There was A LOT of content in this class. Everything within the textbooks, lectures, and additional readings was fair game on the midterm. The average was okay on the midterm but he gave a very demeaning speech about how he was disappointed with the midterm grades (which was in person and closed notes). The grade distribution was 20% attendance and participation, 20% country assignments (these were 4 one page assignments about a country of your choosing and were pretty easy and had averages in the 90-100%), 20% midterm, and 30% final. After the midterm, he took a poll and the class decided to have the final be online and open note. The final was super long for the time period given, but it was a lot better when open note as long as you did a good job of preparing the material. Overall, Homola is a very nice person, and a great professor who is very knowledgable, just the sheer amount of content made this course difficult.