Class is really easy so long as you study for the midterms and finals. Homeworks won't make sense until AFTER you hand them in.

If you just do the practice midterms and finals provided on CCLE with a methodical passion, you'll get a good grade.

Mazzocco is a funny guy. Really good professors. However, lectures are pretty much optional as he covers theoretical stuff for the most part in his slides, and the exams and homework as mathematical applications of this that you can easily look up.

This class would’ve been more challenging if Mazzocco didn’t know what he was doing. Good thing he does.

You don’t really need a textbook for this class (and he tells you this on the first day) because his slides + your TA’s notes should be enough for you to understand the necessary concepts. I’d rather go to lectures instead of reading because I’m lazy, but you could easily self-study from the textbook and the materials online and you should be fine.

The tests are “fair” (leaning on easy) and he lets you write whatever you want on the front and back of the first page of the blue book. There aren’t any projects for this class.

Shoutout to my TA Domenico because I would’ve been lost this whole quarter without his helpful notes and review sessions.

Great professor! Tests only what he teaches (textbook truly is optional, not an "optional unless you want an A"), pretty clear at delivering the content, and posts all the practice material you need (aka all past exams on CCLE). If you know the main concepts of the class, a B at the very least should be doable. However, since he has changed the test to be all multiple choice (as opposed to just 30-40% of it), averages have risen to 80-90%, so expect essentially no curve. Because of that, I would say know the details because that can be what differentiates the As and Bs since there's very little room for error.
Unorganized pointers:
- You need to remember almost no prior econ to do well
- Mass majority of the tests are calculation based
- Concepts are still important for that last 10-20% to push into the A range. You don't need to know the proofs for the formula, but the conditions for which they are true or the (VERY BASIC) intuition behind them will likely be tested
- Most tests had 2-3 questions on the minor details. This still makes up nearly 10% of the test. Don't study too hard for these - instead, just write down all the formulas (even if you think they're insignificant) on your cheat sheet. In my experience, you'll have plenty of time on the tests to play around with the formulas until something matches an answer.
- My main error was finishing too fast - try to stay as long as you can even after you finish to check your answers. Careless errors made up over half the points I lost, and with little to no curve, this can make or break your grade.

Mazzocco is a very funny and nice professor, and does a lot to help students succeed. Unlike much of the Economics department, he doesn't designate a certain amount of people to get a certain letter grade, so if the class performs well, the overall distribution is great. He only curves in your favor, and has continuously improved his exams to make them easier.

This fall (2018), he made all of his exams multiple-choice, and made them even easier by reducing the amount of choices after hearing feedback from the first exam. He also lets you use a double-sided cheat sheet that helps a lot. I would recommend filling it up with sample formulas and examples of how to solve the problems from the sample exams he gives you (especially because the sample exams are VERY VERY similar to the exams he gives in class).

The only problem that I have with this class is that sometimes, Mazzocco doesn't go into depth on how to actually solve the problems, but rather, just explains the theory and throws up some formulas. To deal with this, I would just be diligent about going to discussion and go over the practice exams.

He also posts his slides online, so lecture isn't mandatory, but you should still go to keep yourself accountable.

Grading is as follows:
Homework: 10% (graded for completeness)
Midterm 1 (Week 4): 30%
Midterm 2 (Week 9): 30%
Final: 30%

He lets you replace the lowest midterm score with the final if the final is higher than any of the midterms.

His lectures are engaging and he's not rude when people ask him questions in class. His class consist of HW sets, 2 midterms, and 1 final. The lowest midterm gets dropped if your final is better. Do the HW problems, the practice exams and time yourself, and go to discussions and office hours for help. This class was hard and is considered a weeder class. His curve is somewhat generous!

I surprisingly did a lot better in this Econ class than Econ 1 or 2. Probably the major reason is that this professor was so much better than both professors I had for Econ 1 or 2 put together. Passed with the B. Went to every TA's office hours as much as I could. I really studied my ass off and passed with a B, surprisingly. However, I decided last minute to change my major from econ to Public Affairs. The biggest reason why I probably didn't do so good in any of the pre-major req. for busi-econ or econ was that I hated it and was not interested at all. I am so glad I switched majors because I actually like school now. overall good professor. Note of Advice: If you haven't enjoyed or done well in any classes in pre-econ/busi-econ, consider taking classes for other majors for just one semester, trust me, it is better to catch it early than when it's too late, I realized just in time.

This is a tough class if you do not have solid skills in calculus. While the exams are somewhat manageable and the professor provides past exams as study material, I often felt ill-prepared going into the two midterms and final. The class is passable with his generous curve of the class as a whole, but complete the problem sets, go to your discussions, and attend TA office hours held prior to exams in order to ensure that you will pass this course.

Although Econ11 is not an easy subject, professor Mazzocco makes it much easier to pass the course with good grades. His curve is generous, and he provides sample exams so that you can prepare yourself for the exams. The course has 2 Midterms and 1 Final, and the professor would drop the worst midterm score IF YOUR FINAL EXAM SCORE IS HIGHER THAN YOUR WORST MIDTERM. He is helpful, informative and really cares about his students. Make sure you do all the homework and sample exams he gives, then you will do great in the class.

3 tests, 2 midterms and a final. You can drop a midterm if you score better than the final, then the midterm and final count 45% each. If you do worse on the final each counts 30%. Hw makes up the remaining 10%. Vladimir Pecheu is an excellent TA. Old tests are posted to help you study. Make sure to thoroughly know how to do all problems on the old tests especially the last 3 years. Also know how to do problem sets(hw) and memorize concepts behind lecture slides as the multiple choice section of the tests are from this. There are 2 long questions on the midterm and 4 on the final. This year he made it all multiple choice so that you can check if your answer is there on the long question but its really the same. First midterm was a disaster with this format but the 2nd and final worked out well. Average for the first was 65%, average for the second was 69%. I dropped the first, got an 85% on the second and 87% on the final, 100% on the hw and got an A instead of the B+ indicated by the percentage so he curves very nicely. Overall, nice guy but you really do have to put time in on your own and pay attention to lecture despite it being early in the morning, it makes a huge difference.

Good professor. If you go to lecture you will never need to open the textbook. He gives fair exams that usually average around a 65-69. If you do all the practice midterms he posts you will do pretty well. He has two grading schemes so even if you do bad on a midterm you can still recover.