Prof is a great help to students who can't grasp the content as easily (important in a language course), however, there is almost a quiz every class which means its quite difficult if you have a schedule/life that doesn't allow for perfect attendance.

It's literally just an intro to Latin so not super useful if you don't ever need to understand Latin.

If you can't come to every class and don't want to memorize the entire textbook then don't take the course.

An excellent elective.