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ECON 2020

Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics
Last taught: Spring 2026
3.8 Rating
2.8 Difficulty
3.12 GPA

Instructor
3.8
Enjoyability
3.9
Difficulty
2.8
Recommend
3.8

Reading
1.2
Writing
0.0
Group Work
0.0
Other
0.2

Total Hours / Week

Hours 1.4

Grade Distribution

A+: 287 (2.1%)A: 2186 (15.9%)A-: 3063 (22.3%)B+: 2237 (16.3%)B: 2136 (15.6%)B-: 1128 (8.2%)C+: 642 (4.7%)C: 973 (7.1%)C-: 309 (2.3%)DFW: 772 (5.6%)
Average GPA 3.12
Students Measured 13,734

549 Reviews

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Anonymous Spring 2010
3.67 Average

Lectures were pretty interesting and the material was not hard to comprehend. The final, however, was ridiculous. I wouldn't depend on the Dutch knockout for this class.

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 3.0
Difficulty 3.0
Hours/Week 0.0
Anonymous Spring 2010
4.33 Average

Dutch knockout will either save your grade, or kill your grade.

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 2.0
Hours/Week 2.0
Anonymous Spring 2010
3.67 Average

hard final, lectures are interesting

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 3.0
Difficulty 4.0
Hours/Week 0.0
Anonymous Spring 2010
4.00 Average

This class was really interesting and i loved it at first. Did great on the first two test but bombed the final. Beware, the final is ridiculously hard.

Instructor 3.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 4.0
Hours/Week 3.0
Anonymous Spring 2010
2.33 Average

Did dutch knockout, got a B without going to much class. lectures are not helpful, all the hard stuff is talked about in TA sessions. Subpar teacher.

Instructor 3.0
Enjoyability 2.0
Recommend 2.0
Difficulty 3.0
Hours/Week 3.0
Anonymous Spring 2010
4.67 Average

Great professor! One of my favorites here at UVA. His lectures are really easy to follow. The midterms are easy if you study and understand the concepts. The final is a bit difficult, but is curved. Definitely recommend this class

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 5.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 2.0
Hours/Week 0.0
Anonymous Spring 2010
5.00 Average

If you take 202, take it with Coppock. This is the best class I've taken at UVa. I enjoyed going to class and learned a lot!

Instructor 5.0
Enjoyability 5.0
Recommend 5.0
Difficulty 2.0
Hours/Week 1.0
Anonymous Spring 2010
3.00 Average

Coppock isnt as good as Elzinga but hes still pretty goot. The midterms were pretty easy but the final was really tough.

Instructor 3.0
Enjoyability 3.0
Recommend 3.0
Difficulty 2.0
Hours/Week 2.0
Anonymous Spring 2010
3.67 Average

The final is lethal.

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 3.0
Difficulty 4.0
Hours/Week 2.0
Anonymous Spring 2010
4.00 Average

This was one of the more interesting classes I've taken so far and the exams were a breeze. I expected the same on the final and quickly found out that it didn't work that way. The final is very difficult and deserves a lot more studying than the normal exams. Great class overall though.

Instructor 4.0
Enjoyability 4.0
Recommend 4.0
Difficulty 2.0
Hours/Week 1.0