ECON 2
Principles of Economics
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: course 1. Not open to students with credit for former course 100. Introduction to principles of economic analysis, economic institutions, and issues of economic policy. Emphasis on aggregative economics, including national income, monetary and fiscal policy, and international trade. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Spring 2019 - Selling the textbook call me at 212-654... haha just kidding she uses a free textbook so not spending 200 dollars for one class like econ 1. This is definetely a good class to take if you are an econ major and want an easy A for your major. Dont read the textbook before she goes over her slides because she skips certain sections (the hard ones) so the best way to study is the slides. It is certainly possible to come into the final with an 100%. The grading was 25% a midterm which I got a 95 on and was super easy, it was also 10% going to discussion and 15% this graph project which was also super easy to get a 100 on if you follow the rubric and took me only 1 hour to do the entire thing. The final also wasnt hard but it requires that you study. Final also wasnt cumulative which was nice. Final and midterm consist of vocab, multiple choice and some short answer which are really easy if you look over the graphs. Going to lecture is important because she explains everything really well but if you were to skip lecture youd be fine teaching yourself. Also she has office hours which usually dont get busy so if youre confused she can try to teach it again. Shes super nice and the most engaging econ professor you will find at UCLA so taking basic econ classes like econ 1 and 2 with her is a good move because you will learn without completely falling asleep.
Spring 2019 - Selling the textbook call me at 212-654... haha just kidding she uses a free textbook so not spending 200 dollars for one class like econ 1. This is definetely a good class to take if you are an econ major and want an easy A for your major. Dont read the textbook before she goes over her slides because she skips certain sections (the hard ones) so the best way to study is the slides. It is certainly possible to come into the final with an 100%. The grading was 25% a midterm which I got a 95 on and was super easy, it was also 10% going to discussion and 15% this graph project which was also super easy to get a 100 on if you follow the rubric and took me only 1 hour to do the entire thing. The final also wasnt hard but it requires that you study. Final also wasnt cumulative which was nice. Final and midterm consist of vocab, multiple choice and some short answer which are really easy if you look over the graphs. Going to lecture is important because she explains everything really well but if you were to skip lecture youd be fine teaching yourself. Also she has office hours which usually dont get busy so if youre confused she can try to teach it again. Shes super nice and the most engaging econ professor you will find at UCLA so taking basic econ classes like econ 1 and 2 with her is a good move because you will learn without completely falling asleep.
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Summer 2021 - This was my second time taking Econ 2 with Prof Papac. He was extremely knowledgeable and insightful when I went in to Office Hours - not to mention his friendly nature. If you want to solidify your understanding of Macroeconomics, I would highly recommend taking it with Papac. In my opinion, he is easily the best teacher to take this class with. The class consists of 2 quizzes, 1 midterm, and 1 final. The quizzes are a total of 5%, midterm 40%, and final 55%. The textbook is a free online website that is actually easier to get through than what Rojas uses (Mindreader). But you should be able to grasp the concepts just with his lecture slides alone.
Summer 2021 - This was my second time taking Econ 2 with Prof Papac. He was extremely knowledgeable and insightful when I went in to Office Hours - not to mention his friendly nature. If you want to solidify your understanding of Macroeconomics, I would highly recommend taking it with Papac. In my opinion, he is easily the best teacher to take this class with. The class consists of 2 quizzes, 1 midterm, and 1 final. The quizzes are a total of 5%, midterm 40%, and final 55%. The textbook is a free online website that is actually easier to get through than what Rojas uses (Mindreader). But you should be able to grasp the concepts just with his lecture slides alone.
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Fall 2020 - I took Econ 2 with Professor Rojas Fall 2020, it was a very well organized and well taught course. The material itself is straightforward, and Professor Rojas was always very clear and informative in lecture, providing a solid understanding of the material as pertaining to the problems and tests, while also tying in its relation to macroeconomic issues in the world today. He was always prompt and helpful with emails, the grades were easy to understand and fair, definitely recommend!
Fall 2020 - I took Econ 2 with Professor Rojas Fall 2020, it was a very well organized and well taught course. The material itself is straightforward, and Professor Rojas was always very clear and informative in lecture, providing a solid understanding of the material as pertaining to the problems and tests, while also tying in its relation to macroeconomic issues in the world today. He was always prompt and helpful with emails, the grades were easy to understand and fair, definitely recommend!
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Fall 2019 - Let's start with I love learning economic concepts. I'm a first year student and this was my first college level economics course. I was super excited going into the course, but was very disappointed. The first thing that really disappointed me was the professor's unwillingness/inability to respond to emails. Nothing sent to her was ever responded to. In addition, the Professor was unwilling to wear a microphone, which wasn't a problem for me since I usually sat in the front row. However, the one time I sat in the second row, I could barely hear her. While she seemed to be a very kind person, she did not always understand the material that she was supposed to be teaching. Basic concepts such as how to calculate slope (change in Y over change in X) confused her. Furthermore, the class progressed at a much slower than usual pace. We barely went through half of the material on the original syllabus, causing much panic and worry from everyone in the class about whether or not we will be prepared for Econ 102. Moreover, she had prepared slides, but often had trouble with the computer in the room and ended up not using them a majority of the time. Although I did not go in to office hours to talk to her personally, I heard that she was very helpful on the one monetary policy assignment (worth 20% of the grade and graded primarily on grammar). Overall, the class was relatively slow paced, repetitive, and the concepts were pretty easy. However, be prepared that a majority of your learning is going to come from your TA (find the best one to make sure you really understand the concepts) since the professor tends to confuse topics and the textbook was pretty vague.
Fall 2019 - Let's start with I love learning economic concepts. I'm a first year student and this was my first college level economics course. I was super excited going into the course, but was very disappointed. The first thing that really disappointed me was the professor's unwillingness/inability to respond to emails. Nothing sent to her was ever responded to. In addition, the Professor was unwilling to wear a microphone, which wasn't a problem for me since I usually sat in the front row. However, the one time I sat in the second row, I could barely hear her. While she seemed to be a very kind person, she did not always understand the material that she was supposed to be teaching. Basic concepts such as how to calculate slope (change in Y over change in X) confused her. Furthermore, the class progressed at a much slower than usual pace. We barely went through half of the material on the original syllabus, causing much panic and worry from everyone in the class about whether or not we will be prepared for Econ 102. Moreover, she had prepared slides, but often had trouble with the computer in the room and ended up not using them a majority of the time. Although I did not go in to office hours to talk to her personally, I heard that she was very helpful on the one monetary policy assignment (worth 20% of the grade and graded primarily on grammar). Overall, the class was relatively slow paced, repetitive, and the concepts were pretty easy. However, be prepared that a majority of your learning is going to come from your TA (find the best one to make sure you really understand the concepts) since the professor tends to confuse topics and the textbook was pretty vague.
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Sproul is a good teacher-really emphasizes the "real bills doctrine" which can get pretty ridiculous, but he's definitely a good teacher. I learned a lot, even though I ended up not doing as well as I thought I was going to do. The tests are like 15 multiple choice and 1 free response for the quizzes. The final is about 2 1/2 quizzes(with amount of multiple choice and free responses). The bad thing is that messing up on one quiz can screw with your grade, since he doesn't drop the lowest quiz.
Sproul is a good teacher-really emphasizes the "real bills doctrine" which can get pretty ridiculous, but he's definitely a good teacher. I learned a lot, even though I ended up not doing as well as I thought I was going to do. The tests are like 15 multiple choice and 1 free response for the quizzes. The final is about 2 1/2 quizzes(with amount of multiple choice and free responses). The bad thing is that messing up on one quiz can screw with your grade, since he doesn't drop the lowest quiz.
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Winter 2021 - Chris is a solid lecturer and he's super accommodating. He does multiple time frames for you to do the midterms and finals which was *chef's kiss*. Last time I had to do a 3-hour Econ final at 4am because my prof told me it was the Econ dept policy to only have one time slot for exams. He's super responsive on Campuswire, holds a ton of review sessions and OHs. There's also a lot of easy extra credit in the class which bump your grade up by probably 5%. Most importantly, he explains things extremely well. He sometimes takes a different approach to the textbook and his approach is always clearer. He points out common mistakes in his lectures and makes sure we wouldn't repeat them. There are also practice problems for every chapter which I thought was comparable to the problems on the exam. The data report was a bit of work but pretty easy. He gave out the grading rubric so it was very clear what was expected of us. He also rounds your grade up so that's very nice.
Winter 2021 - Chris is a solid lecturer and he's super accommodating. He does multiple time frames for you to do the midterms and finals which was *chef's kiss*. Last time I had to do a 3-hour Econ final at 4am because my prof told me it was the Econ dept policy to only have one time slot for exams. He's super responsive on Campuswire, holds a ton of review sessions and OHs. There's also a lot of easy extra credit in the class which bump your grade up by probably 5%. Most importantly, he explains things extremely well. He sometimes takes a different approach to the textbook and his approach is always clearer. He points out common mistakes in his lectures and makes sure we wouldn't repeat them. There are also practice problems for every chapter which I thought was comparable to the problems on the exam. The data report was a bit of work but pretty easy. He gave out the grading rubric so it was very clear what was expected of us. He also rounds your grade up so that's very nice.
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