Stay away from Mershon!! The material that she teaches on is interesting and she has a great grasp on the subject, but she is very disorganized and scatterbrained. Even though she is very nice that is front, in the end she is a out of touch scholar that does not care about encouraging your interest in the subject.

A lot of reading. But if you do all of the readings, and participate in class, you should be fine. but beware it is a lot of work, although it is very rewarding. prof. mershon is great, very helpful and very enthusiastic.