Super boring, not a lot of teaching involved here. He's just not a great teacher.

I really like Professor Rojas! He pretty much just sticks to the slides for lecture, so I see how others find him boring. But, he asks questions and tries to engage the class that way, which is more than a lot of my professors here have done. He generally has an upbeat attitude and, if nothing else, his lectures are clear and easy to follow. He doesn't bring a lot of personality into lecture, I guess, but he's pleasant and a good teacher, and it's not really his job to entertain us. Midterms are more or less the same as the homework online, so I felt very prepared.

This was a solid class. Everything covered in lecture is on the slides, which is great in case you have to miss class. It's definitely not essential to go, but could be worth it if you don't want to take the time to study the slides on your own later. I took Econ 1 over summer and was able to call MindTap and get them to extend my account to cover fall quarter for Econ 2 too which saved me a lot of money, as the textbook/MindTap are expensive. Textbook is really useful for studying. Midterm 2 was harder than Midterm 1, but I did well on both by studying the textbook. Haven't taken the final yet but heard it's harder than both midterms. Expecting to do fine in the class, especially because Rojas emailed us over Thanksgiving break and said that he'd drop the lowest homework score -- there's weekly HW quizzes due on Friday that are easy to forget if you don't plan ahead. Overall, I liked this class and would recommend it as being very manageable.

Overall a good professor. He is a really nice guy with pretty clear lectures. Although he can be a bit boring at times, he gets through the material with a lot of clarity and always asks students to ask him questions before he moves on to the next section. The midterms and final were all multiple choice. As long as you do relatively well on the homework, the tests should be fine. The tests are heavily tailored towards the homework; in fact, the first midterm practically had questions copied and pasted from the homework. The weekly homework was pretty doable, as you had two tries. Discussions were useless; my TA was really boring and very unhelpful. If you don't want to go to discussion, then don't, you won't miss much. I will say that if you took AP Macroeconomics in high school and you need to take this class, you definitely have an advantage over others as a lot of the material overlaps. This is a good class with a good teacher.

Course Breakdown:
Weekly homework quizzes (15%)
Midterms (20% each)
Final (45%)

Mr. Rojas is a clear and quick-to-the-point professor. It is obvious that he cares about his students and consistently interacts with them even though they don't show much enthusiasm or willingness to participate.

I took Microeconomics for a semester my senior year of high school, so I didn't learn any new material. Still, I got a comprehensive understanding of the material and had some concepts "click" for the first time! The weekly online homework is not difficult and the two midterms and final are fair.

Warning: His class is held in a large lecture room with dim lights, comfy chairs, and AC, so it can be hard to stay awake in that class, especially after just eating breakfast!

Professor Rojas is boring, period. If you know that you will be able to withstand the uninteresting topics he introduces to us, then you're good but if not, good luck.

Never went to discussion. Never went to office hours. Never went to class, The textbook and his slides are simply all you need. Mindtap practice tests also help. This class is sooooo easy, I had never taken econ in high school and got an A+. Plus, the curve was generous when the class shouldn't have been curved. Take Rojas if you can.

Although I hated spendimg $180 to buy the textbook for the god damned mindtap code, the textbook was very useful. His homework was fair in difficulty and didn't take too long to do. Midterms weren't too bad but I could see why it would be easy to mess up if you don't do the homework/ don't understand the homework. The problems are very similar. His final was significantly harder than the midterms but they were fair in difficulty.

Professor Rojas was approachable enough and had a friendly demeanor. This class is definitely the easiest out of all the Econ/Bus Econ prereqs; It's mostly just memorization and regurgitating the info back onto the exams. The exams are pretty easy and all multiple choice, with a lot of graphs. I found the textbook way more helpful than the lecture slides, and mostly studied by outlining the book.

Rojas is honestly not a bad teacher, but I stopped going to his lectures after week 3 because I found the textbook to be far more useful than his lectures. If I could give myself advice, it would be to not fall behind on the textbook readings. The way I took this class was by following the slides that he would post online and match them to the chapter in the textbook. Rojas uses almost the exact same examples from the textbook. So if you miss lecture, don't feel bad. It isn't anything special.

For the first midterm, it was 25 multiple choice questions. I got a 24/25 and it was fairly easy. For the second midterm, it was again 25 questions and I received a 17/25 and it was somewhat more difficult. For the final, it was 70 questions and it was the most difficult. He focused mainly on the last 2 chapters for the final and it is definitely about understanding the graphs. You will know what I mean if you take the class.

I would recommend Rojas because he is one of the most straightforward econ teachers. However, do well on both midterms so that the final doesn't mess up your final grade like it did with my grade.