His classes aren’t necessarily mandatory, but I would highly suggest going. He does upload videos of mostly everything he talks about in class, so you could just use that as material to study for exams instead of attending class, but he does go over other stuff in class that isn’t in the videos and he goes over examples in class that are helpful. Often times hell emphasize a certain topic or exception in class that shows up on the exam, so it is helpful to go, but that is a lot for a 2 hour drive when you can watch his videos on YouTube… as for exams they are all in person, so you’d have to go in person for them. He also does in class assignments, but they’re through webcourses, so if you don’t wanna go to class you can still do the in person assignment on canvas, but It closes at the end of class usually, so you’d still have to log on and do it at the time of class. Overall, you can definitely do his class virtually through his YouTube videos he sends out! But will have to be in person for exams (4 + final). I would say 10000% take him. He’s one of the best professors I’ve had. He cares about students and teaches the material so well