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MFIN 2215

Global Financial Markets · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of

83BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2023 – Fall 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

48thMore challenging than 48% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

90BC — “Intellectually Challenging”3 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

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”3 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 focus of this course is on the fundamental drivers, functioning and inter-connectedness of global financial markets. Products covered will be interest rate markets (government bonds, money markets, swaps, interest rate derivatives, credit markets), equity indices, and foreign exchange markets. Tickers flash across TV screens detailing every move ininterest rates, currencies and equity markets. Why do some events move marketssometimes and not at other times? What just happened in UK markets? We willexplore the role of economic data, flow of funds analysis, central bank policy,and fiscal and other government policies from a macro perspective in assessingthese questions. We will learn from historical episodes that still shapemarket structures and behavior today.We will approach these topics from a practitioner's perspective and two or three active portfolio managers will be guest lecturers over the course of the semester. Learning will be via a combination of classroom, reading research papers, and observing markets in real time. There will be weekly homework assignments related to required reading that include current events. A team based project and a mid-term project will tie together subjects covered to that point in the course. Discussions of the current market environment will take place over the period of the course, with the final project requiring each student to formulate and present an investment outlook that ties together the various disciplines learned over the semester. A curious and open mind are helpful attributes for students wishing to take this course.

The only instructor on record

3 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Karim BastaFinance	823 records	78th	48th	863 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Karim Basta is the only instructor with evaluation records for MFIN 2215, so the number is a record, not a position. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Karim Basta

1 other class

Class	Instructors	Course score
MFIN 8845Global Financial Markets	14 records	83

Other MFIN classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
MFIN 1021Fundamentals of Finance	1297 records	83
MFIN 1127Corporate Finance	983 records	80
MFIN 1151Investments	1172 records	82
MFIN 8801Investments	627 records	84
MFIN 2270Data Analytics in Finance	325 records	81
MFIN 8807Corporate Finance	1022 records	85

The line

All 13 items · means across 3 records

The Professor4 items

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

9136th 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.

8822nd pctl

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

9128th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8728th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8829th pctl

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

9457th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9152nd pctl

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

9463rd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9043rd 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.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9048th pctl

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

8934th 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

3 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Karim Basta	Fall 2025	01	89	86	60
Karim Basta	Fall 2024	01	79	81	60
Karim Basta	Fall 2023	01	77	82	—

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.