BZAN 2020 Coding for Business Seminar

Name: Coding for Business Seminar
Rating: 4.3 (10 reviews)

This seminar focuses on the algorithmic side of coding -- how to break a problem into steps. It emphasizes familiar coding patterns and reinforces the most essential Python facts.

Course overview

Department: Business Analytics
School: CSOM
Credits: 1
Level: Undergraduate
Offered: Annually

Catalog details

Prerequisites: Permission of Department

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Requirements fulfilled

Business Analytics: Business Analytics elective options (Class of 2027 and beyond)

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Course evaluations

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

Course rating: 4.30 / 5 · Very Good
10 responses
Instructor rating: 4.33 / 5 · Very Good
10 responses
Terms evaluated: 1
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	Peter Sterpe	4.3	4.3	4.7	4.7	4.4	4.7	4.1	4.6	1–3 hrs/week	10 of 13

Data freshness

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

Instructors

Peter Sterpe
Spring 2027, Spring 2026 · Official rating 4.33/5

Sections

Section 01
Spring 2027 · Peter Sterpe · Fulton Hall 260 F 12:00 Noon-01:15PM · Offered