Carney Curve

Boston College course evaluations · Fall 2021 through Spring 2026, ranked class by class

Top of the board1.PRTO 3300982.UNAS 3348903.MUSP 1670944.COMM 1060925.MUSP 1660926.ECON 9902887.BSLW 2299918.PHIL 4932939.COMM 19029010.UGMG 10109311.MUSP 26009912.TMPS 803495
How this list is ordered

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 · ECON · MCAS

ECON 2201

Microeconomic Theory · 19 instructors on record · 67 sections

How the curve score is built
62Teaching71 raw · 8th percentile of BC classes
+1Easiness adjustmenteasiness 79 · 54 raw workload · lighter than 57% of BC classes
63Curve scorethe teaching curve +1 for the workload · at most ±6 either way

Boston College's ratings are bunched at the top — the median instructor averages about 88 out of 100 on the raw scale, and 44% of them clear 90 — so a raw score cannot separate anybody. Every figure here is ranked against BC classes and that rank is re-expressed out of 100, which is what turns a raw 88 — the middle of the university — into a figure that says where somebody actually stands. On this scale 77 is the median, 84 the top quarter and 91 the top tenth. Workload is then an adjustment on top of that, worth nothing at all for an ordinary one. Lighter work than 57% of BC classes.

What the course score is made of
71BC evaluations67 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Spring 2026
—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute
—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

The class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it — who taught it is the board below.

How is this worked out?

That is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between: the board carries each instructor's own score for this class, and the score above is the class averaged across all of them.

What the challenge rank is made of
43rdMore challenging than 43% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
90BC — “Intellectually Challenging”67 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question. It is not a measure of difficulty, grading or workload.

How is this worked out?

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
54BC — “Workload”67 records · raw score out of 100

One of Boston College's five workload bands, not a number of hours. Higher means more work, not worse.

How is this worked out?

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 develops a theoretical framework with which to analyze consumer and producer behavior. This analysis is then employed to investigate the determination of prices and output in various market situations, the implications for welfare, and the appropriate role for government intervention.

The board

19 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3
Filters 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. 5 of the 19 rows carry a mark saying so.

RankInstructorCurveEasinessChallengeRMP overall
1Matthew RutledgeProfessor of the Practice · Economics9097 raw · 6 records68−2 to the score76th9026 ratings · all classes
2Muhammed GezerEconomics Provisional7988 raw · 2 records84+2 to the score25th—no page
3Shane McMikenEconomics Provisional7286 raw · 2 records68−2 to the score85th—no page
4Haydar EvrenEconomics Provisional6674 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score17th—no page
5Bruce WatsonEconomics Provisional6172 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score15th—no page
6Michele BiavatiAssociate Professor of the Practice · Economics Provisional5766 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score41st864 ratings · all classes
7Rodrigo Gonzalez ValdenegroEconomics Provisional5560 raw · 1 record68−2 to the score76th—no page
8Ying WangEconomics Provisional fewer records5149 raw · 1 record84+2 to the score80th202 ratings · all classes
9Ngoc NguyenEconomics Provisional6173 raw · 2 records68−2 to the score41st—no page
10Dimitar SimeonovEconomics Provisional5867 raw · 2 records68−2 to the score86th663 ratings · all classes
11Emine TasciEconomics Provisional fewer records5560 raw · 2 records68−2 to the score14th—no page
12Ira AbrahamEconomics fewer records6371 raw · 3 records76±0 to the score41st601 rating · all classes
13Megan McCoy DowdyAssistant Professor of the Practice · Economics6680 raw · 4 records68−2 to the score70th6011 ratings · all classes
14Mariana LaverdeEconomics6575 raw · 6 records77±0 to the score25th1002 ratings · all classes
15Christopher McHughAdjunct Professor · Economics6370 raw · 5 records82+1 to the score27th566 ratings · all classes
16Hideo KonishiEconomics fewer records5763 raw · 4 records75±0 to the score44th407 ratings · all classes
17Sanghyun HanEconomics fewer records6068 raw · 5 records76±0 to the score57th—no page
18Haldun EvrenkEconomics6677 raw · 12 records77±0 to the score39th527 ratings · all classes
19Alexandra OpanasetsEconomics6172 raw · 7 records68−2 to the score41st—no page

All 19 instructors listed.

10 of 19 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, not a figure about this class.

How this board is built and ordered

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. 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”. Curve is the instructor's score for THIS class only, ranked against every instructor we hold and printed back out of 100, with the raw BC average underneath it; nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Easiness is an adjustment on top of it, worth up to about ±6 — BC's workload item, ranked and turned over, so a lighter section gains and a heavier one loses, while an ordinary one changes nothing — and each row prints the adjustment, signed. The board is ordered on the same figure it prints, adjusted for how many records back it. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item shown as a rank against every class we hold; students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it is not a measure of difficulty or grading, and it is never marked better or worse.

That site has no course dimension, so its figure is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 67 records
Instructor4
Course3
Feedback3
Workload & Challengenot ratings

Bars are ranks, not raw scores. Nothing here is graded good or bad.

What each item asks
Explains Clearly
The instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
Available
The instructor was available for help outside of class.
Motivating
The instructor motivated me to do my best work.
Sparks Interest
The course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
Organized
The course was well organized.
Clear Goals
The learning objectives for the course were clear.
Useful Later
What I learned is applicable beyond this course.
Assignments
Assignments and exams contributed to my learning.
Fast Feedback
I received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
Useful Feedback
The feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
Workload
How 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.
Challenge
The course was intellectually challenging.
Attendance
Attending class was necessary to do well in this course.
Why these numbers are curved

Both the number and the bar are the rank against every comparable record we hold, printed back out of 100. BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so on the raw scale every cell here would read in the high eighties and every bar would be nearly full — thirteen numbers that tell you nothing. Each cell prints its raw BC figure and its percentile underneath, so nothing is hidden by the transform. 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

67 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Haldun EvrenkSpring 202601797940
Shane McMikenSpring 202602888760
Megan McCoy DowdySpring 202603817360
Haldun EvrenkSpring 202604736860
Shane McMikenSpring 202605847860
Ira AbrahamSpring 202606787640
Ira AbrahamSpring 202607777860
Mariana LaverdeSpring 202608787760
Matthew RutledgeFall 202501969060
Muhammed GezerFall 202502908740
Muhammed GezerFall 202503878640
Megan McCoy DowdyFall 202504837460
Christopher McHughFall 202505706660
Megan McCoy DowdyFall 202506777160
Ira AbrahamFall 202507595860
Haldun EvrenkFall 202508857740
Haldun EvrenkSummer 202501736760
Haldun EvrenkSummer 2025028389—
Ying WangSpring 202501495240
Emine TasciSpring 202502646960
Megan McCoy DowdySpring 202503787460
Christopher McHughSpring 202505787440
Michele BiavatiSpring 202506665660
Emine TasciSpring 202507566060
Haldun EvrenkSpring 202508897840

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How to read this board

Instructors 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.