Carney Curve

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

Top of the board1.ECON 9902962.LAWS 8856973.PRTO 3300984.BSLW 2299975.PHIL 4932986.LAWS 8308987.SCWK 9960998.EESC 99011009.MUSP 16609610.UGMG 10109811.UNCP 55119712.SCWK 883197

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 · UNCP · MCAS

UNCP 5533

Capstone: Desire and Discernment · 1 instructor on record · 8 sections

What the course score is made of
98BC evaluations8 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 2025
—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
63rdMore challenging than 63% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
93BC — “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
25thMore work than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
40BC — “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 only instructor on record

8 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallengeRMP overall
Timothy MuldoonAssociate Professor of the Practice · Philosophy998 records25th63rd9814 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Timothy Muldoon is the only instructor with evaluation records for UNCP 5533, so the number is a record, not a position. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Timothy Muldoon

6 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
PHIL 1071Philosophy of the Person II71247 records84
PHIL 1070Philosophy of the Person I65207 records82
PHIL 1091Perspectives on Western Culture II/Perspectives II39144 records87
THEO 1091Perspectives on Western Culture II/Perspectives II41125 records86
THEO 1090Perspectives on Western Culture I/Perspectives I33107 records85
PHIL 1090Perspectives on Western Culture I/Perspectives I3067 records84

Other UNCP classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
UNCP 5505Capstone: Life and Career Planning120 records90
UNCP 5511Capstone: The Balancing Act110 records97
UNCP 5521Capstone: Surviving Life with Humor17 records97
UNCP 5501Capstone: Authenticity and Human Development26 records96
UNCP 5522Capstone: Creativity and Self16 records88
UNCP 5504Capstone: The Courage to Becoming15 records98

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.
9988th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9988th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9987th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9985th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
9890th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
10093rd pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9990th 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.
9782nd pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
9990th 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.
4025th pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
9363rd pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
9780th 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
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Timothy MuldoonFall 202501979540
Timothy MuldoonFall 202401989640
Timothy MuldoonSpring 202401989740
Timothy MuldoonFall 2023011009940
Timothy MuldoonSpring 20230110010040
Timothy MuldoonFall 202201979740
Timothy MuldoonSpring 20220110010040
Timothy MuldoonFall 2021019810040

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.