Carney Curve

Boston College course evaluations · every published number, ranked class by class

Top of the board1.ECON 9902962.LAWS 8856973.PRTO 3300984.BSLW 2299975.PHIL 4932986.LAWS 8308987.SCWK 9960998.EESC 99011009.MUSP 16609610.UGMG 10109811.UNCP 55119712.SCWK 883197

Positions 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.

Class record · MFIN · CSOM

MFIN 8820

Management of Financial Institutions · 1 instructor on record · 21 sections

What the course score is made of
84BC evaluations21 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
60thMore challenging than 60% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
92BC — “Intellectually Challenging”21 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
79thMore work than 79% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
63BC — “Workload”21 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 considers banks and other financial institutions as information and deal-making entities. This broad perspective is used to explain how and why changing information and contracting technologies are altering the structure of the financial services industry and financial regulation. Lectures explore the implications of these ongoing changes for the methods financial institution executives should use to measure and manage an institution's risk and return.

The only instructor on record

21 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
Robert JamesFinance9021 records79th60th

There is no ranking to read here: Robert James is the only instructor with evaluation records for MFIN 8820, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Robert James

3 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
MFIN 1151Investments1172 records82
MFIN 8801Investments627 records84
MFIN 7704Financial Management614 records74

Other MFIN classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
MFIN 1021Fundamentals of Finance1297 records83
MFIN 1127Corporate Finance983 records80
MFIN 1151Investments1172 records82
MFIN 8801Investments627 records84
MFIN 2270Data Analytics in Finance325 records81
MFIN 8807Corporate Finance1022 records85

The line

All 13 items · means across 21 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
9241st pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9671st pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9240th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9234th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
9363rd pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
9254th pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
8928th pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
8832nd pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
9569th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
9356th 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.
6379th pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
9260th pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
8936th 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

21 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Robert JamesSpring 202601918260
Robert JamesFall 202501918660
Robert JamesFall 202502878060
Robert JamesSummer 202501918760
Robert JamesSpring 202502918580
Robert JamesFall 202401898560
Robert JamesFall 202402898340
Robert JamesSummer 2024019077100
Robert JamesSpring 202402918460
Robert JamesFall 2023019287—
Robert JamesFall 2023028984—
Robert JamesSummer 2023019081—
Robert JamesSpring 202301948740
Robert JamesSpring 202302918560
Robert JamesFall 202201918660
Robert JamesFall 202202898560
Robert JamesSummer 2022018782100
Robert JamesSpring 202201888360
Robert JamesSpring 202202938560
Robert JamesFall 202101918360
Robert JamesFall 202102898160

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.