Carney Curve

Boston College course evaluations · every published number, ranked class by class

Top of the board1.ECON 9902962.LAWS 8856973.PRTO 3300984.BSLW 2299975.PHIL 4932986.LAWS 8308987.SCWK 9960998.EESC 99011009.MUSP 16609610.UGMG 10109811.UNCP 55119712.SCWK 883197

Positions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted.

Class record · BZAN · CSOM

BZAN 6604

Management Science · 1 instructor on record · 21 sections

What the course score is made of
90BC evaluations21 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026
—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
80thMore challenging than 80% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
95BC — “Intellectually Challenging”21 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
48thMore work than 48% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
59BC — “Workload”21 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 provides an overview of the concepts and methods of management science. Sometimes referred to as prescriptive analytics or decision analytics, management science is a subset of the larger field of business analytics and focuses on the use of math models to make better business decisions. The primary goal of the course is to help you become a more skilled builder and consumer of models. The course will show you how to use Excel spreadsheets effectively for business analysis and introduce you to some of the more important analytic methods including optimization and simulation. These methods will be applied to problems arising in a variety of functional areas including operations, finance, and marketing.STEM-designated.

The only instructor on record

21 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallengeRMP overall
John NealeProfessor of the Practice · Business Analytics9621 records48th80th863 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: John Neale is the only instructor with evaluation records for BZAN 6604, so the number is a record, not a position. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by John Neale

2 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
BZAN 3310Sports Analytics210 records92
BZAN 8810Sports Analytics25 records83

Other BZAN classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
BZAN 1021Operations Management879 records81
BZAN 1135Statistical Analysis878 records78
BZAN 2021Coding for Business777 records74
BZAN 7706Data Analytics 1: Model Building225 records82
BZAN 3307Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence323 records83
BZAN 7700Operations Management322 records85

The line

All 13 items · means across 21 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
9773rd pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9881st pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9667th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9557th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
9785th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
9681st pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9353rd pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
9684th pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
9360th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
9466th 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.
5948th pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
9580th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
9250th 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

21 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
John NealeSpring 202601958860
John NealeSpring 202602999560
John NealeFall 202501907860
John NealeFall 202503959160
John NealeSpring 202501959260
John NealeSpring 202502979360
John NealeFall 202401928560
John NealeFall 202402968960
John NealeSpring 202401959460
John NealeSpring 202402969160
John NealeSpring 202403989360
John NealeFall 2023019084—
John NealeFall 2023029895—
John NealeSpring 202302979360
John NealeSpring 202303988860
John NealeFall 202201978860
John NealeFall 202202958940
John NealeSpring 202202999560
John NealeSpring 202203979660
John NealeFall 202101989160
John NealeFall 202102978960

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.