I took this class spring 2026 and absolutely loved it. Prof Rossman is amazing and the lectures were always great. There is a heavy amount of reading assigned each week, but for the most part the majority of the content comes from lectures. Attending lecture is a MUST, and lectures will be dense and full of material you need to know for the exams. Your grade is based on a midterm, final, and participation only. When I took the class there was a no device policy, so keep that in mind.
100% would take again.

I took this class Spring 25' when it was first taught so it might've changed since then but I really enjoyed the class. Material is very interesting but the readings can be very long and hard to pick out important material. Lectures are important and slides aren't too helpful on there own so go to class. Class has one midterm and one final. I bombed the midterm (70) but was able to do really well on final to salvage an A-. Rossman obvisouly knows his stuff and in my opinion one of the better professors at UVA. Would reccomend this class.