TO SAVE MONEY there is an online program called mindtap that Rojas recommends but does not require. It is usually $120 but share 1 account with 3+ friends and split the cost. It saves a ton of money. I did this with Econ 1 and 2.

Be careful of taking this class with Rojas if you are a Humanities major and unfamiliar with Econ. I struggled with both midterms and the final (which was 70 questions and quite the marathon...) Rojas is a dry lecturer and I had to pay extra attention to keep from falling asleep. I believe most people in the class did well and I may be an exception. However, it is important to read over the textbook to fully understand the concepts.

Few tips:

- You can buy ANY version of the Econ textbook. I got the 6th edition and it worked well with the class.

- If your TA is not helpful, go to another TA to try to get a different explanation. My TA was hard to understand.

- Read over the textbook to understand concepts.

I had never taken econ before and I really liked this class. The only assignments are 2 midterms and a final, but they progressively get harder. The 2nd midterm isn't cumulative. Discussion sections do not matter at all and I didn't even go unless I had specific questions. All the discussion section problems were problems from the textbook and I would 100% buy the online textbook with Mindtap access. He uses a lot of questions from Mindtap on the midterms and final. As long as you read the textbook and do the practice problems you should be good.

This class is one of those where the textbook will teach you more than the actual class. Buy the mindtap online textbook because there are thousands of extra problems. The key is practice. Theres only 3 grades including a final which is 50% of the entire grade. What that means is every question counts on both the midterm and final. Each midterm question is worth 1 percent of the final grade and each final question is worth like .8 percent of the final grade. There is only so many notes you can take and the good thing is everything on the final was a word problem so if you practice tons and tons of word problems, you will be able to master most of the exam.

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Just reads off the slides, very boring professor.

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Econ 1 with Rojas is really just a prerequisite class that you take because you have to.

It's not very interesting, to be honest. There is next to no math and memorization (there's not a lot of it) is the key to success.

Rojas has a textbook (online, not required, but helpful) and his lectures are PowerPoints that I suspect are provided in the educator's version of the textbook. If you want to practically guarantee yourself an A, go to lectures, read the textbook, and do the practice problems and midterms. That is what I did, and in hindsight I think it's overkill.

My suggestion is to pick one: go to class or read the textbook. Be sure, however, that if you choose the class option, that you actually pay attention and take notes. Lecture slides are posted on CCLE so those are always accessible. Doing practice problems and the practice midterms is important. It makes it very likely that you'll be able to avoid the one or two trap questions he puts on each test.

Grading is as follows: 2 midterms (25% each, 20-25 MC questions, not cumulative) and 1 final (50%, 60-70 MC questions, cumulative). There is no homework.

Personally, I would go to discussion just to pick up the TA's note sheet, and then stay if I had questions.

Tip: If you plan to buy MindTap (the textbook), pay for the yearlong subscription, since Econ 2 uses the same book (as long as you take it with Rojas).

I used the Mindtap chapters and questions almost exclusively (lectures were exhaustingly boring) and got an A- on both midterms. I got screwed over when I thought that the final would be the same level of difficulty as the midterms. The final is way harder. Way way way harder. Ended up getting a C on the final which was still higher than the average score. Prank.

Also note to Rojas: asking the class of 200 people "Does this make sense?" and "Anyone confused?" ten times a class aren't a substitute for teaching more clearly and slowly.

It is a very straightforward class. The grades are solely consisted of the 2 midterms and the final, and they are all multiple choices. He explains things very well in lecture, but even if you skip them, reading the textbook would do you just fine. Discussions were not necessary.