APSY 6397 Social Issues and Social Policy

Name: Social Issues and Social Policy
Rating: 3.84 (31 reviews)

Explore APSY6397 Social Issues and Social Policy at Boston College, including instructors, sections, and official aggregate ratings.

Course overview

Department: Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology
School: Boston College
Credits: 0

Requirements fulfilled

Applied Psychology and Human Development: Major electives — any Applied Psychology (APSY) course (three electives required in total) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)

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Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating: 3.84 / 5 · Very Good
31 responses
Instructor rating: 4.42 / 5 · Very Good
31 responses
Terms evaluated: 2
Most recent: Fall 2023

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
Term	Instructor	Course overall	Instructor overall	Well organized	Clear learning objectives	Intellectually challenging	Helpful assignments	Applicable beyond course	Attendance necessary	Weekly effort	Responses
Fall 2023	Rebekah L Coley	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9 of 13
Fall 2021	Gilda Morelli	3.6	4.4	3.6	4.1	4.7	4.5	4.5	4.4	4–6 hrs/week	22 of 35

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

Gilda Morelli
Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.36/5
Rebekah L Coley
Fall 2023 · Official rating 4.56/5