Coppock is a great lecturer and I feel that he teaches the material in an engaging way! He covers the concepts in the textbook really well and you will learn a lot in this class. HOWEVER, I would not say that this an easy intro class! His exams are definitely way harder than they should be and the grading is very strict. So overall, I would say that the class itself is enjoyable, but can be pretty challenging!

Coppock is great lecturer and very charismatic, but I hated this class. I don't think that the tests are a fair test of actual information retention and applicability to real-life economic issues. The tests emphasize memorization and trickery, which I was not a fan of. If you can memorize, you'll do great. Don't take this class if you want to learn applicability.

Great class. Coppock has been doing this for so long that he's pretty much perfected the art of lecturing. The lectures are highly engaging and informative. The material for this class is relatively straightforward, too. Since Coppock wrote the book himself, the chapters are essentially expanded and more detailed versions of his lectures. Make sure to read or at least skim, though, because there's content in the book that isn't touched on in lecture. There are also a lot of random real-world examples, from both the reading and lectures, that sometimes show up on tests. So I'd recommend going back through the chapters and lecture slides so that you're absolutely certain there's nothing he can ask you about that you won't know. Although the actual economic principles you learn aren't difficult, the grading is extremely nitpick-y, so be careful. Clicker questions are easy and so are the TA quizzes, provided you're keeping up with the material. For the midterms, just study the book and slides. For the final, however, I strongly recommend working through the 2009 final that's posted on Collab. Otherwise you aren't going to have any practice with the kind of MC questions the final is made up of (the first two midterms are all free response). Overall the class is interesting and not too demanding, but grading is surprisingly tough, so just do the work and prepare.

Coppock is a very interesting and engaging lecturer--if you take this class with him and pay attention to every lecture, you'll definitely come out with a good understanding of macroeconomics. Also, there is very minimal work you have to spend outside of class. That being said, the way he writes and grades the first two midterms is rather ridiculous. As previous reviews said, his tests are almost pure memorization and his grading system is very pedantic and precise (Like that 13 point question on a topic he talked about for like 5 minutes in one lecture?). Almost no partial credit is ever given either, so if even one word is wrong you can lose all the points on a single question. His final was a lot more fair in that you actually had to understand macroeconomics to do well in it; however, there was essentially no curve on the final this semester which was a bit upsetting--definitely don't rely on Dutch Knockout; the overall curve is usually *slightly* more generous.
tl;dr I definitely enjoyed his lectures. His tests and grading methods can be quite annoying though.

Professor Coppock is one of my favorite lecturers at UVa. I was nervous about taking the course because I didn't have a great HS economics teacher, however I ended up doing really well in the class and learned a lot. Coppock knows how to articulate concepts well, and he's also funny, which makes it easy to pay attention during lecture.

My only complaint about the class is how ridiculous the grading was. I ended up getting an A in the course, however, I know a lot of people got screwed over by the grading on the exams. The TAs (under Coppock's direction) are extremely nitpicky about wording, and even if you understand the concepts, if your wording is even the slightest bit unclear / different from what Coppock had written on the lecture slides, be prepared to lose points. On that note, I was frustrated to have done poorly on my first midterm b/c I lost points due to tedious grading, however, after providing justifications for my answers to my TA, I was able to boost my grade back.

Best class I have taken at UVA! Coppock is funny, interesting, and a great teacher! Definitely take this class.

Lee Coppock is one of the best professors at UVA. He's a fantastic orator, makes the material easy to understand and knows his economics. This was one of my favorite classes so far, and I thoroughly enjoyed coming to lecture. Coppock did a great job tying in the material to world events -- which wasn't too hard anyways, given how relevant and important the material is.

To do well on his tests, you need to give him your undivided attention during lecture (and take good notes), and understand the concepts inside and out. Memorization is required for a few things (formulas, definitions, etc.) but the real key to doing well on tests is to understand the concepts and be able to explain the intuition behind those concepts. For instance, it's not enough to know how to draw certain curves on a graph -- you should be prepared to explain why those curves are shaped that way.

I ended up getting an A, but I'm also an econ major who likes watching videos of Thomas Sowell and Milton Friedman on Youtube in my free time...So that background probably helped. Even if you're not as passionate about econ, I can promise you'll still find it interesting and valuable. You can do well in the class if you get away from trying to memorize everything and only memorize what you have to, and otherwise focus on truly understanding all the concepts. Bottom line, take this class, it's not a breeze but the material is just so important and relevant. Did I mention Coppock is one of UVA's best profs?

Nice class, awesome professor. Grading is just stupid for an intro class. The final was very hard compared to previous years, so as both midterms.

As everyone says, Lee Coppock is a great professor and lecturer; however, when it comes to testing, I'm not sure if he can still be considered great. For example, on our first test this semester 13 points of our test came directly from one specific lecture slide and was straight memorization. How is that testing students on actual Econ?? I need answers. The second test wasn't as bad but that could be due to the fact that I was more used to the format of the testing, who knows to be honest. Moving on to the final now, this test was ridiculously difficult and not enough time was given!!! It's a bit unfair in my opinion to give students a test that is a completely different form from any of the past tests and give them minimal practice questions to go off. Overall, this final was super triggering and now my GPA is going to get wrecked so thank u for that <3. This also leads me to my next point on inconsistencies across TA's. My TA did not ever give me practice problems to review for the final but others did, which isn't fair! As someone who came in loving economics from high school, really liked micro last semester and was considering economics as a major, I'm a bit sad with how this class went, but oh well ya live and ya learn!

Professor Coppock is an excellent lecturer, no doubt he is world class. With that being said, the class is extremely difficult. As an introductory level class, I thought this was going to be a great introduction, no, you are expected to master every detail and apply it in the real world. The tests are INCREDIBLY hard, none of my friends received over a 50% the first test. The class is great and I did learn a lot BUT do not take this class if you are signed up for other difficult classes. This is NOT your typical introductory level class. If you have not taken an econ class prior to this, I suggest you do not start here unless you are willing to put in the work. If you do take the class, you need to read very closely and pay attention to every little detail, prepare for exams at least one week in advance and spend sufficient time doing all the problems that are offered in the book. Do not prepare for the tests by only focusing on the vocab for the section, it won't be NEARLY enough (my mistake for the first test).