ECON 2020

Coppock is an awesome professor, he's very enthusiastic about economics and his enthusiasm was contagious throughout the entire semester. This course 100% increased my interest in economics and it was a lot because of Coppock himself. If you plan on taking this course I also recommend stopping by his office hours just to chat with him, he's really interested in the stuff that people have to say and is just really welcoming overall.

The content of the course itself is interesting, but if you want to do well and really understand it you absolutely have to read the textbook (which you will have to buy yourself, it was around $130 iirc). For the most part, lectures and discussion sections help you understand what you need to on a week by week basis, but when tests roll around you absolutely need to have read the textbook thoroughly to do well. The tests often use really niche information that you would only get from reading the textbook or going over every single slide (yes, every. single. slide. do not discount any) which can be really frustrating if you don't know to go over the content so deeply. Your grade is also heavily dependent on how you do on the 2 midterms and the final (or entirely based on the final, if you dutch knockout), so it can be pretty frustrating to miss something because you skimmed over the paragraph which talked about it.

Other than the tests (which are ~70% of your grade), your grade also depends on in class iClicker questions (fairly easy, attendance is required to answer them, sort of a completion grade) and discussion section points. Discussion section points are pretty dependent on which TA you have, my friend and I had different TAs and we had pretty different assignments and point systems for our discussion sections. TAs are chill though, so not much to worry about there.

If you want to do well in the course I say you need to use every resource you can, don't procrastinate studying, and make sure to ask your TA questions when you're confused instead of waiting until before the final or midterm and trying to learn everything at once.

TLDR; Definitely recommend taking macro with Coppock if you want to take 2020. Great course, great professor, tests can be pretty hard but if you prepare well you should be fine.

I loved this class and this instructor. I think he puts a lot of effort into making his lectures enjoyable, and you should definitely go because you get some credit for going. This class has dutch knockout. Overall, made up of TA points, mid terms, participation and the final if you don't do dutch knock out. If you do the readings and study, you can get a good grade.