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 · Social Work · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026

Thomas O'hare

Social Work · 20 evaluation records across 2 classes

On each class's board
SCWK 774716th of 17 instructorsSCWK 884121st of 23 instructors
What the overall is made of
81BC evaluations20 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”20 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”20 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 20 records

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

Class by class

2 classes · 20 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.

SCWK 7747 Research Methods in Social Work PracticeOvr79Chal—Work—
On this class's board16th of 17 instructors

10 sections on record · course itself rated 69 out of 100. See the full board for SCWK 7747.

TermSecInstrCourseWork
Fall 2025039386—
Fall 2025057358—
Fall 2024038282—
Fall 2024059181—
Fall 2023038076—
Fall 2023057253—
Fall 2022038975—
Fall 2022058668—
Fall 2021034742—
Fall 2021057866—
All 13 items for SCWK 7747

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

SCWK 8841 Program EvaluationOvr83Chal—Work—
On this class's board21st of 23 instructors

10 sections on record · course itself rated 71 out of 100. See the full board for SCWK 8841.

TermSecInstrCourseWork
Spring 2026028273—
Spring 2026058574—
Spring 2025027766—
Spring 2025059177—
Spring 2024028673—
Spring 2024057264—
Spring 2023029076—
Spring 2023059769—
Spring 2022027367—
Spring 2022058070—
All 13 items for SCWK 8841

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.