ECON 2020

Professor Coppock is a pretty good lecturer and overall I enjoyed this class. However, the tests are very tedious. Partial credit is given, but points are taken off for the smallest things, like saying "price uncertainty" instead of "future price uncertainty" on a test. There is a very low amount of work outside the class. I recommend reading the chapters, going over his lecture notes, and READING THE TEXTBOOK. The practice problems in the textbook definitely helped bring my grade up after the second exam.

I can tell that Lee Coppock is a smart man, but the way he taught and structured this class made it impossible for me to do well. Exams are a huge portion of your grade and there's no homeworks—so if you're a bad test taker, you'll likely end up with a bad grade (and I found the exams to be very difficult). All of the TA's are on a different page so it's a toss up for how well you'll do in discussion. I worked hard in this class— I read & took notes on every chapter in the textbook, took notes on every lecture, made huge study guides for every exam, and I'm going to barely pass the class. I wish Coppock would take less time telling detailed anecdotes and more time explaining the concepts that we'll be tested on. I took this this class for fun because I thought it would be interesting to learn more about the subject, and it turned out to be a weed-out nightmare.

Good class. Coppock is really great and I loved going to class because of him. However, I took this class before 2010 so the first exam slammed me. Ended up with a B overall, though so I cannot complain. Go to class and read the textbook. For exams, make review sheets with topics from the textbook covered and do practice problems that make you review concepts, not just numerical stuff. All in all, I highly recommend!

Coppock is a great professor and very engaging. He tells great stories and is great at making the content relatable. I thoroughly enjoyed lectures. He is very specific on tests.

I took this class as a non-Econ non-pre-Comm student and thoroughly enjoyed it. Professor Coppock does a great job at relating the concepts that you learn to current-day topics and often calls on students in lecture for demonstrations to keep us engaged. His exams are pretty difficult, but the TA's are good at giving you study material. I recommend Coppock for ECON 2020 - his class made me think about doing an Econ minor!

I loved this class. I would recommend it even if you are not interested in econ or comm because it provides such important information that every person should know. Coppock is probably one of my favorite professors at UVA. His lectures are very engaging because he provides real-world examples for everything and really tries to make sure everyone understands the topic. Only thing I will say is that his tests are pretty difficult, but they’re definitely not impossible as long as you pay attention in lecture and make sure to read the textbook

Coming into this semester I was thinking about major in econ, and after this course Im now 100% set on it. As most of the other reviews say, Coppock is the best: even in a 500 person lecture, it's enjoyable and engaging. He cares a lot about his students: during quarantine, he wanted to hear how we were doing, and urged us to email him with updates, and answered us. None of my professors did that, despite this being the biggest class I've taken. The content was so relevant, especially with everything going on right now. All that being said, this class still is moderately difficult. You need to read the textbook and take good notes, and make sure to memorize the exact way that things are phrased. If you put the work in, you can succeed in this class for sure. I would recommend reading the textbook, and DOING THE PRACTICE PROBLEMS AT THE END OF THE CHAPTER: they are past exam questions. I would recommend taking econ 201 first because some of the content is definitely relevant and makes things easier to understand. I took micro with Elzinga and I found these exam questions to be a little more straight forward than Elzinga's, but that could also be because I already had some background knowledge... who knows. Also with that being said, Coppock's curve is a lot less than econ 201's, and do NOT depend on dutch knockout... I'm pretty sure the final exams got curved down by around a point this semester- so don't depend on dutch knockout or a huge curve to save your grade. I think despite your major, this is a relevant class for anyone and I highly recommend it !

Coppock is GOATED. Almost all his lectures were super engaging. Exams weren't too bad, but actually read the textbook or at least skim it because the test material comes from lecture and textbook. Also discussion sections are pretty helpful if you have a good TA; they sort of give you a simplified version of lecture notes. Use all 3 sets of notes,textbook, lecture, and discussion, to make cheat sheets for each chapter. Then do practice problems and/or practice exams. Doing this guarantees at least a B+. Enjoy this class.

This is a really fun class! Coppock is a phenomenal professor, and he makes the content super interesting. He also does a great job tying the content to current issues (super relevant during the coronavirus pandemic). The workload is not bad at all, you really just to need the textbook and attend lectures attentively (which is honestly really fun since Mr. Coppock makes the lectures very engaging). Highly recommend.

If you take this class, take it with Coppock. 2010 is good to have but don't worry if you haven't taken it. I took 2010 with Marc Santugini, and these two professors have to be some of the best in the department to the point where I am now considering an Econ major. The grading is very fair, and an A is an attainable goal. As others have said, lectures go by fast and Coppock is a class act that cares about all of his students.