Langdon was a very enthusiastic, passionate teacher whom you can really tell loves both his job and History. Unfortunately, that is all I really got out of the class. He speaks way to quickly, uses latin words in mid sentence for no reason, as well as provides way to much information for a single lecture. Typed I would have between 5 and 10 pages of notes per lecture then you would have to go back through every page correcting spellings of names, attempting to figure out who he was talking about, or just re-listen to the lecture trying to get everything you missed. He does constantly remind the students of the main themes during the lectures, however, the amount of information he gives makes the class way to overwhelming. He gives an optional midterm and a Final which are both in the same format; ID's and essays. Overall, Langdon's course was really overwhelming between all of the reading, the massive amount of note taking, as well as the final study guide he provided which had well over 100 laws, names, places etc. I personally will not be taking any other courses with Langdon, however, I appreciate his passion for history as well as how much he does care for his students. I ended up with a B+ in the course skipping the Midterm but doing the majority of the reading, attending every lecture, and studying tons for the final.