Class record · ECON · MCAS

ECON 1101

Principles of Economics · 46 instructors on record · 223 sections

What the course score is made of

73BC evaluations223 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

16thMore challenging than 16% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

84BC — “Intellectually Challenging”223 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

25thMore work than 25% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

41BC — “Workload”223 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 is an analysis of prices, output, and income distribution through the interaction of households and business firms in a modern Western economy. It also includes an analysis of national income and employment, economic fluctuations, monetary and fiscal policy, inflation, growth, and international aspects of macroeconomic policy. The appropriate role of government intervention is examined, and basic analytical tools are applied to current economic problems. Open to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. Course is open to seniors by department permission.

The board

46 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 46Filters the rows below. Positions are always against the whole class, so a rank does not change when the list is narrowed.

Scores are real averages. The order also accounts for how many records back each one — the count is under every score — so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. 15 of the 46 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Can ErbilProfessor of the Practice · Economics	888 records	26th	29th	9257 ratings · all classes
2	Jaeyeong KimEconomics Provisional fewer records	932 records	25th	29th	—no page
3	Paul SarkisEconomics	846 records	2nd	3rd	—no page
4	Zachary SaundersEconomics	828 records	33rd	12th	—no page
5	Joseph WilskeEconomics	819 records	25th	16th	—no page
6	Peter DevineAssistant Professor of the Practice · Economics fewer records	834 records	25th	32nd	8035 ratings · all classes
7	Catherine LawlorEconomics	833 records	3rd	26th	—no page
8	Rodrigo Gonzalez ValdenegroEconomics	799 records	3rd	27th	—no page
9	Yuedan WangEconomics	799 records	3rd	41st	—no page
10	Kevin ChoiEconomics fewer records	813 records	3rd	31st	—no page
11	Yuzhi YaoEconomics	7810 records	25th	13th	—no page
12	Anirudh Padinjaray PisharamEconomics fewer records	796 records	3rd	17th	—no page
13	Juan Baquero VargasEconomics fewer records	803 records	30th	19th	—no page
14	Yuanchen CaiEconomics	803 records	25th	18th	—no page
15	Vaibhav OjhaEconomics Provisional fewer records	812 records	93rd	48th	—no page
16	Luis Morano GermaniInstructor · Economics	778 records	28th	13th	—no page
17	Aleksandar TomicAssociate Dean, Strategy, Innovation, & Technology · Economics Provisional fewer records	802 records	25th	12th	708 ratings · all classes
18	Yunus Semih CoskunEconomics	7712 records	29th	25th	—no page
19	Edoardo BellaEconomics Provisional fewer records	792 records	25th	26th	—no page
20	Zhengtao ZengEconomics	768 records	3rd	15th	—no page
21	Cristian Figueroa BerriosEconomics Provisional fewer records	801 record	—	48th	—no page
22	Haydar EvrenEconomics Provisional	801 record	78th	29th	—no page
23	Christian Fernando Velasquez JavierEconomics	773 records	—	—	—no page
24	Sanjay MoorjaniEconomics	766 records	1st	9th	—no page
25	Maria BejanAssociate Professor of the Practice · Economics	754 records	25th	18th	668 ratings · all classes
26	Marco ErricoEconomics	743 records	1st	1st	664 ratings · all classes
27	Mingyang WeiEconomics fewer records	733 records	25th	37th	—no page
28	Ryan FaulknerEconomics	744 records	25th	36th	—no page
29	Liang ZhangEconomics	748 records	25th	13th	—no page
30	Simone PesceEconomics	733 records	39th	17th	—no page
31	Linqi ZhangEconomics Provisional fewer records	691 record	93rd	12th	—no page
32	Chandini SankaranEconomics	724 records	25th	10th	—no page
33	Jarod CoulterEconomics Provisional fewer records	681 record	—	1st	—no page
34	Ali SimsekEconomics	737 records	30th	14th	—no page
35	Pietro VisaggioEconomics	703 records	30th	21st	—no page
36	Giada BozzelliEconomics	703 records	39th	19th	—no page
37	Yaakov LevinEconomics	683 records	30th	17th	—no page
38	Alessandro LaviaEconomics Provisional fewer records	632 records	25th	6th	—no page
39	Anshuman BhakriEconomics	698 records	43rd	19th	—no page
40	Deyin JiaEconomics fewer records	653 records	3rd	1st	—no page
41	Manchun WangEconomics	6712 records	3rd	13th	—no page
42	Tracy ReganUniversity and Capstone	635 records	33rd	29th	5061 ratings · all classes
43	Denis SokolovEconomics	593 records	25th	14th	—no page
44	Emine TasciEconomics	563 records	3rd	11th	—no page
45	Shengtao DaiEconomics fewer records	553 records	25th	7th	—no page
46	Yuval LidanyEconomics	639 records	3rd	29th	—no page

All 46 instructors listed.

How this board is orderedPositions 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. The comparison here is the class itself: a thin record is read against how this class was rated overall, not against the university.

Every instructor with an evaluation record for this class is on this board — it is not a top ten, and nothing is hidden behind a “show more”. Overall is the instructor's blended score for THIS class only, and its one contributing source is Boston College's evaluations for the sections in the row's record count — nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Workload and Challenge are RANKS against every class we hold, not scores: BC's questions all sit near the top of the 1-5 scale, so a raw number would put almost every row in the high eighties and tell you nothing. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item, which students answer positively about courses that stretched them — it is not a measure of difficulty or grading. Neither column is ever marked better or worse. 9 of 46 rows are marked provisional: fewer than 3 records stand behind the number. That is thin evidence, not a bad instructor — the record count is in every row. The RateMyProfessors column is an instructor's overall figure across everything they teach; that site has no course dimension, so it is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 223 records

The Professor4 items

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

8410th pctl

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

859th pctl

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

817th pctl

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

836th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8523rd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8622nd pctl

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

8410th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8312th pctl

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

8627th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8212th 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.

4125th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8416th pctl

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

809th 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

223 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Can Erbil	Spring 2026	01	85	78	60
Edoardo Bella	Spring 2026	02	87	81	40
Zhengtao Zeng	Spring 2026	03	88	85	40
Giada Bozzelli	Spring 2026	04	62	64	—
Zhengtao Zeng	Spring 2026	05	82	77	40
Zhengtao Zeng	Spring 2026	06	80	79	60
Edoardo Bella	Spring 2026	07	71	65	—
Giada Bozzelli	Spring 2026	08	68	71	40
Zachary Saunders	Spring 2026	09	75	68	40
Zachary Saunders	Spring 2026	10	76	69	40
Zachary Saunders	Spring 2026	11	78	72	40
Giada Bozzelli	Spring 2026	12	79	77	60
Maria Bejan	Spring 2026	19	76	74	40
Jaeyeong Kim	Spring 2026	21	93	73	40
Catherine Lawlor	Spring 2026	22	83	80	20
Joseph Wilske	Spring 2026	24	88	75	40
Jaeyeong Kim	Spring 2026	25	93	67	40
Catherine Lawlor	Spring 2026	26	77	71	40
Joseph Wilske	Spring 2026	27	50	50	40
Catherine Lawlor	Spring 2026	28	87	87	40
Joseph Wilske	Spring 2026	29	60	60	40
Peter Devine	Spring 2026	31	78	74	40
Mingyang Wei	Spring 2026	32	73	75	40
Yaakov Levin	Spring 2026	33	75	76	40
Yuedan Wang	Spring 2026	34	82	82	40

Showing the first 25.

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.