ECON 2208 Economic Justice: A Catholic Approach

Name: Economic Justice: A Catholic Approach
Rating: 3.06 (75 reviews)

Explore ECON2208 Economic Justice: A Catholic Approach at Boston College, including instructors, sections, and official aggregate ratings.

Course overview

Department: Economics
School: Boston College
Credits: 0

Requirements fulfilled

Environmental Studies: Concentration — Environmental Justice and Policy: One Course on Environmental Justice (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
Economics B.A.: Economics elective options (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
International Studies: IS Core: one approved Economics elective numbered 2000 or above (after ECON1101) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)

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Course evaluations

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

Course rating: 3.06 / 5 · Good
75 responses
Instructor rating: 3.21 / 5 · Good
75 responses
Terms evaluated: 2
Most recent: Spring 2023

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 2023	John Piderit	3.7	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.8	4.1	4.3	3.9	1–3 hrs/week	31 of 37
Spring 2022	John Piderit	2.6	2.8	3.3	3.2	3.6	3.4	3.6	3.7	1–3 hrs/week	44 of 69

Data freshness

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

Instructors

John Piderit
Spring 2023, Spring 2022 · Official rating 3.21/5