ACCT 7701 Accounting

Name: Accounting
Rating: 4.16 (289 reviews)

At the outset, course work will be concerned with the development and use of accounting information to evaluate the status and performance of business enterprises. Attention will be given to the reporting of information for use by persons and institutions outside the enterprise. In the second part of the course, the focus will be on the use of accounting information in managerial decision making.

Course overview

Department: Accounting
School: CSOM
Credits: 3
Level: Graduate
Offered: Every Fall, Every Spring, Every Summer

Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating: 4.16 / 5 · Very Good
289 responses
Instructor rating: 4.42 / 5 · Very Good
289 responses
Terms evaluated: 9
Most recent: Spring 2026

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
Term	Instructor	Course overall	Instructor overall	Well organized	Clear learning objectives	Intellectually challenging	Helpful assignments	Applicable beyond course	Attendance necessary	Weekly effort	Responses
Spring 2026	Kin Lo	3.9	4.5	4.4	4.5	4.7	4.5	4.4	4.5	4–6 hrs/week	33 of 35
Spring 2025	Kin Lo	4.4	4.6	4.7	4.6	4.7	4.3	4.5	4.7	4–6 hrs/week	31 of 36
Fall 2024	Gil Manzon	3.8	4.1	4.3	4.3	4.7	4.2	4.3	4.5	4–6 hrs/week	32 of 38
Spring 2024	Mark Crowley	4.4	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.5	4–6 hrs/week	42 of 44
Fall 2023	Mark Crowley	4.3	4.5	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.2	4.6	4.5	1–3 hrs/week	34 of 37
Spring 2023	Mark Crowley	4.6	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.3	4.6	4.6	4–6 hrs/week	30 of 34
Fall 2022	Gil Manzon	4.3	4.5	4.4	4.6	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.2	4–6 hrs/week	14 of 17
Fall 2022	Mark Crowley	4.2	4.4	4.6	4.5	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.5	1–3 hrs/week	28 of 33
Spring 2022	Edward Taylor	3.9	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.1	4.2	3.9	4–6 hrs/week	15 of 26
Spring 2022	Kin Lo	4.3	4.7	4.5	4.5	4.7	4.1	4.9	4.6	—	12 of 18
Fall 2021	Edward Taylor	3.4	3.7	3.9	3.8	4.3	3.9	4.0	4.3	—	18 of 37

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

Edward Taylor
Spring 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 3.90/5
Gil Manzon
Fall 2024, Fall 2022 · Official rating 4.22/5
John Driscoll
Fall 2026
Kin Lo
Spring 2027, Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.58/5
Mark Crowley
Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022 · Official rating 4.53/5

Sections

Section 01
Spring 2027 · Kin Lo · Fulton Hall 130 M 07:00PM-09:30PM · Offered
Section 01
Fall 2026 · John Driscoll · Fulton Hall 230 M 07:00PM-09:30PM · Offered