I took Philos/Ling M24 as a freshman, and I'd say it was a good experience.

Each week, there are two readings which were quite dense. Technically, you only need to read seven to write seven essays for the whole grade and you can wing the discussion sections, but that said, I did them all anyway to help choose the best papers to write on-- plus they were interesting!

The whole grade is based on six midterm essays, chunked into two groups of three essays, and a final essay. My TA prepared paper outline guide activities during discussions (which are mandatory) that were very helpful in writing each essay. I did, however, attend most office hours to gain more clarity and advice on how to expand on my answers in each essay. I definitely would not have scored an A+ without the office hours.

Definitely recommend Mona as your TA! I only went to one office hour with the professor, but he was quite nice and helpful too. The lectures are all recorded, and I referred to those heavily when writing each essay.