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BZAN 8022

Coding for Business · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of

84BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Summer 2022 – Summer 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

52ndMore challenging than 52% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

91BC — “Intellectually Challenging”3 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

39thMore work than 39% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

50BC — “Workload”3 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 is an introductory course in computer programming based on Python (a language suitable for all business and analytics programs). The course emphasizes coding literacy and teaches coding skills that are relevant for business decision makers. This course will give students the knowledge and confidence to apply coding to a business problem, and the ability to go from a problem statement to a repeatable set of steps for solving the problem in a general way. It will enable students who might not code professionally to work effectively with colleagues who do, and it will equip interested students to develop significant programs of their own.STEM-Designated.

The only instructor on record

3 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Peter SterpeAssociate Professor of the Practice · Business Analytics	903 records	39th	52nd	8610 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Peter Sterpe is the only instructor with evaluation records for BZAN 8022, 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 Peter Sterpe

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
BZAN 2021Coding for Business	777 records	74
ISYS 4258Systems Analysis and Design	411 records	84
BZAN 8021Coding for Business	15 records	84
BZAN 4258Systems Analysis and Design	23 records	81
BZAN 2020Coding for Business Seminar	11 record	86
BZAN 8258Business Analysis Survival Guide	11 record	76

Other BZAN classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
BZAN 1021Operations Management	879 records	81
BZAN 1135Statistical Analysis	878 records	78
BZAN 2021Coding for Business	777 records	74
BZAN 7706Data Analytics 1: Model Building	225 records	82
BZAN 3307Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence	323 records	83
BZAN 7700Operations Management	322 records	85

The line

All 13 items · means across 3 records

The Professor4 items

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

9345th pctl

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

9559th pctl

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

9138th pctl

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

9236th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9252nd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9254th pctl

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

8822nd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9040th pctl

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

9464th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8936th 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.

5039th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9152nd pctl

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

9039th 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

3 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Peter Sterpe	Summer 2025	01	85	77	60
Peter Sterpe	Summer 2024	01	87	82	—
Peter Sterpe	Summer 2022	01	97	94	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.