I LOVED this class!! Attendance wasn't mandatory, but I went anyway because i enjoyed the content and prof Balkwill was the sweetest. The discussion section was based only on attendance, and there was only one homework assignment which was to put your group's notes into a cohesive document once. We submitted questions to be included on the midterm and final, which created a question bank that was sent out to us. She made the test using those questions so as long as you knew all that content, you were guaranteed an A. This was genuinely my favorite class I've taken at UCLA, highly recommend.