Lecture: Class content was pretty boring overall, I mainly go to class for the participation points and then just look at the slides that he posts during the class. He talks a lot, and most of the stuff he says is not even on the slides so bring a computer or tablet if you can to take better notes.
HW: The readings took way too long and I felt like you didn't even need to read through all of them to answer the reading response question so I ended up skimming over the readings briefly to get enough content to write one long paragraph. Not too bad and I feel like my TA Sunny was pretty nice with grading.
Exams: Prof will give a list of words that you should definitely know how to define. TA will also run a discussion to review basically all the definition for the content that will be covered on the exam, so make sure to make that discussion to review. Otherwise, just make just you know how the vocab connect to each other and which topic they fall under. Only hard part about exams was that the time limit is only 50 mins (I think) so if you don't write fast and know the content then it can be hard to have enough time to get everything down on paper.

Overall: Boring class but pretty easy A! Just make sure to study at least a day or two in advance for the exams.

I just took this class in the fall and have both books needed for the course! Send me a text ********** if you wanna buy them from me:

1. Used version of: Revolutionizing the Sciences, European Knowledge in Transition, 1500-1700, Third Edition, by Peter Dear

2. New version of: Science in Europe, 1500-1800. Edited by Malcolm Oster

Dr. Alexander's class overall is very easy to get an A/A+ in. The midterm and final are jokes and the discussion sections are laid back. The study guides are pretty much the exams (really just memorize the terms). You're going to need "Science in Europe, 1500-1800" by Malcolm Oster and if you're interested please email me at ************* ($20)