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TMST 7059

Theological Virtues · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

93BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2022 – Fall 2024

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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

65thMore challenging than 65% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

93BC — “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

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “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 Church is often described as a community of faith, hope, and love. This course explores how some Christian thinkers have understood these central theological virtues. After considering New Testament sources, we will examine the following periods and thinkers: patristic (e.g. Augustine), medieval (Aquinas), reformation (Calvin), early modern (John of the Cross), and modern (Rahner, Lonergan, liberation theology). While special attention will be paid to the systematic thought of Aquinas, the goal of this course is to present a broad range of thinkers so that students can articulate their own account of these characteristic marks of Christian life.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Dominic DoyleTheology and Ministry Provisional	962 records	78th	65th

There is no ranking to read here: Dominic Doyle is the only instructor with evaluation records for TMST 7059, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Dominic Doyle

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
TMST 7009Fundamental Theology	39 records	87
TMST 7056Theological Anthropology	14 records	92
TMST 7045Grace	13 records	96
TMST 7088Theology of Culture	12 records	88
TMST 7215Philosophy for Theological Studies	12 records	87
TMST 7065Disputed Questions in Contemporary Theology	11 record	90

Other TMST classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
TMST 7024Christology	614 records	88
TMST 7020The Church	313 records	91
TMST 7057Theological Foundations in Practical Perspective	611 records	91
TMST 7081Writing and Research for Theology and Ministry	210 records	89
TMST 7009Fundamental Theology	39 records	87
TMST 7058Sacraments in the Life of the Church	25 records	94

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.

9986th pctl

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

9987th 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.

9773rd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9677th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9786th pctl

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

9675th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9683rd 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.

9675th 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.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9365th pctl

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

9784th 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
Dominic Doyle	Fall 2024	01	100	98	60
Dominic Doyle	Fall 2022	01	91	89	60

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.