Class record · MATH · MCAS

MATH 1004

Finite Probability and Applications · 33 instructors on record · 71 sections

What the course score is made of

73BC evaluations71 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”71 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

30thMore work than 30% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

46BC — “Workload”71 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.

Not open to students who have completed their Mathematics Core Curriculum Requirement without permission of the Department Chairperson (except for Psychology majors completing their second mathematics corequisite). This course, for students in the humanities, social sciences, and Lynch School of Education, is an introduction to finite combinatorics and probability, emphasizing applications. Topics include finite sets and partitions, enumeration, probability, expectation, and random variables.

The board

33 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 33Filters 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. 9 of the 33 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Amy DohertyAdjunct Instructor · Mathematics	958 records	26th	12th	—no page
2	Liyang ZhangMathematics	933 records	25th	27th	947 ratings · all classes
3	Ioannis ZachosMathematics	894 records	25th	9th	8814 ratings · all classes
4	Joaquin Ignacio Lema PerezMathematics fewer records	913 records	78th	76th	—no page
5	Laura SeabergMathematics	883 records	25th	51st	—no page
6	Nathan GeistMathematics	854 records	43rd	4th	—no page
7	Robyn BrooksMathematics Provisional fewer records	872 records	39th	37th	749 ratings · all classes
8	Miguel Prado GodoyMathematics Provisional fewer records	921 record	25th	14th	—no page
9	Thomas HameisterMathematics Provisional	921 record	78th	29th	746 ratings · all classes
10	Yaoying FuMathematics Provisional	852 records	78th	41st	—no page
11	August SchmidtMathematics Provisional fewer records	901 record	25th	63rd	—no page
12	Tsz Hin FungMathematics Provisional	891 record	25th	41st	—no page
13	Matthew ZevenbergenMathematics Provisional	832 records	39th	11th	—no page
14	Erika WardAssociate Professor of the Practice · Mathematics Provisional fewer records	851 record	25th	17th	9215 ratings · all classes
15	Sophia FanelleMathematics Provisional	831 record	25th	18th	—no page
16	Tingting FangMathematics Provisional	821 record	25th	23rd	—no page
17	Zachary GardnerMathematics Provisional	811 record	—	—	—no page
18	Yifan WuMathematics Provisional	781 record	—	—	—no page
19	Ian HooverMathematics Provisional	752 records	25th	26th	—no page
20	Fraser Malcolm Watt BinnsMathematics Provisional	721 record	25th	14th	—no page
21	Jacob CaudellMathematics Provisional	711 record	25th	25th	601 rating · all classes
22	Kevin YehMathematics Provisional	661 record	78th	9th	—no page
23	Zijian HanMathematics Provisional	661 record	25th	0th	—no page
24	Enhao FengMathematics Provisional	601 record	—	9th	—no page
25	Yuzheng YanMathematics Provisional fewer records	581 record	25th	37th	—no page
26	Tobi MoektijonoMathematics Provisional	642 records	—	82nd	—no page
27	Marius HuberMathematics Provisional fewer records	531 record	78th	9th	—no page
28	Cemre YavuzMathematics	684 records	78th	51st	6413 ratings · all classes
29	Mujie WangMathematics Provisional	582 records	78th	4th	2621 ratings · all classes
30	Jee Uhn KimMathematics Provisional fewer records	542 records	78th	17th	—no page
31	Siddharth MahendrakerMathematics fewer records	583 records	25th	34th	—no page
32	Mckee KrumpakMathematics	626 records	25th	11th	3010 ratings · all classes
33	Ryan ContrerasMathematics	523 records	25th	1st	627 ratings · all classes

All 33 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. 23 of 33 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 71 records

The Professor4 items

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

828th pctl

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

8921st pctl

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

828th pctl

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

825th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8215th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8416th pctl

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

741st pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8517th pctl

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

8835th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8623rd 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.

4630th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8416th pctl

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

8316th 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

71 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Yuzheng Yan	Spring 2026	01	58	60	40
Amy Doherty	Spring 2026	02	97	94	40
Amy Doherty	Spring 2026	03	95	95	60
Siddharth Mahendraker	Spring 2026	04	53	51	40
Siddharth Mahendraker	Spring 2026	05	63	60	40
Sophia Fanelle	Spring 2026	06	83	77	40
Amy Doherty	Fall 2025	01	97	93	40
Amy Doherty	Fall 2025	02	98	96	40
Mujie Wang	Fall 2025	03	56	54	60
Nathan Geist	Fall 2025	04	71	73	40
Zijian Han	Fall 2025	05	66	63	40
August Schmidt	Fall 2025	06	90	88	40
Nathan Geist	Summer 2025	01	97	90	—
Joaquin Ignacio Lema Perez	Summer 2025	04	90	90	80
Amy Doherty	Spring 2025	02	91	83	40
Thomas Hameister	Spring 2025	03	92	83	60
Tingting Fang	Spring 2025	04	82	84	40
Siddharth Mahendraker	Spring 2025	05	58	50	40
Matthew Zevenbergen	Spring 2025	06	81	73	40
Amy Doherty	Fall 2024	01	88	84	40
Amy Doherty	Fall 2024	02	97	93	40
Yaoying Fu	Fall 2024	03	87	85	60
Joaquin Ignacio Lema Perez	Fall 2024	04	88	85	40
Nathan Geist	Fall 2024	06	80	77	60
Nathan Geist	Summer 2024	03	92	77	60

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.