I had to take this class as the course component for the civic literacy requirement at UF. If you have to do that I would definitely recommend this class over other options.

There are 1-3 readings weekly that each require a 200 word minimum summary of your notes. They are very simple and easy to get done. For the midterm there were 6 questions that each had a 300 word minimum response. The questions were given out very early in the semester making it easy to get done way before the due date. There were no real exams and the workload was very light.

Professor Chatfield is super sweet. He is very accommodating when it comes to late assignments and is genuinely interested in the content he is teaching.

The only tedious thing about this class was having to be in attendance Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, even though the lectures pretty much just summarize the readings you've already done. However, participation is not really required.