Its alright. There is a big essay project due by the end, but its pretty straight forward.

Good overview of linguistics to see if its what you want to study.

Dr. Escamilla has a very soothing voice. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing depending on how prone you are to spacing out.

There are like 3 books you have to get for this class, but you don't end up reading them cover to cover, just snippets here and there. At least 1 of these books, and probably more, is available at the school library as an ebook. If you don't have trouble reading on a screen, don't buy the books that you can access for free.