SUPER INTERESTING! Agnew is so great and so knowledgeable (but also talks for the entire lecture up until the last second). This course was really intriguing and I loved learning about cities across Europe. It was also SO. EASY. Literally just a take-home midterm and final. The books were unnecessary I found free pdfs of them and just skimmed them for examples for the exams. Agnew's slides are robust and I'd recommend typing everything down. I loved how, after the introductory lectures, each week/day was set aside to deep-dive into one particular city.

This class significantly exceeded my expectations going in and ended up being my favourite class of the quarter by far. Professor Agnew does a terrific job taking what can often be quite dense material and making it engaging and easy to grasp. The grade was divided in the following manner: 20% participation (which is quite lenient), 40% 2 take home midterm essays and 40% 2 take home final essays. The essays were relatively short and the prompts were very straightforward. Overall, I would highly recommend taking this class with professor Agnew.