This class was very easy. I had heard terrible things about 302 but I found it incredibly easy. I think it may have just been the teacher. The hw is graded on effort and the tests take 30 minutes to ace.
If you see this prof. teaching this class on the COD, run as fast as you can in the other direction.
awful class. avoid this professor if you can - macro is bad enough with a good professor.
What everyone else has already said is entirely true. He remained nice and enthusiastic throughout the semester but reading straight from the powerpoints didn't explain things a bit. You have to teach yourself and the exams (especially the second one) are ridiculously hard. I'd definitely recommend another professor.
Econ 302 seems to be a reltively hard subject to teach, as I've realized that most 302 professors are shot down by the students. Mukoyama was very enthusiastic in the beginning and was actulally good, but towards the end he stopped caring and became a very creppy professor. The class isn;t particularly difficult. Poe is the man!
terrible class - what everyone has said about Toshi reading off of slides is right. i taught myself all the material by reading the slides and the book before the final. Poe is a great TA though, a little hard to understand at first, but brilliant and good at explaning the material.
This is the worst class I have taken at UVA. The professor reads straight off of his powerpoint slides, which simply paraphrase the textbook.The material is straightforward if you read the textbook, but there is no reason to even come to class. He has difficulty speaking English. Exams are fair and not too difficult if you understand the textbook.
Tolerable course, miserable teacher. His inability to speak English is rivaled only by his inability to deal with people when he is approached for questions. He reads straight from the PPT slides (making class attendance utterly useless), and he doesn't explain in any coherent way any of the few 302 concepts that aren't completely logical (i.e. Solow model). Awful teacher.
ECON 302 is a major requirement but not an interesting subject to begin with, and Mr. Mukoyama makes it unbearable. He has never taught a big class before this semester, has limited English-speaking ability, and basically just reads his PPT slides. On tests, he awards little partial credit and is completely unflexible when you talk to him, even raising his voice! Stay away.
terrible class. professor just read off power point... i learned everything from the book the week before the final. if it weren't required nobody should take this
