Class record · ECON · MCAS

ECON 9902

Fifth-Year Thesis Workshop · 14 instructors on record · 40 sections

What the course score is made of

96BC evaluations40 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

81stMore challenging than 81% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

96BC — “Intellectually Challenging”40 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

83rdMore work than 83% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

69BC — “Workload”40 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.

Fifth-year students in the Ph.D. program must participate in the Thesis Workshop, which meets once each week during both fall and spring terms. Fifth-year students are required to lead a seminar discussion of some aspect of their Ph.D. dissertation during each term.

The board

14 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 14Filters 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. 1 of the 14 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	M Utku UnverEconomics	1005 records	85th	63rd	—no page
2	Susanto BasuEconomics	1005 records	85th	48th	—no page
3	Michael GrubbEconomics	1004 records	93rd	100th	—no page
4	Richard SweeneyEconomics	1004 records	—	100th	603 ratings · all classes
5	Theodore PapageorgiouEconomics	1003 records	78th	100th	—no page
6	Jaromir NosalEconomics Provisional	1002 records	93rd	100th	864 ratings · all classes
7	Mariana LaverdeEconomics Provisional	1002 records	100th	100th	1002 ratings · all classes
8	Robert UlbrichtEconomics Provisional	1002 records	25th	100th	—no page
9	Julie MortimerEconomics Provisional	1001 record	—	9th	—no page
10	Rahul DebProfessor · Economics Provisional	1001 record	25th	100th	602 ratings · all classes
11	Arthur LewbelEconomics	985 records	85th	72nd	—no page
12	James AndersonEconomics Provisional fewer records	901 record	—	48th	—no page
13	Mehmet EkmekciProfessor; Director of Graduate Studies · Economics	954 records	93rd	87th	—no page
14	Pablo GuerronProfessor · Economics Provisional	801 record	—	48th	—no page

All 14 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. 7 of 14 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 40 records

The Professor4 items

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

9886th pctl

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

9777th pctl

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

9885th pctl

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

9876th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9889th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9992nd pctl

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

9569th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9681st pctl

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

9885th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9886th 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.

6983rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9681st pctl

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

9886th 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

40 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Arthur Lewbel	Spring 2026	01	—	100	100
Mariana Laverde	Spring 2026	01	100	100	100
M Utku Unver	Spring 2026	02	—	—	—
Susanto Basu	Spring 2026	02	—	—	—
Michael Grubb	Fall 2025	01	—	100	80
Theodore Papageorgiou	Fall 2025	01	—	100	80
Rahul Deb	Fall 2025	02	100	100	40
Robert Ulbricht	Fall 2025	02	100	100	40
Arthur Lewbel	Spring 2025	01	100	100	40
Theodore Papageorgiou	Spring 2025	01	100	100	40
M Utku Unver	Spring 2025	02	100	100	—
Susanto Basu	Spring 2025	02	100	100	—
Michael Grubb	Fall 2024	01	100	100	—
Richard Sweeney	Fall 2024	01	100	100	—
Jaromir Nosal	Fall 2024	02	100	100	80
Mehmet Ekmekci	Fall 2024	02	100	100	80
Arthur Lewbel	Spring 2024	01	100	100	—
Mariana Laverde	Spring 2024	01	100	100	—
M Utku Unver	Spring 2024	02	100	80	—
Robert Ulbricht	Spring 2024	02	100	80	—
Michael Grubb	Fall 2023	01	100	100	—
Richard Sweeney	Fall 2023	01	100	100	—
Mehmet Ekmekci	Fall 2023	02	100	100	—
Susanto Basu	Fall 2023	02	100	100	—
Arthur Lewbel	Spring 2023	01	90	90	—

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.