MKTG 2153 Marketing Research

Marketing managers depend on the availability of timely and accurate market information to reduce their risk in decision making. The goal of this course is to provide students with a solid grounding in contemporary marketing research methods to enable them to recognize the need for research, to design and implement some research projects on their own, and to evaluate knowledgeably the research methods and results presented to them by others. Students will acquire a working knowledge of both qualitative and quantitative analysis methods and will apply these skills to a marketing research project. Students are expected to have taken one of the following statistics-based courses or an equivalent prior to enrolling in this class: BZAN1135, APSY2217, BIOL2300, ECON1151, PSYC1120, or SOCY2200.

Course overview

Department
Marketing
School
CSOM
Credits
3
Level
Undergraduate
Offered
Every Fall, Every Spring

Catalog details

Prerequisites
MKTG1021 and BZAN1135 or BIOL2300 or APSY2217 or ECON1151 or PSYC1120 or SOCY2200

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Requirements fulfilled

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Course evaluations

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

Course rating
3.96 / 5 · Very Good
912 responses
Instructor rating
4.21 / 5 · Very Good
912 responses
Terms evaluated
10
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
TermInstructorCourse overallInstructor overallWell organizedClear learning objectivesIntellectually challengingHelpful assignmentsApplicable beyond courseAttendance necessaryWeekly effortResponses
Spring 2026Donggwan Kim3.84.04.64.64.24.44.43.81–3 hrs/week31 of 43
Spring 2026Linda Salisbury3.84.14.64.54.34.34.34.54–6 hrs/week61 of 69
Fall 2025Megan Hunter Antill4.54.64.84.74.54.84.74.71–3 hrs/week101 of 118
Fall 2025Rebecca Segal3.74.04.34.24.04.04.04.04–6 hrs/week22 of 28
Spring 2025Donggwan Kim3.94.44.64.64.24.44.54.31–3 hrs/week44 of 55
Spring 2025Megan Hunter Antill3.53.54.54.64.44.34.24.51–3 hrs/week59 of 68
Fall 2024Linda Salisbury3.94.14.64.64.44.44.64.51–3 hrs/week79 of 95
Fall 2024Rebecca Segal4.04.14.74.64.24.44.44.11–3 hrs/week22 of 31
Spring 2024Linda Salisbury4.04.34.64.64.44.34.54.51–3 hrs/week61 of 71
Spring 2024Rebecca Segal4.24.44.54.64.24.44.44.11–3 hrs/week28 of 35
Fall 2023Allison Paul—————————31 of 35
Fall 2023Megan Hunter Antill—————————70 of 87
Spring 2023Edward Loessi4.24.54.54.74.24.34.54.21–3 hrs/week18 of 28
Spring 2023Linda Salisbury4.14.54.84.74.34.54.44.41–3 hrs/week53 of 67
Spring 2023Rebecca Segal4.14.54.64.64.34.54.34.3—23 of 29
Fall 2022Allison Paul4.04.54.54.64.24.44.54.41–3 hrs/week22 of 29
Fall 2022Edward Loessi3.53.94.34.44.04.14.03.81–3 hrs/week28 of 35
Fall 2022Greg Girard2.52.72.12.54.03.34.03.54–6 hrs/week22 of 27
Spring 2022Linda Salisbury4.04.44.84.74.24.44.34.34–6 hrs/week28 of 54
Spring 2022Nailya Ordabayeva4.64.95.04.94.64.64.94.61–3 hrs/week25 of 47
Fall 2021Allison Paul4.65.05.05.04.64.94.94.71–3 hrs/week10 of 18
Fall 2021Edward Loessi4.14.54.94.94.14.64.53.91–3 hrs/week14 of 21
Fall 2021Greg Girard3.53.93.93.84.54.44.44.04–6 hrs/week21 of 28
Fall 2021Megan Hunter Antill3.63.64.44.44.23.94.24.34–6 hrs/week39 of 63

Data freshness

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

Instructors

  • Allison Paul
    Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.67/5
  • Donggwan Kim
    Spring 2027, Spring 2026, Spring 2025 · Official rating 4.19/5
  • Edward Loessi
    Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.21/5
  • Greg Girard
    Fall 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 3.30/5
  • Linda Salisbury
    Spring 2027, Spring 2026, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.25/5
  • Megan Hunter Antill
    Fall 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.14/5
  • Nailya Ordabayeva
    Spring 2022 · Official rating 4.92/5
  • Rebecca Segal
    Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Spring 2023 · Official rating 4.25/5

Sections

  • Section 01
    Spring 2027 · Linda Salisbury · Fulton Hall 230 TuTh 10:30AM-11:45AM · Offered
  • Section 02
    Spring 2027 · Donggwan Kim · Fulton Hall 425 TuTh 12:00 Noon-01:15PM · Offered
  • Section 03
    Spring 2027 · Donggwan Kim · Fulton Hall 425 TuTh 01:30PM-02:45PM · Offered
  • Section 04
    Spring 2027 · Donggwan Kim · Fulton Hall 425 TuTh 03:00PM-04:15PM · Offered
  • Section 02
    Fall 2026 · Megan Hunter Antill · Fulton Hall 117 TuTh 10:30AM-11:45AM · Offered
  • Section 03
    Fall 2026 · Megan Hunter Antill · Fulton Hall 117 TuTh 12:00 Noon-01:15PM · Offered
  • Section 04
    Fall 2026 · Megan Hunter Antill · Fulton Hall 230 TuTh 03:00PM-04:15PM · Offered