Class record · ECON · MCAS

ECON 2231

Financial Forecasting · 1 instructor on record · 7 sections

What the course score is made of

61BC evaluations7 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – Spring 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

9thMore challenging than 9% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

80BC — “Intellectually Challenging”7 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”7 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.

The only instructor on record

7 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Richard Mc GowanAdvancing Studies	617 records	39th	9th

There is no ranking to read here: Richard Mc Gowan is the only instructor with evaluation records for ECON 2231, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Richard Mc Gowan

4 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
ADEC 7500Ethics, Economics, and Public Policy	226 records	87
MFIN 6607Forecasting Techniques	37 records	74
ADAN 7500Algorithmic Ethics and Governance - from traditional to AI/ML	26 records	87
MFIN 6606Forecasting Techniques	11 record	54

Other ECON classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
ECON 1101Principles of Economics	46223 records	73
ECON 2228Econometric Methods	33131 records	71
ECON 1151Statistics	2797 records	72
ECON 2202Macroeconomic Theory	2072 records	69
ECON 2201Microeconomic Theory	1967 records	71
ECON 9900Third Year Thesis Workshop	1440 records	91

The line

All 13 items · means across 7 records

The Professor4 items

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

711st pctl

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

670th pctl

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

701st pctl

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

700th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

755th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

764th pctl

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

762nd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

806th pctl

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

683rd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

702nd 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.

809th pctl

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

733rd 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

7 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Richard Mc Gowan	Spring 2025	01	69	66	40
Richard Mc Gowan	Fall 2024	01	64	65	60
Richard Mc Gowan	Spring 2024	01	65	66	40
Richard Mc Gowan	Fall 2023	01	58	58	—
Richard Mc Gowan	Spring 2023	01	62	59	60
Richard Mc Gowan	Fall 2022	01	49	48	60
Richard Mc Gowan	Spring 2022	01	62	64	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.