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ADEC 7360

Financial Economics · 1 instructor on record · 9 sections

What the course score is made of

88BC evaluations9 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

36thMore challenging than 36% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

88BC — “Intellectually Challenging”9 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

86thMore work than 86% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

72BC — “Workload”9 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 teaches the practical application of finance theory to decisions made in industry. We will learn how individuals and firms choose investment portfolio decisions under uncertainty with a particular focus on topics such as the capital asset pricing model, market imperfections, borrowing constraints, market efficiency and security valuation. Understanding how interest rates, exchange rates, and risk work will aid your understanding of multiple firm problems such as why does a firm chooses a specific investment or place of manufacturing. In addition, studying term structures and discounted cash flows are important to understanding the decision to invest over time.

The only instructor on record

9 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Michal KowalikAdvancing Studies	889 records	86th	36th

There is no ranking to read here: Michal Kowalik is the only instructor with evaluation records for ADEC 7360, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Michal Kowalik

2 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
ADEC 2890Money, Banking and Financial Systems	12 records	84
ADEC 3340Labor Economics	11 record	100

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All of them

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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 9 records

The Professor4 items

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

9241st pctl

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

8817th pctl

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

9239th pctl

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

9445th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9149th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9253rd pctl

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

9139th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9152nd pctl

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

8318th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8933rd 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.

7286th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8836th pctl

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

8624th 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

9 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Michal Kowalik	Fall 2025	01	83	86	80
Michal Kowalik	Summer 2025	01	94	92	—
Michal Kowalik	Fall 2024	01	80	80	60
Michal Kowalik	Summer 2024	01	89	88	80
Michal Kowalik	Fall 2023	01	95	93	—
Michal Kowalik	Summer 2023	01	83	87	—
Michal Kowalik	Fall 2022	01	91	86	80
Michal Kowalik	Summer 2022	01	85	90	—
Michal Kowalik	Fall 2021	01	96	88	60

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.