SOCY 9999 Doctoral Continuation

Name: Doctoral Continuation
Rating: 4.0 (3 reviews)

All students who have been admitted to candidacy for the Ph. D. degree are required to register and pay the fee for doctoral continuation during each semester of their candidacy. Doctoral Continuation requires a commitment of at least 20 hours per week working on the dissertation.

Course overview

Department: Sociology
School: MCAS
Credits: 1
Level: Graduate
Offered: Every Fall, Every Spring

Catalog details

Prerequisites: Permission of Department

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Course evaluations

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

Course rating: 4.00 / 5 · Very Good
3 responses
Instructor rating: 5.00 / 5 · Excellent
3 responses
Terms evaluated: 2
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
Term	Instructor	Course overall	Instructor overall	Well organized	Clear learning objectives	Intellectually challenging	Helpful assignments	Applicable beyond course	Attendance necessary	Weekly effort	Responses
Fall 2025	Sarah L Babb	2.0	—	3.0	3.0	4.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	10+ hrs/week	1 of 17
Fall 2022	Sarah L Babb	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.0	5.0	5.0	10+ hrs/week	2 of 10

Data freshness

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

Instructors

Sarah L Babb
Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Fall 2025, Fall 2022 · Official rating 5.00/5

Sections

Section 01
Spring 2027 · Sarah L Babb · BY ARRANGEMENT · Offered
Section 01
Fall 2026 · Sarah L Babb · By Arrangement · Offered
Section 01
Summer 2026 · Sarah L Babb · By Arrangement · Offered