ECON 4498 Senior Honors Thesis

Name: Senior Honors Thesis
Rating: 4.46 (52 reviews)

Required of all seniors seeking a degree with Honors in Economics.

Course overview

Department: Economics
School: MCAS
Credits: 3
Level: Undergraduate
Offered: Every Spring

Catalog details

Prerequisites: ECON4497

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Course evaluations

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

Course rating: 4.46 / 5 · Very Good
52 responses
Instructor rating: 4.62 / 5 · Excellent
52 responses
Terms evaluated: 2
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	Robert Murphy	4.3	4.5	4.3	4.5	4.7	4.0	4.5	3.4	10+ hrs/week	28 of 32
Spring 2024	Robert Murphy	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.5	4.7	3.8	4–6 hrs/week	24 of 28

Data freshness

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

Instructors

Robert Murphy
Spring 2027, Spring 2026, Spring 2024 · Official rating 4.62/5

Sections

Section 01
Spring 2027 · Robert Murphy · O'Neill Library 257 TuTh 08:30AM-10:15AM · Offered