So Elzinga is low-key a god at UVA, and I did not really understand why until this semester. He has an amazing presence, and the entire lecture hall (around 500 a class) goes quiet when he walks in. I had taken AP microeconomics prior to this course, and that definitely helped me. Even though his lectures don't explain some of the calculations and graphs you're expected to know, the textbook he uses does a really good job. He has you read one of his books for the lecture, but I have thought all of his exams to be fair. Definitely need to pay attention during the lecture though because he explains specific examples you need to know for the tests!! He has a super cool grading system too where your final can take the place of all your other grades if you do better on that. Awesome guy!

Professor Elzinga is incredible! His lectures are all very well organized as he has been teaching at the University for such a long time. You HAVE to go to lectures, though, and take good notes since the vast majority of questions on the midterm exams revolve around the lectures. The midterm exams are essentially a bunch of creative short answer questions with an ambiguous TA grading rubric; so, don't worry too much if you do poorly on them for no apparent reason. The final exam resembles an AP Microeconomics multiple choice section exam, and your exam grade replaces both midterm grades/quiz grades if you do better on it than the other course material (Dutch Knockout).

Contrary to popular belief, I didn't like this course and didn't find Elzinga to live up to his reputation. Elzinga is very monotone and I had a very hard time staying engaged and paying attention. He also brushes over every important topics during lecture and rambles on, not necessarily about anything you are going to be tested on. He also doesn't take questions during class. The only place I learned anything substantial was in my discussion with my TA once a week; my TA basically is the reason I understand Econ. I hated this class, don't take it with Elzinga unless you have to.

There's nothing I can say about Prof. Elzinga that hasn't already been said. Take this class, even if you're not an econ major!

If looking for an easier A, don't take it with Elzinga. Every single point I missed on the midterms were due to wording even though I got the concepts correct! So I ended up with an A- rather than A, which I probably would've gotten with a different professor, but I'm still glad I took this with Elzinga. He's a cool dude, and lectures are interesting. Just take good notes because he doesn't post anything on Collab. Looking back, I learned a lot from this class!

I really enjoyed this class. The tests aren't too terrible but they aren't super easy either. Professor Elzinga is an awesome lecturer and a great person to talk to in general.

Econ 2010 was my favorite course I took last semester and I would recommend it to anyone that has any interest in economics or that is simply looking for a class that isn't a huge time-sink. I liked Elzinga's style of lecturing, he made dry material as interesting as it could be and most lectures he had at least one line that would get a laugh out of the big lecture hall. My biggest piece of advice for those taking this course is to not slack off/ rely on the Dutch knockout because the final was (in my opinion) harder than a lot of people made it out to be. I personally did much better on the midterms than the final and I would've gotten an A- rather than an A, had I relied on "Dutching it." Overall it's a solid class with one of the university's best professors, little homework outside of reading and a decent curve.

I don't really have a problem with Elzinga. A lot of my friends liked him but I really just didn't click with him. If you are taking Econ 2010 for anything other than comm school, take it with someone else. From what I heard it is much harder to get a good grade with him, and if you are not already interested in the material he doesn't do much to make you interested. I was completely unmotivated to pay attention in class, which only made his already tricky exams even worse. The grading on exams is somewhat flimsy too. While studying for the final, my friend and I found out we got marked wrong on the same question on the first test. The answer my TA said was correct was the one he got marked wrong for putting down, and the answer his TA said was correct was the one I got marked wrong for putting down. Like I said, only take this class with Elzinga if you plan on majoring in Econ or going into the comm school. Take it with a grad student otherwise.

Elzinga is a good lecturer, it's nice to go to lecture and pay attention. Grading on exams is picky, but they're not really hard, per sé.

It's definitely a useful class regarding its material, no matter you gonna be an econ major or not. Elzinga is a nice and dedicated professor though it might be too much to call him "legendary" or "Uva's best professor". He pays a lot attention to teaching and has long office hours which is rare in a research university. It's not hard to get an A if you pay attention in the class and really understand the material. You can't get through just by memorizing theories, always make sure you understand. Colander is a good book and reading it helps. There will be two midterms and a final with dutch knockout.
The downside of his class is the big class size. All the noises can make you hard to focus, especially with Elzinga's not so clear and loud voice. He uses lecture sheets not ppt and they won't be posted online, so make sure you take good notes or take pictures of those sheets.