Carney Curve

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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 2202

Macroeconomic Theory · 20 instructors on record · 72 sections

What the course score is made of
69BC evaluations72 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
41stMore challenging than 41% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
89BC — “Intellectually Challenging”72 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
43rdMore work than 43% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
54BC — “Workload”72 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 intended to equip the student for the analysis of the determination of employment and national income. Emphasis will be placed on the Keynesian theory of employment, interest, and money and on post-Keynesian macroeconomic models.

The board

20 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. 8 of the 20 rows carry a mark saying so.

RankInstructorOverallWorkloadChallengeRMP overall
1Swapnil SharmaEconomics843 records78th74thno page
2Shane McmikenEconomics Provisional fewer records862 records78th76thno page
3William BrysonEconomics Provisional852 records39th63rdno page
4Mahmodul HassanEconomics Provisional822 records78th33rdno page
5Veysel UlusoyEconomics758 records40th29th5431 ratings · all classes
6Jaromir NosalEconomics fewer records765 records78th36th864 ratings · all classes
7Luca GemmiEconomics Provisional fewer records792 records39th72ndno page
8Luis Morano GermaniInstructor · Economics773 records78th36thno page
9Sanjay MoorjaniEconomics739 records43rd48thno page
10Ilaria DangelisEconomics Provisional fewer records762 records25th49thno page
11Liang ZhangEconomics Provisional742 records25th49thno page
12Dimitar SimeonovEconomics723 records78th61st663 ratings · all classes
13Enrico CristoforoniEconomics Provisional fewer records751 record78th37thno page
14Robert UlbrichtEconomics Provisional fewer records651 record78th80thno page
15Marco ErricoEconomics Provisional672 records78th53rd664 ratings · all classes
16Juan Luis Fuentes AcostaEconomics Provisional fewer records662 records25th51stno page
17Fabio SchiantarelliEconomics674 records45th48th346 ratings · all classes
18Luigi PollioEconomics Provisional632 records78th61st6818 ratings · all classes
19Xiaoying LanEconomics Provisional fewer records471 record78th17thno page
20Brian BethuneEconomics5516 records40th20th328 ratings · all classes

All 20 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. 12 of 20 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 72 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
783rd pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
836th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
783rd pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
804th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
8113th pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
8211th 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.
8210th pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
8317th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
765th 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.
5443rd pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
8941st pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
744th 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

72 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Brian BethuneSpring 2026015863
Fabio SchiantarelliSpring 202602736960
Liang ZhangSpring 202603827840
Liang ZhangSpring 202604666640
Brian BethuneSpring 202605616660
Luis Morano GermaniSpring 202606737060
Luis Morano GermaniSpring 202607827460
Veysel UlusoyFall 202501797460
Luis Morano GermaniFall 202502757260
Brian BethuneFall 202503535460
Brian BethuneFall 202504536040
Shane McmikenFall 202505868260
Shane McmikenFall 202506878160
Enrico CristoforoniFall 202507757360
Swapnil SharmaSummer 202501878760
Swapnil SharmaSummer 2025028787
Brian BethuneSpring 202501555740
Fabio SchiantarelliSpring 202502686860
Veysel UlusoySpring 2025037777
Veysel UlusoySpring 202504636740
Brian BethuneSpring 2025065056
Mahmodul HassanSpring 202508778060
Sanjay MoorjaniSpring 202508818060
Mahmodul HassanSpring 202509867660
Sanjay MoorjaniSpring 202509807660

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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.