If you are new to Economics get ready for a lot of self-teaching. Rojas isn't terrible but he does just read off the slides and then leaves you with weekly homework. The structure of the class is 15% homework (with the lowest one being dropped), 20% Midterm 1, 20% midterm 2, and 45% Final. For my class, the final averaged 73% and there was about a 1% curve in the class (for just the overall grades so it did not make a difference for many of us). Overall, this class takes a lot of hard work but it is not impossible, the class uses a website called Cengage that helps with practice problems mostly on just midterm one and briefly two. But for the final, I really have no clue, even now, how I could have better prepared.

Don't take Econ 1 w Rojas. The material seems easy enough when you go over it in lecture, but his exams are way too complicated. The midterms were 25 Qs each and the class avg for the 1st was 88, thhen the 2nd midterm avg dropped to 79, and the final was a 74, so not great esp bc this is supposed to be an intro class. The final is 45% of your grade, with each midterm being 20% and the weekly homework being 15% (do all of it, ur lowest score gets dropped). Lectures were not engaging and he read straight from slides. If you are taking Econ 1 for a premajor, take it with Boswell or literally any other professor. Very disappointed and would not take this class again.

This class was extremely useful. It was easy, but only because I kept up with the chapters and engaged in the homework. You need to read each chapter and take notes. The professor is very engaging and clear. His slides will help you a lot. Overall, I recommend this professor and class.

Professor Rojas is an excellent professor. While lectures can become monotonous over time, the professor did a great job at explaining all concepts in depth. The course is pretty straightforward and exam questions are exactly like the homework practice, which is super helpful when having to study. All exams are multiple choice and I found that most students did really well. This class is not a big stressor.

Took this class for my major requirement. I took this class online, so it was fairly easy. The lectures were pretty dry, and nearing the end of the quarter he would go through material pretty fast. The TA discussions were helpful as they would go over practice problems that could potentially be found on the tests. Chill guy.

This was a pretty easy intro to economics class. The course material is very similar to AP Microeconomics if you have taken that before. Rojas was an organized lecturer and really chill professor. All of his slides consisted of material straight from the online book that we used. Class was very straightforward, and homework assignments were fairly easy. The two midterms and final were all multiple choice and were very similar to the homework and practice problems. Exams were also open note and taken online. If the class does poorly on exams, Rojas will curve upwards, but I am pretty sure that everyone did pretty well on all of the exams during this quarter.

Discussion sections were not that useful to me, but they were helpful if you had a question or struggled on a topic. I only went to my discussion a few times, but TA Dom explained everything with clarity, and I recommend him.

this class was ok. i took ap macro in high school so this was just a review for me. the lectures were BORING so i never paid attention and just read the textbook instead which was way better. all the weekly homeworks/midterms/final were on mindtap (online but i think that was only for this quarter)

I really liked Professor Rojas. He was very clear and there was not much homework. I took this class on Zoom and still I felt like it was a pretty engaging class.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS IF YOU HAVE NOT STUDIED ECONOMICS BEFORE. Frankly, there is no way you could survive. Its not because of Professor Rojas, but the fast paced nature of the quarter system. You learn the fundamental concepts of economics within a week or two, stuff that is generally taught over the course of a year in high school.
If you have taken economics before however, this course is not too bad. The first 4 weeks of material is extremely easy (concepts like supply and demand, opportunity cost, etc.), the next 4 slightly harder (trade, tax, etc.), and the last 2 are tough (competitive markets, calculating costs). Professor Rojas is overall a friendly person and a decent lecturer. He basically reads off his slides the entire time but since they're fairly detailed and self-explanatory, I didn't see much of an issue with that. He's always willing to stop and help students understand concepts better if they don't get it. I would strongly recommend taking this class online if possible. Mine was entirely online and it really helped a lot The grading scheme is a little tough with :

Homework - 15%
Midterm 1 - 20%
Midterm 2 - 20%
Final - 45%

So your grade pretty much depends on your final. Homework is an easy 100 as all of the answers are on quizlet, and you can use a checking feature on your assignment to verify if your answers are correct.

Discussions were optional, and went more in depth on how to calculate or find certain values based on graphs or tables which is generally what the format of the tests are, so I would recommend attending it. My TA, Palleja, was great. He recorded discussion sections at the beginning of the week and then posted them on Canvas, so I never had to physically attend a discussion.

Overall, not a bad class. If you don't have to take it, I would avoid it, but if you are an Econ major, this should be an easy class for you.

Professor Rojas explains concepts very clearly and makes sure to answer all of his students' questions in class, even if it takes a while. Because of this, I think he's a pretty great instructor! However, I do feel like he spent waaay too much time explaining super simple concepts and waaay too little time explaining some of the more difficult concepts. There is very little work required for the class, but if you want to have a strong understanding of everything I would recommend doing all the chapter readings. For the most part, the exams are straightforward (they're all multiple choice), but the second midterm was fairly challenging in my opinion. The overall class structure is a bit boring, but the content itself is actually pretty interesting if you're someone who really likes connecting intuitive ideas to the real world. Overall, I definitely don't regret taking Econ 1 w/Rojas!