The professor just reads off of the slides. Some of the info is interesting and he often ended class earlier than normal, but it is pretty dry most of the time. He largely segments the class into centuries and covers them throughout the lectures. This leads to a large influx of information that wasn't really important. Most people didn't attend lecture as he posts all the slides online and does not deviate from them. The class consisted of two essays and an in class final that had two essays. They are pretty easy and he gives you the questions for the out of class essays in the syllabus. His syllabus also contains at least on of the final essay questions, although he does not say which one. Overall, the class is pretty laidback, but boring.