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PRTO 1000

Portico · 11 instructors on record · 169 sections

What the course score is made of

90BC evaluations169 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

43rdMore challenging than 43% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

90BC — “Intellectually Challenging”169 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

39thMore work than 39% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

50BC — “Workload”169 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 is required for all Carroll School students and must be taken in the fall semester of their first year at BC. Portico fulfills the Carroll School ethics requirement. This is the introductory course for Carroll School of Management's first year students. Topics will include ethics, leadership, globalization, economic development, capitalism, innovation, entrepreneurship, vocational discernment, and the functional areas of business. This will be an interactive three-credit seminar, serving as one of the five courses in the fall semester and fulfilling the ethics requirement for the Carroll School. The instructor will serve as academic advisor during the student's first year.

The board

11 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

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. 3 of the 11 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Michael SmithAssociate Professor of the Practice · Undergrad Management Honors/Ethics	9730 records	39th	57th	9630 ratings · all classes
2	Amy La CombeUndergrad Management Honors/Ethics	9731 records	40th	42nd	—no page
3	Joseph CioniAssociate Professor of the Practice · Business Law and Society	9730 records	46th	63rd	9629 ratings · all classes
4	Jeremy EvansAssociate Professor of the Practice · Business Law and Society	9618 records	25th	31st	10010 ratings · all classes
5	Melissa FitzpatrickUndergrad Management Honors/Ethics fewer records	976 records	27th	50th	1003 ratings · all classes
6	Ethan SullivanSenior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Program and Chairperson · Business Law and Society Provisional	952 records	78th	55th	—no page
7	Rachel SpoonerBusiness Law	955 records	39th	63rd	9015 ratings · all classes
8	Ian CorbinUndergrad Management Honors/Ethics fewer records	873 records	25th	40th	947 ratings · all classes
9	Ryan MulderrigUndergrad Management Honors/Ethics fewer records	897 records	25th	15th	—no page
10	Christine RojcewiczAssistant Professor of the Practice · Business Law and Society	9024 records	33rd	33rd	488 ratings · all classes
11	Stephen MendelsohnAssistant Professor of the Practice · Business Law and Society	8613 records	39th	34th	804 ratings · all classes

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. 1 of 11 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 169 records

The Professor4 items

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

9670th 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.

9667th pctl

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

9664th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9571st pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9464th pctl

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

9570th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9255th pctl

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

9255th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9253rd 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.

5039th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9043rd pctl

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

9571st 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

169 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Amy La Combe	Fall 2025	01	97	91	60
Amy La Combe	Fall 2025	02	97	95	60
Amy La Combe	Fall 2025	03	98	94	60
Amy La Combe	Fall 2025	04	96	93	60
Amy La Combe	Fall 2025	05	97	97	40
Amy La Combe	Fall 2025	06	93	87	60
Christine Rojcewicz	Fall 2025	07	94	82	40
Christine Rojcewicz	Fall 2025	08	92	91	60
Christine Rojcewicz	Fall 2025	09	86	91	40
Christine Rojcewicz	Fall 2025	10	86	88	60
Christine Rojcewicz	Fall 2025	11	86	94	—
Christine Rojcewicz	Fall 2025	12	84	82	60
Rachel Spooner	Fall 2025	13	93	86	40
Joseph Cioni	Fall 2025	14	96	90	40
Joseph Cioni	Fall 2025	15	95	92	40
Joseph Cioni	Fall 2025	16	95	91	60
Joseph Cioni	Fall 2025	17	100	96	60
Joseph Cioni	Fall 2025	18	100	95	60
Joseph Cioni	Fall 2025	19	97	93	40
Michael Smith	Fall 2025	20	95	92	40
Michael Smith	Fall 2025	21	100	90	60
Michael Smith	Fall 2025	22	99	91	60
Michael Smith	Fall 2025	23	96	84	40
Michael Smith	Fall 2025	24	99	94	60
Michael Smith	Fall 2025	25	99	98	60

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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.