The Professor just reads of the slides, the practice exams look nothing like the actual exam. Honestly he made me hate economics, he made no sense of it. This quarter he made our entire grade based on exams, which for people that are not good at exam taking does not help, the concepts make sense but he words the questions very poorly. Overall a very bad professor.

I feel like I got totally fucked with the grading scheme this quarter so take this with a grain of salt. Dr. Rojas is a decent lecturer but the grading scheme was very unreasonable IMO. Instead of having HW as part of the final grade like in the past, it was 100% exams (25% midterm 1, 25% 2, 50% final). This was frustrating as hell because just a few mistakes on the exams could totally screw you over and there’s literally no other way to cushion your grade, no HW or extra credit opportunities. Also a lot of my mistakes were a result of Dr. Rojas's extremely poor wording (sometimes it was blatantly wrong but he didn't remove it from the exam). I only scraped by with a B because he curved it VERY generously at the end, I was boosted 3 whole percent.

Rojas is pretty dull and not captivating and hard to stay awake during his classes but it's not hard to understand the material itself and the weekly homework questions help so make sure to remember to do them. Rojas just reads of his slides in class so attendance is not super necessary just don't fall behind and go to your discussions.

I like this class very much. Learned a lot of valuable economic concepts, which were explained by Prof very clearly. My TA was super helpful as well, that you can always ask for clarifications during sections or office hours. The first two exams were relatively easy, compared to the final. However, as long as you attend lectures and review the slides a little bit, you will definitely get an A out of this class!

No one is gonna say 104 is an easy class. No one is gonna say 104 is a fun class. However, if you know how the class operates, 104 is a lot more doable. The class's grades consist of 3 group projects, a week 7 in-class midterm, a comprehensive final. Overall, the group projects are graded generously and are mainly on completion. Make sure you have accurate descriptions to not loose points. For the exams, if you know the statistical tests from the material (ex checking p values, etc), you will be well prepared. I cannot stress how important that is. The exams are tough, but they are fair- no random things you've never seen before like some other profs like to do.
As a professor, Rojas expresses his understanding of the course's difficulty yet keeps high expectations. It would serve you well to take this class directly after 103, as Rojas references 103 concepts in most lectures. Additionally, Rojas presents a lot of material each lecture and there are 3 classes a week, so don't get behind or it will be hard to catch up.
Best of luck.

The midterms weren't bad at all if you do the questions on Mindtap. The homework's also aren't hard and if you review the homework's you will be prepared for the midterms. The final was harder, but was manageable. I didn't take econ classes in high school and was totally fine. You also don't really need to attend lectures because the slides posted or recordings have everything you need to know. Professor Rojas is a good lecturer and doesn't talk about things you don't need to know.

Okay this class was challenging but I pulled my grade up from failing the midterm by scoring the top percentile on the final so I'll give some tips on studying. Most of the questions on the exams are interpreting R output or about conceptual details. So you should spend very little time reading the textbooks, especially the Hill one, and you shouldn't spend time on anything math or calculation-related. Just read the lecture notes and lab powerpoints/code and memorize them back to front. I made a quizlet covering every possible conceptual question and ran through it a ton of times and the final was a breeze.

I had taken AP microeconomics over the summer before this, so the content of the class was nothing new & so my review may not be the best representation of the class. I found the class itself to be pretty slow, and his voice is literally way too calming, so I would end up spacing out every class. By Week 3, I ended up just watching his recording at like 1.5x speed or going on the zoom, along with the majority of the class haha.

I think the first two midterms were pretty fair. He covered all the topics tested and gave practice exams that had many similarly modeled problems as the actual exams. The final was definitely harder than the midterms, but it was still doable. I do think that if you have no background in microeconomics, this class might be kind of difficult, but still manageable especially with the help of the MindTap textbook and practice questions, which he requires you to get anyways to do the homework. One thing to note is that he said he would curve the class, but he ended up not curving probably because the class average was already a B. Overall, he's okay and you'll be fine as long as you do well on the exams.

Grading Scheme: 20% Midterm 1, 20% Midterm 2, 15% HW, 45% Final

We’re in week 7 and i still have no idea what’s going on… and why does the practice midterm solution look like that…

I'll have you know, that I studied ECON 104 and I only cried from confusion 5 times.