The reviews for this class are blown out of proportion. There is a good amount of busy work involved and some of the class material is pretty dry but the case studies are actually really insightful. Professor Wilson is pretty chill imo it seems like he has great experience in the field.

these reviews are way too harsh; not too difficult if you just pay attention in class and study (and midterm is open-note and short answer based, which means you don't need to worry about memorization as much as understanding the ideas). prof. wilson is pretty experienced and intelligent, wouldn't say he's particularly harsh or anything like what the other review do

What I wish I knew Before Taking the Class
1. Required to purchase 100 dollars worth of class material
2. Midterm, Group Presentation, and Final (remember to write down every single thing he says in class and whatever is in the assigned reading/textbook)
3. Always ask TA for help you may be able to find a lot of helpful information on how to prepare for the exam
4. Utilize study guides when preparing for the exam
5. Always always always participate in class.
6. Professor in my opinion was pretty funny but some view him to be not so caring of students (I don't disagree)
7. Assignments don't have a clear guidelines so make sure to start early and ask questions to the TA
8. 3 hours (once a week). Attendance is mandatory.

If you decide to take the class, go for it! Just know it's not gonna be easy. The exams can be brutal and a class that's 3 hours long can definitely drain you.

Engaging class, easy to do well if you take solid/thorough notes. Group grades seemed very arbitrary to me so I think it really depends on your TAs because they would mark things down for virtually no reason other than responses not being a sentence longer, etc.