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TMPT 7248

Screening Theology: Theology In and Through Film · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

84BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2022 – Spring 2025

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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

13thMore challenging than 13% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

83BC — “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

39thMore work than 39% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

50BC — “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.

Highlighting the possibility and potential of a theology of culture, this course explores the ways in which recent Hollywood movies can be used as resources to think about and even to rethink the meaning of key theological concepts such as ideas of God, human nature, sin, Christ/human redemption, and eschatological hope. Through brief lecture presentations, reading materials, the viewing of movies, and class discussions, students will be encouraged to consider how an appreciative and critical engagement with popular culture can allow for a relevant and contemporary practical theology.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Benjamin ValentinTheology and Ministry Provisional	922 records	39th	13th

There is no ranking to read here: Benjamin Valentin is the only instructor with evaluation records for TMPT 7248, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Benjamin Valentin

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
TMST 7024Christology	614 records	88
TMST 7101Directed Reading	35 records	90
TMST 7247Theologies of Justice and Liberation in the U.S.	14 records	85
TMST 7251U.S. Latinx Theologies	14 records	94
TMPT 8132Theology, Race, and Critical Race Theory	12 records	89
TMST 8567Christology in the Making: An Inquiry into Christology from Below	11 record	88

Other TMPT classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
TMPT 7263Theopoetics and Theologies of Imagination	13 records	94
TMPT 7315Mitigating Trauma	13 records	86
TMPT 8022Seminar in Practical Theology	23 records	85
TMPT 7122Theology in Context: Faith and Culture in American Catholicism	12 records	98
TMPT 8106Spirituality and Justice: Twentieth Century Writings	12 records	92
TMPT 8132Theology, Race, and Critical Race Theory	12 records	89

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.

9456th pctl

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

9452nd pctl

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

9562nd pctl

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

9555th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9679th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9786th pctl

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

9463rd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8937th pctl

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

8936th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8935th 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.

5039th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8313th pctl

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

8936th 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
Benjamin Valentin	Spring 2025	01	88	85	60
Benjamin Valentin	Fall 2022	01	96	84	40

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.