reflection on the experience with peers. Students should meet with the instructor early on to allow sufficient time to plan an approved practicum experience.

The only instructor on record

8 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Joseph WeissTheology and Ministry	928 records	81st	2nd

There is no ranking to read here: Joseph Weiss is the only instructor with evaluation records for TMPS 8515, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Joseph Weiss

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
TMPS 7207Professional Ministry Practicum	110 records	76
TMPS 8119Liturgical Preaching	17 records	80
TMPS 8006Confessional Ministry	15 records	93
TMPS 8008Liturgical Presiding for Ordained Ministry	15 records	95
TMST 8021Priesthood: Theology and Praxis	24 records	79
TMPS 7254English Chants of the Roman Liturgy	12 records	95

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 8 records

The Professor4 items

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

9451st pctl

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

8923rd pctl

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

8925th pctl

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

9232nd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9044th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9043rd pctl

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

9029th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8211th 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.

9251st 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.

6581st pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

742nd pctl

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

9043rd 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

8 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Joseph Weiss	Spring 2026	01	80	80	60
Joseph Weiss	Fall 2025	01	100	100	—
Joseph Weiss	Spring 2025	01	95	90	60
Joseph Weiss	Fall 2024	01	100	87	—
Joseph Weiss	Spring 2023	01	80	60	—
Joseph Weiss	Fall 2022	01	80	80	60
Joseph Weiss	Spring 2022	01	100	80	80
Joseph Weiss	Fall 2021	01	100	100	—

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.