Principles of Economics · Economics
Basic concepts and models of microeconomics and macroeconomics.
He's sort of arrogant, but he gets his points across, and the material isn't that bad. His stories about how smart and successful he is and about his daughter might get old after a while, but the class isn't boring, and he stops often for questions. Plus, the textbook, as previous reviewers have noted, is awesome, so if you don't want to come to class, you really don't need to.
1 problem set per week (takes an hour) and optional reading (which is also minimalistic)
The grade was evaluated as follows: 30% Midterm 1, 30% Midterm 2, 40% Final. Exams were not cumulative. No work was assigned outside of class, except for recommended readings from the textbook (see above for note).
Weekly problem sets 15% (become more challenging), Midterm worth 35% (hard to complete in time), final worth 50%
Quizzes, midterms x2, and finals. Midterms are basically the same as quiz material so just study and you'll be fine. Same goes for the final. Isaac isn't trying to trick anyone and it shows. Go to OH with questions and he'll explain it very well. Sometimes quizzes were confusing but you can work together with peers. Note that quizzes are not dropped so you can't really mess up but Isaac is willing to clarify.
Extremely light. 3 homework sets for the entire semester. They were a joke. 75 minute midterm. It was a joke. 2 hour final. It was not a joke, but still manageable.
Pretty light. Short problem sets once a week (The answers are basically given in recitation, though attendence to recitation is voluntary) One midterm on micro, One final on macro.