SCWK 9950 Professional Development Seminar

This is a required course for first year doctoral students that will introduce various skills related to professional development and scholarship needed to be successful social work researchers

Course overview

Department
Social Work
School
SSW
Credits
3
Level
Graduate
Offered
Every Fall

Catalog details

Prerequisites
Required course for all SSW Doctoral students

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Course evaluations

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

Course rating
4.33 / 5 · Very Good
15 responses
Instructor rating
4.53 / 5 · Excellent
15 responses
Terms evaluated
5
Most recent: Fall 2025

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
TermInstructorCourse overallInstructor overallWell organizedClear learning objectivesIntellectually challengingHelpful assignmentsApplicable beyond courseAttendance necessaryWeekly effortResponses
Fall 2025Christopher Salas-Wright5.05.04.75.04.75.05.05.0—3 of 5
Fall 2024Christopher Salas-Wright4.75.04.75.04.74.35.05.04–6 hrs/week3 of 5
Fall 2023Shanta Pandey—————————2 of 4
Fall 2022Shanta Pandey4.04.24.04.04.03.64.44.04–6 hrs/week5 of 5
Fall 2021Shanta Pandey4.04.03.53.53.53.54.54.0—2 of 5

Data freshness

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

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