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TMST 8109

The Trinity in the Early Church · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of

96BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – Fall 2024

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What the challenge rank is made of

93rdMore challenging than 93% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

99BC — “Intellectually Challenging”3 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”3 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.

An introduction to early Christian Trinitarian theology and its enduring pertinence to the Churchs worship of God as one and three, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Treating authors from Justin Martyr to John of Damascus, we explore the scriptural and philosophical features of, among other issues, the Cappadocian solution, the psychological analogies of Augustine, the roots of the filioque, and the challenge of Islam. We will consider the retrieval of patristic Trinitarian theology by recent authors, especially in light of debates on ontotheology, the immanent and the economic Trinity, and social analogies for divine perichoresis.

The only instructor on record

3 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Brian DunkleTheology and Ministry	983 records	78th	93rd

There is no ranking to read here: Brian Dunkle is the only instructor with evaluation records for TMST 8109, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Brian Dunkle

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
TMHC 7026History of Western Christianity I: 100-850	36 records	86
TMST 8528S.T.D. Specialized Research	25 records	93
TMST 8543STD Pro-Seminar	24 records	90
TMST 8546STD Colloquium	24 records	85
TMST 7151Introduction to Patristic Theology	13 records	96
THEO 3103Early Christian Traditions	22 records	92

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 3 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.

9779th pctl

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

9882nd pctl

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

9983rd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9991st pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9785th 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.

9788th pctl

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

9886th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9886th 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.

9993rd pctl

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

9886th 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

3 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Brian Dunkle	Fall 2024	01	98	98	60
Brian Dunkle	Fall 2022	01	96	93	60
Brian Dunkle	Spring 2022	01	100	96	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.