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.

Instructor record · University and Capstone · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026

John O'connor

University and Capstone · 19 evaluation records across 3 classes

On each class's board
JOUR 2238only instructor on recordJOUR 2255only instructor on recordJOUR 2301only instructor on record
What the overall is made of
95BC evaluations19 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026
—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute
—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

Sources are averaged by how much we trust each one and by how many records sit behind it, so a handful of reviews nudges the number rather than replacing it.

What the challenge rank is made of
—BC — “Intellectually Challenging”19 records — does not contribute

Boston College's “intellectually challenging” question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not an easy class.

What the workload rank is made of
—BC — “Workload”19 records — 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 line

All 13 items · means across 19 records

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

Class by class

3 classes · 19 sections

How each position is worked outPositions 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.

JOUR 2238 Food WritingOvr94Chal—Work—
On this class's boardonly instructor on record

9 sections on record · course itself rated 92 out of 100. See the full board for JOUR 2238.

TermSecInstrCourseWork
Summer 20250110087—
Spring 2025019194—
Fall 2024019795—
Spring 2024019895—
Fall 2023019597—
Spring 2023019997—
Fall 2022018987—
Spring 2022018683—
Fall 2021019593—
All 13 items for JOUR 2238

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

JOUR 2255 Writing Narrative JournalismOvr96Chal—Work—
On this class's boardonly instructor on record

6 sections on record · course itself rated 96 out of 100. See the full board for JOUR 2255.

TermSecInstrCourseWork
Spring 2024019293—
Fall 202301100100—
Spring 2023019793—
Fall 202201100100—
Spring 2022019596—
Fall 2021019494—
All 13 items for JOUR 2255

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

JOUR 2301 Journalism on DrugsOvr95Chal—Work—
On this class's boardonly instructor on record

4 sections on record · course itself rated 94 out of 100. See the full board for JOUR 2301.

TermSecInstrCourseWork
Spring 2026019999—
Fall 2025019898—
Spring 2025019795—
Fall 2024018784—
All 13 items for JOUR 2301

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

How to read this pageScores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Almost every class scores high on that scale (the median is about 90), so challenge and workload are shown as a rank against every instructor we hold rather than as a score; the raw figure is in the breakdown above. Neither describes quality, and neither is ever marked better or worse anywhere on this site. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero. The position printed against each class is this instructor's place on that class's own board, computed from the same records the board itself is built from.