Yes, Yes he does. And there are articles as well! pretty much, the entire class is: everyone reads the book. Everyone shows up to class. We have three hours to discuss the book, plus maybe other things like looking at contemporary architecture, documents, or what have you. Repeat the next week with new book or readings. The discussion mark is worth 35% of the grade, which is, incidentally, the same as the final paper (of dooooom!).