Professor Coppock is an excellent lecturer who makes economics both accessible and engaging. His exams are fair, as long as you attend class and keep up with the textbook, you’ll be well prepared. It’s a good mix of challenge and clarity. Final exam is very tricky and easily based on the last unit. I'd only recommend for anyone needing to complete an econ requirement or interested in macroeconomics.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS UNLESS YOU HAVE TO. Coppock is an enjoyable instructor, who is fun and makes the lecture engaging. However with that said, the lectures are actually useless. They are super surface level and do not really prepare you for the exams. Everything in the course is based upon the textbook, which is dense and not enjoyable to read. Oh and get this, it’s $100 and some of the answer keys are wrong in the textbook. The grade is made up of 2 midterm exams, discussion section points, Iclicker questions, and the final exam. The exams are difficult, however there is a curve at the end of the course. This semester, it was by one whole letter grade.Overall I will say I did learn useful information from this course, however, it is undoubtedly a difficult and I do not recommend taking unless you are required to.

I loved this class and this instructor. I think he puts a lot of effort into making his lectures enjoyable, and you should definitely go because you get some credit for going. This class has dutch knockout. Overall, made up of TA points, mid terms, participation and the final if you don't do dutch knock out. If you do the readings and study, you can get a good grade.

Coppock is an awesome professor, he's very enthusiastic about economics and his enthusiasm was contagious throughout the entire semester. This course 100% increased my interest in economics and it was a lot because of Coppock himself. If you plan on taking this course I also recommend stopping by his office hours just to chat with him, he's really interested in the stuff that people have to say and is just really welcoming overall.

The content of the course itself is interesting, but if you want to do well and really understand it you absolutely have to read the textbook (which you will have to buy yourself, it was around $130 iirc). For the most part, lectures and discussion sections help you understand what you need to on a week by week basis, but when tests roll around you absolutely need to have read the textbook thoroughly to do well. The tests often use really niche information that you would only get from reading the textbook or going over every single slide (yes, every. single. slide. do not discount any) which can be really frustrating if you don't know to go over the content so deeply. Your grade is also heavily dependent on how you do on the 2 midterms and the final (or entirely based on the final, if you dutch knockout), so it can be pretty frustrating to miss something because you skimmed over the paragraph which talked about it.

Other than the tests (which are ~70% of your grade), your grade also depends on in class iClicker questions (fairly easy, attendance is required to answer them, sort of a completion grade) and discussion section points. Discussion section points are pretty dependent on which TA you have, my friend and I had different TAs and we had pretty different assignments and point systems for our discussion sections. TAs are chill though, so not much to worry about there.

If you want to do well in the course I say you need to use every resource you can, don't procrastinate studying, and make sure to ask your TA questions when you're confused instead of waiting until before the final or midterm and trying to learn everything at once.

TLDR; Definitely recommend taking macro with Coppock if you want to take 2020. Great course, great professor, tests can be pretty hard but if you prepare well you should be fine.

Lectures are entertaining, but you must read the whole textbook to do well. Final is purposely REALLY hard and based on very small details. Coppock is very animated but definitely hard to get the A. Grade is based almost entirely on 2 tests and final. He's a good teacher it's just a lot of material and tests are hard.

Coppock's lectures are much more interesting than Elzinga's, also it's nice that his lectures pretty much mirror his textbook perfectly. Make sure you really dive into the textbook, do the study problems (they will 100% help you succeed on the tests) and really understand how the topics work with each other. Really try your best to succeed on the first two midterms because you don't want to bet on dutch knockout because the final is either worth half or your entire grade. The final was ridiculously difficult this semester and had a pretty crazy curve, and there's no real way to study for it. #tCFS24

Getting an A requires you to read the textbook, do the chapter problems, take good notes in lecture, and really know the material particularly as concepts relate to one another (i.e. the effect that a changing exchange rate would have on the AD-AS model). I had 2010 with Santugini, and I think people who had Elzinga were better prepared for 2020 study strategies--this was a lot less mathy than Santugini's 2010. This class and its concepts are not difficult, but the grading of the exams is very specific, with wordy questions and narrow grading requirements for exam responses, particularly on midterms, or "Checkpoints". I wasn't a huge fan of Coppock--I found him to be kinda gimmicky, but he is an engaging lecturer and explains concepts clearly. Dutch knockout was helpful for me, and the curve on the spring 2024 final was very generous after Coppock wrote a very difficult exam (average was 74%) to make up for an easy midterm 2 (average was 90%). Take this class if you're interested in econ/comm! #tCFS24

Coppock is an excellent lecturer and makes class very engaging given it's a 500-person lecture. This is a quintessential UVA class and I highly recommend for all students, even if you're not pre-comm. it's great for understand global trends and basics financial terms. It's also a very classic college class in the sense that exams are a huge portion of your grade. The midterms are fairly easy and all memorization-based. You need to study the textbook like a bible -- copeck wrote it and pulls lines from the textbook for the exams. The final is meant to be difficult to make it hard to dutch knockout. You definitely need to know you stuff for the final but not hard to pull out a B+, but I also know people who bombed it. Discussion was fairy pointless other than the 3 or 4 quizzes you have. I also recommend keeping up with the textbook chapter reading weekly to prepare better for the exams. Other than that, it's a light class week to week. Overall, I highly recommend this class to all student but definitely study for the final!

Professor Coppock is passionate in what he teaches and his dad jokes are actually kinda funny. There were times that I went during office hours and he really tries to get to know his students. He makes the material really interesting and less daunting. However, I wasn't a big fan of the exams. The first two exams were not too bad but they were short answer. Due to this style of testing, the TA's were harsh at grading because they were looking for specific words in the answers. I was doing pretty well in the class till the final came. I totally flunked that and it tanked my grade. But it is what it is. Also, recommend just skimming the textbook because most material is covered by the professor. Didn't really like how the majority of the grade was from the 3 exams, especially because the answers had to be VERY specific. I honestly could have aced the first two exams if I didn't get points taken off for small things.

Coppock is the man. He brings a special, fun energy to his lectures, and is always fun to talk to in office hours. He most definitely bolstered my love for economics. I would say the material is easier than Micro, and the tests are slightly easier as well. That being said, you have to know your stuff to do well on the test, especially on the final. Also, there isn't much from the textbook that he asks on the tests, so I would recommend just skimming the textbook. Best class and best professor so far at UVA!