Professor Lohmann is a great lady who will help if you need extensions on your assignments
the class is 10 weekly reports that each are weighted 10%, there is an optional paper at the end that will knock your two lowest grades out

overall, it is a lot of work but not too hard

Lohmann is very approachable and flexible. She gave PTEs, extensions, and the like to a bunch of folks. Definitely one of the nicer people I've come across in the department.

The class itself is interesting. Your entire grade is calculated on weekly, two-page reports that deal with data sets produced by the class the week before (by playing a variety of games online). Reports themselves aren't onerous, but they can get tiresome. If you find someone to work with, you'll save yourself a great deal of trouble.

No need to go to lectures or section - going to one or the other, though, isn't a bad idea. The TA or prof will provide an overview of the readings you're to use when writing the report, so class notes can make that process easier.

She's very upfront about the fact that getting an A isn't difficult at all. If you're willing to put in the work (which, like I said, is fairly dreary but not hard), you're good to go.