@tkinias Short answer: small seminar with students at various points in their studies. Our course numbers reflect general levels, and this one is classified intermediate, but there is no set sequence, and few courses have prerequisites, so anyone can take pretty much anything. All but one are in their first year (counting spring-semester transfers)
And as I've said: I am not criticizing or testing them: just need to know what they know or don't know so that I can pitch my explanations correctly