Ken's lectures are incredibly repetitive and boring. He prerecords the lectures and then plays the videos for lecture. I feel like he is getting paid to do the minimal amount of effort. Regardless, the class is very easy. You are graded off of weekly YouTube comments, a midterm, and a final exam (all online).

Loved this class and Ken ! Would absolutely take again, the material and the way it was presented made it easy to want to make a change. 2 Weekly comment make up 40% of your grade and the rest is midterm and final.

Such caring, intelligent guy! Online format of class a bit bland bc his lectures had no slides, but still interesting to listen to as a podcast while you do something else. Comments really easy to get 100% on, and tests are a little difficult but as long as you really do the readings/documentaries and pay attention to the lectures, you’ll be fine

Ken is clearly extremely passionate about the environment and the climate crisis. His lectures can be a bit slow but nothing 2x speed can’t fix. One film and reading per week. Graded on comments (very easy), midterm, and final. Midterm and final are online, questions are extremely specific to the lectures so make sure you are well versed on them!

Loved learning the material. Make sure to actually do readings and watch documentaries, helps a bunch. Lectures were a little boring. Super easy midterm and final, only 30 questions each. Insanely easy class, no time required. I didn't even go to lecture. Good literature GE. Ken is passionate about subject, very monotone and boring voice.

Ken clearly puts a lot of effort into making this class accessible, and the topics we learn are incredibly relevant. Lectures can get pretty boring and drag on too long, but he posts them after so it's flexible. Definitely read the articles and watch the documentaries and additional lecture videos because test questions are specific!

He's super accommodating and offers an online option for all lectures. The exams are super easy as long as you read/watch everything you're supposed to. Test questions can be pretty specific, but most of it's pretty fair. The class is insanely inspiring, so enjoy

the sweetest man. lectures can drone on, but they're available after assigned class time as youtube videos or zoom recordings. you have to watch the lectures, and movies, and read in order to get a good grade on the final and midterm. The only other assignments were weekly comments on the lectures.

Ken clearly cares about the subject he is teaching. He is passionate about educating students on the climate crisis. There are weekly documentaries and readings, but they are all super interesting if you are even mildly concerned for our environment!

This course is too demanding...I spend huge amount of time to get an order. I have to doubt if it worths it. Mostly graded by quiz and exams, up to 80%. But Hiltner is a guy really cares the environment.

The worst course ever

This is an environment-related course. However, there are so much more to that(You'll see.) I enjoyed this course thoroughly from films to readings. They are very well-selected and every single one has an influence on me in how i think of my life choices. Yes, there are readings and lectures, so be prepared to learn and get inspired. Hope it helps!

he makes you watch a lot of lectures and documentaries, however, they are really inspiring and not boring. He truly cares about the environment as well as his students. as long as you watch the docs and lectures you'll do just fine on the quiz and midterm/final. Overall loved the class

The class is based on watching lectures, a film, and commenting on the videos every week. The quizzes are timed and can not go back to change questions which is the hardest part within the course, the same format for the exams.

Really passionate about the material and inspirational content. The weekly quizzes are worth 50% of your grade so lectures are crucial to do well. The class was really lecture heavy and it was necessary to take notes on little details, but if you're genuinely interested in the course subject its a great class! Learned a lot and was very impactful.

Very interesting class that makes you reevaluate your life and your choices that affect your carbon footprint. It is very heavy in lectures with about 3 hours of lecture plus a documentary and readings every week. If you get in the flow of planning it out over a week and reading the transcripts for the lectures its manageable for sure and fun too!

A must-take class at UCSB. Definitely applied what I learned from Engl 23 to other classes. Love that this class covered social injustices. Skilled and warm-hearted prof. I'm looking forward to taking another class with Ken.

This is such an amazing and very important class that I believe everyone should take! Quizzes and Exams are oddly specific, so I recommend reading through the transcripts of all the lectures and note all the statistics he says. That is what makes up the most of the questions, so if you have those, you'll for sure succeed.

This is a super interesting class. It makes you reflect about your own personal impacts. It's very lecture heavy, but to be honest you can skip some of the lectures and still do well. Ken is a very caring person, and he puts a lot of effort into the class.

absolutely loved this class and I think everyone should take it!

His deep dive lectures really tried to emulate a discussion format, but it made them a bit difficult to watch. His quizzes were honestly not that difficult. The people complaining about the specificity of the tests are focused on their grade rather than the content of the class. I really enjoyed his class, it was really thought provoking.

This class really isn't as difficult online as some people are claiming. As a third-year, this was probably one of the easiest GE's I've taken. The quizzes aren't that specific; if you take good notes you should do fine. Also, people complain about the "no-curve", but most students in this class are getting A's. It's an objectively easy class.

English 23 online is a fair class with a lot of easy work. The professor's voice makes lectures incredibly difficult to sit through, but the work isn't difficult. It only takes a couple hours of effort per week. Grading is fair. Don't take this class if you don't care about the subject matter.

Unfortunately I took this course online but nonetheless Professor Hiltner was a great professor and I 100% recommend. Like every other class you still put in a good amount of work, but it is definitely worth it. That being said, this is one of my favorite courses I have taken at UCSB, it truly changes your perspective about the climate crisis.