Beginning with "The Epic of Gilgamesh", one of the West's earliest texts, this course surveys nearly 5000 years of literature in order to explore the literary history of the relationship we have with our planet, as well as to better understand our current environmental beliefs.

No Prerequisites

4

Units

Optional

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

None

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
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HILTNER K C
Kenneth (Ken) Hiltner
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ENGL222324 . Hiltner K C 2 Months Ago

Ken was amazing in English 22. English 23 was a bit less engaging for me because of the nature of the material. I also think parts of the lectures were redundant and unnecessary. Classes felt long at times, but I did enjoy the message behind his lectures and think he's a really sweet person.

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ENGL22 . Hiltner K C 4 Months Ago

He gave too much reading. He gave a very difficult exam. I nearly failed this class.

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ENG22 . Hiltner K C 4 Months Ago

The class is definitely unique and one of a kind. The subject matter is interesting for most people at UCSB but the class is massive which makes the grading weird. It's based off his YouTube which we comment on and tests. Very fair but honestly the tests had some extremely specific questions that were opinion based which low key made the class hard

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ENG22 . Hiltner K C 6 Months Ago

Exams are based on random facts from random lectures and readings, but as long as you actually do the assignments you can phone it in and get a passing grade, which if you are taking his English classes for GE like me, is all you really need. I like him otherwise, good lecturer and seems like a nice guy.

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ENGL22 . Hiltner K C 6 Months Ago

This class was a lot of reading with some randomly specific facts that you were required to know on tests, which was tricky. But hey, its Hiltner, you gotta love the guy.

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ENG22 . Hiltner K C 7 Months Ago

I love him. He's an icon. Only 1 midterm and a final and the final isn't even during finals week (don't trust what gold says). Only homework is a lot of "mandatory" readings and 1 documentary per week that you have to write a relatively well-thought-out comment for. Final isn't cumulative and you can just rewatch his lectures in 2x to study.

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