I really enjoyed this class! There were three books we had to read, the first I found a little harder to understand than the later two. After each book we wrote a paper that tied the book to smaller articles that were assigned. The grade breakdown was as follows:

Three short essay papers: 70%
Two short-in section exams: 20%
Discussion Participation: 10%

In addition to the papers we had "short in-section exams." In reality these were just defining terms from lecture and the articles, super easy!! The lectures were initially not recorded, but he decided to record them a few weeks in. Even though the lectures just consisted of him talking with no powerpoint I found them easy to follow and engaging! Overall, the class did have a good amount of reading, but I thought it was a super interesting and easy class!! Definitely take!!

My TA was awesome, but Hollan's lectures put me to sleep nearly every class.