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MFIN 8824

AIM1: Applied Investment Management · 1 instructor on record · 5 sections

What the course score is made of

85BC evaluations5 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – 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

50thMore challenging than 50% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

90BC — “Intellectually Challenging”5 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

40thMore work than 40% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

52BC — “Workload”5 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 provides an opportunity for students to utilize both theoretical and practical aspects of the investment management process by competing to actively manage a million dollar portfolio for the University. AIM1 teaches students about institutional portfolio management, asset allocation, risk assessment, investment manager evaluation, and fundamental equity analysis. Students are placed in investment teams to respond to a Request for Proposal (RFP) in which they develop a framework for identifying and evaluating equities and bonds and managing a diversified risk-adjusted portfolio. Winning teams will be selected based on final presentations to a board of professional institutional investors and given the opportunity to manage live accounts in AIM2 during the spring semester.

The only instructor on record

5 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
David MartensFinance	875 records	40th	50th

There is no ranking to read here: David Martens is the only instructor with evaluation records for MFIN 8824, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by David Martens

1 other class

Class	Instructors	Course score
MFIN 8825AIM2: Applied Portfolio Management	15 records	96

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 5 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.

9457th 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.

9340th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9359th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9148th pctl

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

9462nd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9362nd pctl

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

9675th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9573rd 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.

5240th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9050th 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

5 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
David Martens	Fall 2025	01	88	83	60
David Martens	Fall 2024	01	90	85	60
David Martens	Fall 2023	01	81	79	60
David Martens	Fall 2022	01	90	94	40
David Martens	Fall 2021	01	89	86	40

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.