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MGMT 8131

Managing Mergers and Acquisitions · 1 instructor on record · 4 sections

What the course score is made of

78BC evaluations4 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2022 – 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

13thMore challenging than 13% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

83BC — “Intellectually Challenging”4 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

47BC — “Workload”4 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 overview of the various stages of the M&A process, and the key decision points which help guide it. This course is meant to be a survey class, covering a wide range of M&A topics. It is recommended for participants pursuing careers requiring the formulation of inorganic growth options for businesses (e.g., general management, business development, or consulting) or the assessment of business investment opportunities (e.g., investment banking, venture capital, or private equity). A broad overview of each typical stage in an M&A process will be discussed to include strategy, target identification, valuation, due diligence, financing, deal structure, negotiating an agreement, closing, and integration. Armed with an understanding of each stage of the M&A process, possible decision frameworks will be formulated and discussed.

The only instructor on record

4 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Richard MucciManagement and Organization	824 records	30th	13th

There is no ranking to read here: Richard Mucci is the only instructor with evaluation records for MGMT 8131, so the number is a record, not a position.

Other MGMT classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
MGMT 1021Organizational Behavior	1289 records	80
MGMT 3099Strategic Management	872 records	84
MGMT 2127Leadership	935 records	86
MGMT 7710Strategic Management	523 records	83
MGMT 2170Entrepreneurial Management	120 records	89
MGMT 2137Managing Diversity	218 records	83

The line

All 13 items · means across 4 records

The Professor4 items

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

8819th pctl

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

9134th pctl

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

8514th pctl

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

8715th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8936th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8621st pctl

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

8822nd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8623rd pctl

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

8939th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9145th 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.

4730th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8313th pctl

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

8623rd 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

4 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Richard Mucci	Fall 2025	01	81	78	60
Richard Mucci	Fall 2024	01	83	79	40
Richard Mucci	Fall 2023	01	86	82	—
Richard Mucci	Fall 2022	01	77	73	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.