Although Econ11 is not an easy subject, professor Mazzocco makes it much easier to pass the course with good grades. His curve is generous, and he provides sample exams so that you can prepare yourself for the exams. The course has 2 Midterms and 1 Final, and the professor would drop the worst midterm score IF YOUR FINAL EXAM SCORE IS HIGHER THAN YOUR WORST MIDTERM. He is helpful, informative and really cares about his students. Make sure you do all the homework and sample exams he gives, then you will do great in the class.

3 tests, 2 midterms and a final. You can drop a midterm if you score better than the final, then the midterm and final count 45% each. If you do worse on the final each counts 30%. Hw makes up the remaining 10%. Vladimir Pecheu is an excellent TA. Old tests are posted to help you study. Make sure to thoroughly know how to do all problems on the old tests especially the last 3 years. Also know how to do problem sets(hw) and memorize concepts behind lecture slides as the multiple choice section of the tests are from this. There are 2 long questions on the midterm and 4 on the final. This year he made it all multiple choice so that you can check if your answer is there on the long question but its really the same. First midterm was a disaster with this format but the 2nd and final worked out well. Average for the first was 65%, average for the second was 69%. I dropped the first, got an 85% on the second and 87% on the final, 100% on the hw and got an A instead of the B+ indicated by the percentage so he curves very nicely. Overall, nice guy but you really do have to put time in on your own and pay attention to lecture despite it being early in the morning, it makes a huge difference.

Good professor. If you go to lecture you will never need to open the textbook. He gives fair exams that usually average around a 65-69. If you do all the practice midterms he posts you will do pretty well. He has two grading schemes so even if you do bad on a midterm you can still recover.

Admittedly, I took this class on a whim to fill an elective after having not taken a math or economics class in a year. That proved to be a damning decision.

Aside from my own blunders in selecting classes, I can objectively say this is a good class and Mazzocco is a good professor. Within the time constraints of a given lecture he does well to give information pertinent to his exams and homework that is not too time intensive.

He provides ample supplementary material to prepare for the exams. I would recommend him to any pre-economics student looking to preserve their GPA.

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Professor Mazzocco is really funny and I am so lucky that my TA Vitaly Titov is very helpful. Lectures are often funny but econ is boring on the large scale. so I'll skip lectures sometimes to get more sleep lol. I really do think dis sessions are more important than lectures because of the handouts Vitaly gives out every time we meet. His handwriting is a little bit hard to understand though. He is very smart and always get the answer before any of us and he can simply see the answer sometimes like magic haha. 2 midterms and final, just like any usual class. There are 2 review sessions before each exam and the helpfulness of those review sessions depends highly on the TA who teaches them. Sometimes it's very good and sometimes it's pretty bad. Professor posts hw every Wednesday and you don't need to turn in when there is a exam on Thursday (exams are usually on Thursdays XD). Hw takes up 10% of the final grade. 2 grading methods: <1> 30% for 3 exams; <2> 40 for the higher midterm and 50 for final. He takes the higher grade out of these 2 methods. Our first midterm is crazy, more than 200 people get the grade over 90 and professor says the better the class do, the better the curve will be :) He posts his slides and his notes, too, which is very good when you do not feel like going to lectures cause you will not miss out much. Definitely recommend to take him for Econ 11 !

I think Mazzocco is the best professor that teaches Econ 11. The material is somewhat challenging but he is a great teacher and provides students with all they need to be successful. I studied the previous exams and ended up getting As or Bs on the midterms and Final. As for the TAs, I wouldn't go to my discussion or my TAs office hours, because Galluzzi was just that good.

Take this class with Mazzocco if you can.

He's a really good and engaging lecturer of material that can sometimes be very dry. Slides are posted after lectures, which is nice and very useful for the homework, but he never uses the textbook, so save yourself the $100. Homework is fair and not too challenging. Exams are also fair, but all three were fairly challenging, but Mazzocco posts every exam from the last six years for you to prepare with, which is really useful. He'll also drop the lowest midterm if you do better on the other two exams. Mazzocco's also very accessible and helpful during office hours, and for some reason, almost no one shows up, so you're able to talk to him one-on-one. Having a good TA is also very helpful. I had Vitaly Titov, who was excellent, though having gone to all of the TA-led review sections, that might've been an exception. One last note, the class is extremely competitive and curved, so make sure you don't fall behind. Overall, Mazzocco does a good job teaching, and is a good choice for Econ 11.

BEST PROFESSOR EVER! Engaging, smart, helpful, clear... everything you'd want in a professor. TAs--for the most part-- were really good too!