MFIN 8887 Ph.D. Seminar

Name: Ph.D. Seminar
Rating: 5.0 (6 reviews)

Weekly seminar discussions.

Course overview

Department: Finance
School: CSOM
Credits: 0
Level: Graduate
Offered: Annually

Catalog details

Prerequisites: Permission of Department

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Course evaluations

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

Course rating: 5.00 / 5 · Excellent
6 responses
Instructor rating: 5.00 / 5 · Excellent
6 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	Andrey Malenko	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.8	5.0	5.0	5.0	1–3 hrs/week	6 of 14

Data freshness

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

Instructors

Andrey Malenko
Spring 2026 · Official rating 5.00/5
Ran Duchin
Spring 2027, Fall 2026

Sections

Section 01
Spring 2027 · Ran Duchin · Fulton Hall 260 MW 12:00 Noon-01:15PM · Offered
Section 01
Fall 2026 · Ran Duchin · Fulton Hall 425 MW 01:30PM-02:45PM · Offered