Instructor record · Finance · Spring 2022 – Spring 2026

Tuomas Tomunen

Assistant Professor · Finance · 11 evaluation records across 1 class

On this class's board

What the overall is made of

91BC evaluations11 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – Spring 2026

96RateMyProfessors4 ratings · weight ×2.0 · 100% would take again

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

Sources are averaged by how much we trust each one and by how many records sit behind it, so a handful of reviews nudges the number rather than replacing it.

What the challenge rank is made of

85thMore challenging than 85% of BC instructorsranked against every one we hold

93BC — “Intellectually Challenging”11 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question — 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. RateMyProfessors separately rates this instructor 56 out of 100 for difficulty — that IS a difficulty measure, but it is about the person across everything they teach, not about any one class, so it is shown here rather than folded into the number above.

What the workload rank is made of

35thMore work than 35% of BC instructorsranked against every one we hold

47BC — “Workload”11 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload 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.

Ratings from outside BC

Not evaluation data

Collected from RateMyProfessors, not from Boston College: 4 ratings, 100% would take again, difficulty 56 out of 100. Difficulty is not a quality signal in either direction — a harder course is not a worse one.

Anyone can post there — no @bc.edu check and no enrolment check — so it is weighted alongside the evaluation data, never above it.

The line

All 13 items · means across 11 records

The Professor4 items

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

9462nd pctl

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

9355th pctl

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

9254th pctl

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

9248th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9586th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9584th pctl

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

9476th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9378th pctl

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

9366th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9156th 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.

4735th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9385th pctl

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

8952nd 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.

Class by class

1 class · 11 sections

How each position is worked outPositions 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.

MFIN 1151 InvestmentsOvr91Chal69thWork30th

On this class's board2nd of 11 instructors

11 sections on record · course itself rated 88 out of 100. See the full board for MFIN 1151.

Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Spring 2026	02	90	88	40
Spring 2026	07	93	93	—
Spring 2026	08	92	90	40
Spring 2024	05	93	91	—
Spring 2024	06	93	88	40
Spring 2024	07	90	85	40
Spring 2023	05	86	81	40
Spring 2023	06	86	86	60
Spring 2023	07	89	86	60
Spring 2022	05	91	89	40
Spring 2022	06	94	92	60

All 13 items for MFIN 1151

The Professor4 items

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

9450th pctl

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

9345th pctl

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

9242nd pctl

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

9235th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9575th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9574th pctl

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

9460th 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.

9358th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9147th 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.

9369th pctl

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

8937th pctl

How to read this pageScores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Almost every class scores high on that scale (the median is about 90), so challenge and workload are shown as a rank against every instructor we hold rather than as a score; the raw figure is in the breakdown above. Neither describes quality, and neither is ever marked better or worse anywhere on this site. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero. The position printed against each class is this instructor's place on that class's own board, computed from the same records the board itself is built from.