Overall, it's an okay or good-adjacent class. It's microeconomics which isn't difficult math-wise. If you only read the Chapter Overviews of the readings, you will do okay-alright in this class. If you do the practice problems/discussion problems that Professor Rojas and your TA provide, you will probably do well in this class. I can't really say how good of a professor Rojas is because we relied on pre-recorded lectures from another professor for like half the course (due to the transition to online learning), but I think he is a good professor.

Although the professor is fairly helpful, I found the entire experience overall to not be the best. The exams were fairly difficult and there is no homework or other assignments or even attendance to push your grade up a little. I went to all the lectures but definitely needed to exert a little more effort in going over my notes and understanding the practice examples online. Not a terrible class, but not exactly a great introduction to my major.

Rojas was a decent professor. I thought his lectures were pretty dry, but that also might just be the class material. The grading of the class consists entirely of the exams, which is fairly stressful as their is no rewarding for the homework done. The midterms are pretty easily and the final is really hard as everyone in Bruinwalk has already said. My advice would be just to focus on what he says in terms of the content the exam focuses on and do not believe the final will be the same level of difficulty as the exam. I felt like utilizing the course materials, lecture, and the professor and TA availability allowed me to do well and didn't find any huge barriers to getting a good grade in this class.

Rojas is a very fair professor, I find myself not going to lectures as much because everything was off his slides. However, if you did not fully understand a concept, it is very crucial to go to his office hours or the TA's office hours so that you can understand it to face the tricky questions they put on the midterms and final. For the midterms, the questions are straightfoward. However, since they are straightfoward, some students may overlook the wording of the questions and think its asking for something else when it's not. Make sure to do good on the midterms because the final will be a wakeup call, the final average was a 72 percent and i got a D on it. The main reason I ended up with a C- and will have to waste my repeat course for my econ major on a supposed to be easy pre-req. For this class, Some students may find it very easy to understand the material and do well on the test( probably because they took AP econ in high school) but coming from a working class environment where my high school didn't have AP econ and had regular econ that was not comprehensive at all , I was easily misguided on finding the proper solutions for questions asked on the tests . Also, make sure to spend a good amount of time studying for this class if you do bad on the first midterm, just read over the chapters in the textbook to get a better understanding and do practice problems. If you can get previous midterms, that'll help. Do what you're supposed to do, take responsibility, and you'll accomplish what you'll set out to accomplish. Good luck.

This class is very straightforward and realistically, he just reads directly off his lecture slides which he posts anyways. If you can download mindtap and review from that, you’re set since the practice tests in that program most closely resemble his practice tests.

Straightforward lectures and easy exams and grading policy. All exams are multiple choices, so it should be manageable. 25 questions for each midterm and 70 questions for the final. Overall, Prof. Rojas is a great professor who is really passionate about teaching.

Rojas is the GOAT. Slides and readings were completely related and precise. There were practice tests that accurately represented the midterm and final.
It's a pretty easy class, and Rojas makes it very easy to know what to do to do well.
I couldn't think of a single thing I would have asked him to change about the course.

The professor seems nice enough but the graphs are difficult to follow and the lecture just feels like he’s going over the slides. The exams are difficult, the final was pretty bad, and if you have no background (or a very small, introductory background) in Econ you’re going to have to pour in a lot of time. I regret not going to office hours or asking for outside tutoring; overall, just put in the effort.

This class is a pretty basic prerequisite. The lectures can be very dry and boring, but Rojas does teach you all the concepts you need to know. If you do all practice midterms and lots of MindTap practice problems, then this class is fairly manageable. Your grade is only based on the two midterms and final (all multiple-choice).
Personally, I thought it was easier to attend lecture and take notes than to just read the textbook. I mostly read the textbook to review sections I didn't understand well. I attended the first 8 discussions and had to skip the last two. My TA, Diana Van Patten, gave us an extra practice midterm before the second midterm, which was also very helpful, but you had to go to discussion for it. She's been Rojas' TA for a few years so she also can tell you some of the tricky types of questions she's seen before. I recommend attending her discussion if you don't like your TA.
There are usually about 3-4 tricky questions on the midterms and the rest are similar to MindTap problems and the practice midterm. The final was a little more difficult. This was mostly because it covered the whole year and had more problems, not because the questions were significantly harder. There were 70 questions on the final and 25 on each of the midterms.

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.