Reading and discussion of The Overstory by Richard Powers, which is an award-winning 2019 novel that takes up a range of environmental issues. Students read about 50 pages of this book, which won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, per week. Our goal is to better understand the relationship that our species has to our planet and its life.

Prerequisites: Freshman standing.

1

Units

Pass no pass

Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

Inter collegiate athletes only

Level Limit

Letters and science

College
HILTNER K C
Kenneth (Ken) Hiltner
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ENG22 . Hiltner K C 3 Months Ago

Great class for the summer! The work was very manageable and asynchronous lectures made it easy to follow.

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ENG22 . Hiltner K C 6 Months Ago

A class that's supposed to be an easy 'A', but you can unlucky and miss points on the mandatory quizzes at the end of each lecture even after watching the material. He has a soft voice that makes his lectures not exciting and hard to listen to. Wouldn't reccomend.

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ENGL23 . Hiltner K C 6 Months Ago

Enjoyed the class! Super chill esp if you are able to get the code from home. very nice, passionate professor

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ENG23 . Hiltner K C 7 Months Ago

there are two discussion posts and two quizzes per week. the questions asked on the quizzes you wouldnt know without looking it up and every question wrong seemed to drop a point from your grade. there is no final or midterms but lecture is so boring all he does is read word for word off his slides and get mad at people for talking.

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ENG23 . Hiltner K C 7 Months Ago

low commitment class to take alongside difficult courses. very boring lectures. consists of attendance grades, two quizzes and one film/reading discussion post a week. quizzes, which can be tricky, determine your grade so make sure you do well on them. course did give some valuable perspective on the climate crisis and what we can do about it!

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ENG23 . Hiltner K C 7 Months Ago

I definitely suggest taking this class as an easy GE, especially if you have other hard classes since there is very little work. There is no midterms or final and your entire grade is made up of attendance, biweekly quizzes and discussion posts. Although this class made me very depressed about the state of the world

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