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MFIN 1021

Fundamentals of Finance · 12 instructors on record · 97 sections

What the course score is made of

83BC evaluations97 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

62ndMore challenging than 62% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

92BC — “Intellectually Challenging”97 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

44thMore work than 44% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

55BC — “Workload”97 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 was formally called Basic Finance.This course introduces the fundamentals of the areas of corporate financial management, money and capital markets and financial institutions.Corporate finance topics include the time value of money, the cost of capital, capital budgeting, financial analysis, and working capital management. Financial markets and institutions cover the role of financial intermediaries and instruments as they function in a complex economic system.

The board

12 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 12Filters 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.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Adam JorringFinance	949 records	39th	65th	949 ratings · all classes
2	Ran DuchinProfessor and Coughlin Family Professor · Finance	9310 records	45th	64th	943 ratings · all classes
3	Mathias HaslerAssistant Professor of the Practice · Finance	9127 records	78th	69th	9822 ratings · all classes
4	Cheng JiangFinance	914 records	39th	53rd	7610 ratings · all classes
5	Francesco D'acuntoFinance Provisional	912 records	—	—	—no page
6	Hanyi YiFinance	888 records	47th	43rd	8211 ratings · all classes
7	Andrew Hession-KunzFinance Provisional	852 records	100th	69th	—no page
8	Leonard KostovetskyFinance Provisional	852 records	78th	66th	801 rating · all classes
9	Hassan TehranianProfessor and Griffith Family Millennium Chair · Finance	8110 records	33rd	53rd	504 ratings · all classes
10	Arup GangulyAssistant Professor of the Practice · Finance	785 records	46th	81st	9446 ratings · all classes
11	Michael BarryProfessor of the Practice · Finance	748 records	39th	58th	—no page
12	Michele AndreolliAssistant Professor · Finance	7410 records	33rd	58th	5811 ratings · all classes

All 12 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. 3 of 12 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 97 records

The Professor4 items

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

8926th pctl

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

9131st pctl

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

9033rd pctl

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

9232nd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9149th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9250th pctl

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

9247th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9150th pctl

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

9362nd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9039th 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.

5544th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9262nd pctl

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

8832nd 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

97 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Hassan Tehranian	Spring 2026	01	78	78	60
Hassan Tehranian	Spring 2026	02	89	79	40
Mathias Hasler	Spring 2026	03	93	89	60
Mathias Hasler	Spring 2026	04	94	88	60
Mathias Hasler	Spring 2026	05	87	83	60
Michael Barry	Spring 2026	06	73	71	40
Michael Barry	Spring 2026	07	71	71	60
Michael Barry	Spring 2026	08	64	70	60
Michele Andreolli	Spring 2026	09	85	82	40
Michele Andreolli	Spring 2026	10	73	79	60
Michele Andreolli	Spring 2026	11	89	84	40
Arup Ganguly	Spring 2026	12	76	71	40
Mathias Hasler	Fall 2025	01	95	88	60
Mathias Hasler	Fall 2025	02	95	92	60
Mathias Hasler	Fall 2025	03	93	89	60
Michael Barry	Fall 2025	04	79	77	40
Arup Ganguly	Fall 2025	05	82	79	60
Ran Duchin	Fall 2025	06	92	89	60
Ran Duchin	Fall 2025	07	94	87	60
Cheng Jiang	Fall 2025	08	92	86	40
Cheng Jiang	Fall 2025	09	93	88	60
Andrew Hession-Kunz	Summer 2025	02	88	86	—
Andrew Hession-Kunz	Summer 2025	03	83	85	100
Hassan Tehranian	Spring 2025	01	70	69	60
Hassan Tehranian	Spring 2025	02	75	73	40

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.