Lectures are prerecorded. There were also in person lectures for extra practice problems, and in person project meetings with the prof. Weekly HWs, 2 exams, and 1 project. Exam 1 was okay and exam 2 was difficult but curved. Going over all the practice problems he gives is probably enough to get an A. The project this year was a bit crazy - 20+ person groups. Hopkins himself said it's unideal but he can only handle 7 or so projects for the entire class. Projects were pretty interesting, but a lot of the group ended up doing very little. Overall workload is not too bad in comparison to other mechE classes.

The class material is pretty interesting. Professor Hopkins actually created much of the stuff he's teaching, so he lectures on it well. I would def recommend this class as an elective, very interesting and not too hard.