Only take this class if you have the time and energy to pay attention to films, lectures, and have a lot of free time to do his boring readings. If you are taking classes that are really time consuming don't take this class unless you are pass no passing it.

Ken was a cool person but a terrible professor. He was not engaging, lecture was monotonous and he just read off students' comments without telling us anything new. Long weekly readings/films for homework. The midterm and final asked obscure, nitpicky questions and were weighed to be the majority of our grade which made a lot of students suffer.

Do not take this for a GE if you are looking for a low-effort class. His lectures were incredibly boring and halfway through all he would do was read other students comments on discussion posts. There are films and readings every week that you have to memorize if you want to pass the class. Most of his class material is completely subjective.

Lectures were extremely boring and difficult to pay attention to (and also mandatory). There were also additional lecture videos we would have to watch outside of class times. Exams are extremely specific which means you have to really pay attention to all the readings, videos, and lectures. Overall just too much work for a GE and not worth it.

Lecture are long and boring and extra lectures online. You better take notes during those lectures, since he will randomly pick statistical information from those lectures for the exam. There is one reading and a documentary discussion. The writing is acceptable, but you need to remember every important point in reading and film to get high score.

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.

Love you Hiltner

this class is NOT and easy GE so don't take if that's what you were hoping for. the class is entirely memorization and his lectures are mandatory even though he makes you watch the video lectures because that's what you need to know for the tests. highly recommend pass/no pass for this class.

Do not take this class if you are looking for an easy GE. His exams are ridiculously hard and the only possible way you can hope to do well is if you take extensive notes on all of the readings, lectures, and films. He says that he wants you to understand the main objective of his assignments, but tests you on random statistics and small details.

made us watch a video of him talking every single lecture rather than him talking irl. If i wanted to watch his videos i would rather watch them at home. forced us to attend too with his iclickers. exams were based on what his comments were after this boring lecture videos, which was even worse.also made us watch biased documentaries.

This was almost entirely memorization! The lectures were so boring. There are so many extra materials and it takes hours to go over it, but the two exams rely on insanely specific details. He preaches accessibility yet attendance is 20% of the class with no permitted absences, and many documentaries had sensitive topics with no warning.

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.

I would only recommend this class if ur going to pass/no pass. homework is easy and class is quite interesting + Hiltner is obv passionate about it. However tests are horribly unfair. A midterm & final are 60% of the grade and he asks super specific obscure questions. Class itself is good but bc of the tests I can't recommend which is sad :(

Weekly readings and films + comments for each of them. No section but you have to watch his online lecture. midterm on the first half of class and the other is for other half of class. Lots of work is required for this class, Iclicker is how lecture attendance is taken. Not sure why our tests are all on paper but this class is for climate crisis.

Ken is an icon. He's super passionate about what he teaches, and honestly made me passionate about his class. English 23 has changed my life. This class is also really straightforward. The only tests are a midterm and final. As long as you do the readings, go to lecture, and watch the films you'll get an A.

Lectures are the same as reading, you dont learn new information in class but uses iClicker. Tests are hard! No clear way to study; he asks specific questions: recount what he said in a particular lecture or an obscure statistic. Feels like hes shaming you into to going vegan or to stop flying. Fine GE not much work If you can avoid ken, I would

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.

Ken was amazing, definitely would recommend taking his class. One midterm, one final exam, both were 60 multiple choice questions. Exams were fairly easy as long as you paid attention to the lectures. Lecture attendance was taken by two iClicker polls.

Ken has a lot of passion for the environment and literature. The class requires ~30 pages of reading, a film, and a comment a week. 2 ~60 MCQ tests, which can be passed if you have a good understanding of the readings and films. The lectures can feel long at times, but if you listen, the content can be really interesting.

This class has a minimal course workload. So, I recommend pairing it with heavier classes. There's no section and your grade comes from 2 midterms, noncumulative, daily attendance, and weekly comments. Lectures are boring but not too bad and he curves the midterms.

Knowledgeable and passionate about the climate. Unfortunately, he has a monotone voice that makes it hard to focus in lecture. I focused on reading lecture notes and did well on the final. Usually curves the exams to help out the grades. Takes iclicker in class so participation is required. I would take him again just bc I know what to study.

Recommend for good test takers and ppl who don't have time for heavy homework. I didn't read anything in the second half of the course but got a good grade on the final simply by memorizing all lecture notes. Would've gotten an A if I did the same for the midterm instead of spending time reading. Tests weigh so much but he curves.

Professor Hilter classes are great for completing GE's. The only difficulty was both exams making up 30% of the grade and YouTube comments only 20% each. The exams are quite wordy and tricky, and quite specific. Make sure you listen to lectures, and keep up with the content each week. It is a class you can get behind in quickly.

Lecture can be pretty boring, as he repeats ideas multiple times. Try to pay attention to them. Understand the readings and the main points of the documentaries as well. Mandatory attendance as part of your grade.