I really enjoyed this class. The subject was WWII and Langdon did a wonderful job of getting the class to cover it in depth. He lectured a few times, but most of the class each of us students took turns presenting an aspect/event of the war. It was great fun and we had a good time with each other. Our grades were based on our presentation and a final. The final was very thorough, so I would recommend studying in a group so you can best grasp the material, but he certainly did not set-out to trick us or anything. I ended up getting an A- without excessive effort, but even better I came away actually having learned something worthwhile from that class (unlike some of the other history classes I've taken at UCLA).