Workload: Not bad. We have to read one book a week. Sometimes he makes us discuss it with a group, other times not. We have a few assignments and like two essays (one is about 7 pages long).

Grading: Tough grader, the scores are shown on the assignment post, so we know what the lowest and highest score people in the class have got. Keep in mind that even getting a 8 or 9 on these assignments means getting an A- or a B, just based on those 3 assignments alone. The biggest issue is also that his feedback isn't always clear. In addition, it can sometimes seem like if you don't think exactly the way he does, then it is wrong. He grades throughout the semester.

Attendance: His attendance policy is weird. He didn't take attendance for the first few weeks of class, then suddenly popped out an attendance sheet for a while, then suddenly stopped. It does say attendance is part of the grade though. Note that he does record lectures.

Textbooks: All can be find online for free! He does seem to prefer people to have the physical book though since the pdf's usually don't match the page numbers.

Overall though, he has a lot to say and lectures well. You can tell he has invested a lot of time and energy into analyzing the books he has assigned. I would say he is really organized, and he uploads the lecture recordings right after class.