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Peter Sterpe

Associate Professor of the Practice

Business Analytics

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Biography

Peter Sterpe is a senior technology professional. His broad background ranges from hands-on software development to managing complex technical organizations, and spans consulting, startup, and corporate environments. He is a proven team builder, researcher, writer, platform speaker, and educator, and has developed enterprise caliber software products as well as internal business systems. Peter has co-founded two software startups, managed numerous application development teams, written industry analysis for Forrester, and educated executives in the strategic uses of computing. He currently teaches in the Business Analytics department of the Carroll School of Management at Boston College where he designed the core "Coding for Business" course. Peter plays piano and sings … with enthusiasm. He did his undergraduate and graduate work in Computer Science and holds BS and MS degrees from MIT.

Official evaluation summary

4.37 / 5

Based on 735 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Courses taught

Ratings are this instructor’s response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations, on a scale of 1 to 5.

  • BZAN2021 Coding for Business
    Instructor rating 4.38 / 5 · Course rating 3.93 / 5 · 531 responses
    Taught Spring 2027, Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2022, Fall 2021
  • BZAN8021 Coding for Business
    Instructor rating 4.39 / 5 · Course rating 4.11 / 5 · 126 responses
    Taught Spring 2027, Spring 2026, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
  • BZAN8022 Coding for Business
    Instructor rating 4.42 / 5 · Course rating 4.11 / 5 · 53 responses
    Taught Summer 2026, Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2022
  • BZAN4258 Systems Analysis and Design
    Instructor rating 3.87 / 5 · Course rating 3.74 / 5 · 15 responses
    Taught Spring 2027, Spring 2026, Spring 2025
  • BZAN2020 Coding for Business Seminar
    Instructor rating 4.33 / 5 · Course rating 4.30 / 5 · 10 responses
    Taught Spring 2027, Spring 2026

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