The lectures were helpful (and recorded). I liked his style with definitions and examples. This class had two grading schemes. 1. 10% homework 30% midterm 1 30% midterm 2 30% final. or if the final was higher than both midterms then 10% homework 40% highest midterm 50% final. He gives you tons of old midterms/finals to study with, which were very helpful. The textbook is not necessary for this class, but I did use it a little when studying or to further explain concepts. Overall, I think this class was easier than some people made it sound, you just need to study a lot.

To preface, this class is going to be a bit difficult no matter the professor. With this class, I think Mazzocco is one of the better professors you can take this class with. He does a weekly problem set (which is like 3 questions, with about 5 parts each), which is not that difficult at all (also drops your lowest grade), has two midterms and a final. He also does alternate grading schemes.

As a professor it kind of seemed like he read off his slides, however, he actually will do examples in class that will really conceptually help you understand the material. To further this, I really recommend going to your discussion sections (shoutout to Patrick, he is literally the GOAT). The other great thing about Mazzocco is that the questions on the tests are like problems that he does in class and assignes for homework, so there is nothing that will catch you off guard. If you are going to take this class, to study, please do the practice exams he gives you, as his tests are the same format. Honestly, if you do two tests before your test, you should be GOLDEN.

As for the class itself, he is a super nice guy who really wants to help you learn. He is pretty funny in lecture, and it is not impossible to pay attention in his class. I really liked him as an overall person. The textbook is not really needed for this class as everything you need is covered in lecture. For those freaking out about the math, this class is not very math intensive. It is a one trick pony, where you have to learn how to do partial derivatives. You'll get so many reps in that this will become second nature. I would say the math you would use is more arithmetic and manipulating equations, so start to think in mathematical terms earlier than later because it will help you.

Overall, please don't be scared of this class nor this professor. If you can take it with him, I highly recommend you do if you are able to pick up concepts quicker. Should be an easy A for a harder class.

Prof. Mazzocco is, without a doubt, the best professor I’ve ever had. His lectures are engaging, and he often asks lecture questions that connect the material to real-world situations. His exams are also very manageable if you review the exams he posts from 2023 to 2008. Also, be sure to time yourself when doing the practice exams; many people ran out of time because they didn’t complete at least 2-3 practice exams with a 75-minute time limit. His grading style is flexible, as he gives two midterms, and if the lower one is below your final exam score, it will be dropped. The other option is that each exam is worth 30% if your final exam score is the lowest of the three. Problem sets are worth 10%. He also allows a cheat sheet for each exam.

He was alright. I thought the lecture was confusing at times but it was recorded so you could go back and watch it if you want. The discussion helped me a lot too. He posts his old exams for you to study from which is nice because it gives you lots of practice before the test. The class is curved and math heavy.

This class was extremely hard for me. I found the concepts to be interesting and I definitely learned a lot, but the tests (2nd midterm and final) were very difficult. Tests are worth 90% of your grade and weekly problem sets make up the other 10%. The average on the final was a 57.5% -- I spent over a week straight studying for the final and failed. Luckily, the tests are curved pretty heavily. Mazzocco is a fine professor, but his tests are not.

Professor Mazzocco is extremely knowledgable and kind and provides lots of clarity on the topics we learned in comparison to the textbook. He provides a plethora of practice midterms and finals to review that helped me succeed. The workload is very manageable: we had about 6-7 problem sets that were 3-4 questions each: these were very useful in getting a grasp on applications of the topics learned in class. I would highly recommend this professor. The only difficult thing about this class is the math -- I would recommend reviewing multivariable calculus concepts beforehand such as partial derivatives and lagrangian multipliers.

Fall 2022: Pretty fair class. Lectures are recorded. Tests are online and open note but theres not enough time to look through your notes bc of the 75 min time limit for the midterms. Class averages were about 78% on both midterms and about 84% on the final I believe. I would recommend doing the practice old tests he gives you, helped me out a lot. I bought the textbook but didn't open it once. Overall this class is a lot of work but def do-able.

The professor is literally the GOAT. He is definitely one of the best professors I have had at UCLA, period. His exams are all online and open-notes, his problem sets are very well planned and always make sense out of the week's lectures. Everything he says and does just shows that the professor listens to feedback and thinks very carefully about making the class easy. The way he has explained the concepts of Econ 11, which is supposed to be one of the tougher Econ classes, is amazing. I never thought I will be good in a class where everything is math based, but, the professor has made the entire class so, so, so, easy that it is crazy. If you have the option of taking the class with this dude, you must otherwise you are missing out an amazing grade and also a very well taught course.

PS. he is super Italian and only gives Ferrari examples.

not sure how the grade scale of this works. the professor is cool. he provides formulaic examples in class and can be funny. However, his examples in class DOES NOT translate over to the exams. Half of the people in the class dedicated 40+ hours a week to study for the midterm, neglecting other areas of study to find out the midterm is nothing like the, "years of practice exams".

This class was challenging but I wouldn't blame the difficulty on the professor; I think the material is hard to grasp in general unless you spend hours and hours practicing it. Professor Mazzocco provided practice exams which were helpful, but completing the midterms within the allotted time was difficult - the exams typically consisted of 20-25 questions and were an hour and fifteen minutes long. The exams were open note, however, there wasn't much time to look at them because of how little time you had to solve a large number of lengthy problems. In the class, you're graded based on homework (10%), midterms (30% or 40%) and a final (30% or 50%). If you performed better on the final than you did on the midterms, he dropped your lowest midterm score (there are 2 midterms and one final) and weighed your undropped midterm at a 40% and your final at a 50%. On the other hand, if your final exam score was lower than that of your 2 midterms, he weighed them all at 30%. The class was definitely difficult and it requires you to start preparing at least a week or a week and a half in advanced for the exams because of how much material you need to go over. Overall, professor Mazzocco was a decent lecturer, but it would've been nice if he didn't make the exams significantly harder because they were open-note (considering there was no time to look at your notes!)