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ADEC 1101

Principles of Economics · 1 instructor on record · 6 sections

What the course score is made of

83BC evaluations6 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 2025

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

30thMore challenging than 30% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

87BC — “Intellectually Challenging”6 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

43rdMore work than 43% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

53BC — “Workload”6 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

This course analyzes prices, output, and income distribution through the interconnections between households and businesses in a Western economy. It studies economic agents, their behavior and interactions, and the outcome of these interactions taking into account government interventions. It analyzes national income and employment, economic fluctuations, monetary and fiscal policy, inflation, growth, interest rates and international aspects of macroeconomic policy such as the trade balance, exchange rates, and the purchasing power parity. The appropriate role of the monetary authority (Central Bank) and government intervention is also examined. Basic analytical tools are applied to current economic problems.

The only instructor on record

6 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Ricardo Lopez RagoAdvancing Studies	876 records	43rd	30th

There is no ranking to read here: Ricardo Lopez Rago is the only instructor with evaluation records for ADEC 1101, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Ricardo Lopez Rago

4 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
ECON 2207The Global Economy	36 records	81
ADEC 3202Macroeconomic Theory	33 records	88
ADEC 2210Behavioral Economics: an Emerging Perspective	12 records	88
ADEC 3500Social Policy Analysis	11 record	67

Other ADEC classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
ADEC 7320Econometrics	629 records	82
ADEC 7200Applied Macroeconomic Theory	228 records	86
ADEC 7500Ethics, Economics, and Public Policy	226 records	87
ADEC 7201Applied Microeconomic Theory	224 records	79
ADEC 7430Big Data Econometrics	623 records	87
ADEC 7301Data Analysis	722 records	86

The line

All 13 items · means across 6 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

8512th pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

837th pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

8514th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

8816th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9464th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9363rd pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

8926th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8938th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9148th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9043rd pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

5343rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8730th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

8417th pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

6 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Ricardo Lopez Rago	Fall 2025	01	89	84	—
Ricardo Lopez Rago	Fall 2025	02	65	60	60
Ricardo Lopez Rago	Fall 2024	01	92	88	—
Ricardo Lopez Rago	Fall 2023	01	100	90	—
Ricardo Lopez Rago	Fall 2022	01	78	78	60
Ricardo Lopez Rago	Fall 2021	01	100	100	40

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.