Professor Elzinga is a historic teacher at the University, and is a great guy. Read the book and go over examples and this class should be easy unless you don't like large classes.

awesome class with a world famous economist. It's a UVa must

This class was very easy. Just make sure you go to class.

Just one of those classes everyone takes at UVA. Great teacher -- you'll learn a lot and have a good shot at an A. Definitely recomended

Elzinga is a nice guy, but his lectures are not really helpful for preparing for tests. A lot of people show up just for the clicker points. Definitely read the textbook and do the study guide questions to prepare for tests.

To be honest, I felt that the lectures were fairly dry and scripted and didn't end up going to many of them. I started going again to the last ones in the semester, and those were actually more enjoyable (and useful) as they covered general life lessons and hobbies (Elzinga's hobbies, but still, interesting). Read the book if it's written by Colander!!

Elzinga was a pretty good professor despite having such a large class. Final exam wasn't as hard as it's made out to be, but I didn't like how the grading of the course seemed so secretive until after the final. Go to lectures, read Colander, and do the practice exams and it's not too hard to get a good grade in the class. Iso is the head TA and is very knowledgeable, but it can be hard to understand him at times in discussion.

The Man!!

Professor Elzinga is such a sweet man, and I never skipped a lecture-- they were fast-paced, and he ended them in 50 minutes, even though the class was supposed to run 75. I had take micro before and not received credit (IB...) so I found it easy, but it may be hard to grasp if you have no economics knowledge. But definitely do go to his office hours if you take the class! He is sooo nice.

Read the Collander book. Attend the lectures. TA's don't speak English and aren't very helpful. Final is brutal. Overall awesome class, highly recommended!