Easiest class I have taken at UVA. Make sure you go to class at take notes (pretty easy to do since he writes EVERYTHING on the board). Homework is graded on effort. The final is worth 60% of your grade which may seem daunting but it is very easy and based on the things he focused on in class. Don't need to read the book - in fact you could save yourself some money and just not buy it.
ECON 3020
Intermediate MacroeconomicsTotal Hours / Week
Grade Distribution
46 Reviews
Don't really have to read the book, but definitely attend lecture and take good notes. Review your notes, and understand them fully. Going to discussion helps too if you did not understand how to do some part of the homework problem set
Understand lecture notes (follow along during class and copy down everything he writes on board) and homework (go to discussions if you don't understand the answer key posted online) and you will do fine on the midterm and final. There are alot more math questions on the final, but you don't really need to solve for anything; make sure you understand the proof for each equation and how everything is derived and the math questions will be a breeze.
This is probably the best option out there for taking Econ 302. Mukoyama is not a very interesting lecturer, but if you take good notes and do the homework You should be okay. The homeworks are easy, and if you do miss a lecture or two you can find the exact topic in the textbook (probably more clearly explained than when Mukoyama teaches it). Midterm and Final make up 90% of your grade, and the dutch knockout is in effect. Study your homeworks well for both and you should be okay.
The final exam is considerably harder than the midterm. This class also includes plenty of math.
Mukoyama is an awful, boring lecturer. The material is very dry. I had high expectations for this class after having taken ECON 301, and Mukoyama totally failed at reaching those expectations for me.
This class is awful but I would recommend Toshi. Although the material is very dry and pretty difficult, he makes the midterm not too difficult and homework is graded on effort. Overall I'd say the class is easier than 3010 but still hard.
Literally the easiest class at UVa. Lectures are worthless and the tests are EXACTLY the same as the homeworks(which are graded for completion).
Like most professors in the dept. Mukoyama uses the dutch grading system, so study up for the final and it can determine 90% of your grade. Otherwise he teaches to the book and tests you on it. What more do you want?
All his assignments were based on effort. As long as you went to class, i think you should be fine. I stopped going to class after the first midterm and totally failed everything after that. He does not have online slides, so missing class=fail.