Carney Curve

Boston College course evaluations · every published number, ranked class by class

Positions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted.

Class record · TMST · STM

TMST 8506

Seminar: Thomas Aquinas on God · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of
94BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2023
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
56thMore challenging than 56% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
91BC — “Intellectually Challenging”1 record · 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
BC — “Workload”1 record — does not contribute

Boston College's workload question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not a light class.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
Dominic DoyleTheology and Ministry Provisional971 record56th

There is no ranking to read here: Dominic Doyle is the only instructor with evaluation records for TMST 8506, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Dominic Doyle

6 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
TMST 7009Fundamental Theology39 records87
TMST 7056Theological Anthropology14 records92
TMST 7045Grace13 records96
TMST 7059Theological Virtues12 records93
TMST 7088Theology of Culture12 records88
TMST 7215Philosophy for Theological Studies12 records87

Other TMST classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
TMST 7024Christology614 records88
TMST 7020The Church313 records91
TMST 7057Theological Foundations in Practical Perspective611 records91
TMST 7081Writing and Research for Theology and Ministry210 records89
TMST 7009Fundamental Theology39 records87
TMST 7058Sacraments in the Life of the Church25 records94

The line

All 13 items · means across 1 record
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
9778th 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.
9778th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
100100th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
9785th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
9786th pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9783rd pctl
Assignments & Feedback2 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
9788th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
100100th pctl
Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
9156th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
9783rd 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

1 section · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Dominic DoyleSpring 2023019794

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.