ENGL 22S
HILTNER K C
Kenneth (Ken) Hiltner
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326 reviews

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3.8
ENG23 . Hiltner K C A Month Ago

ken was okay. his lectures were not informative AT ALL. he literally talked about other peoples homework responses every lecture for the entire time. we had daily quizzes on our homework the week before but they were so specific that even if you did the work u might still get them wrong. homework was a documentary and article a week with a response

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ENGL22 . Hiltner K C A Month Ago

I would ride that bike.

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ENG23 . Hiltner K C A Month Ago

Lectures are incredibly boring. Attendance/Lecture/Film quizzes focus too much on minute details that are easy to miss, not to mention how each missed question results in a 1% drop in your overall grade. Not the worst class in the world, but there are most certainly better ways to structure a course than the way Professor Hiltner does.

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ENG23 . Hiltner K C A Month Ago

An interesting class and he is very passionate about it. Lectures are just about the readings and comments but the class is extremely easy. Wish he dove deeper though instead of just if reviewing student comments.

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ENG23 . Hiltner K C A Month Ago

Weekly discussion posts on film and readings, not too much time to do. Daily attendance and quizzes based on previous week's materials. No final or midterm. Pretty standard and clear course structure. No EC offered but not hard to pass. Quizzes 2-3 questions, a minute per. Grasp general concepts and important statistics; gained a lot and recommend!

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ENG22 . Hiltner K C 2 Months Ago

Not a ton to complain about

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ENGL23 . Hiltner K C 2 Months Ago

one reading discussion post and one film discussion post each week. lecture is mandatory bc two quizzes each time: one for attendance and one on the reading/film you did last week. questions are SO SPECIFIC, like random details you never would remember. no final so those are all that make up your grade. He's very passionate but lectures are so dry.

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ENG23 . Hiltner K C 2 Months Ago

this is my second class with ken. very easy classes, no exams, just weekly readings and comments that don't have word limit. quizzes aren't hard, just look up the questions if u really need to. prob one of my fav profs bc the course structure is so easy. def recommend for an easy pass GE

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ENG23 . Hiltner K C 2 Months Ago

Attendance is mandatory but the lectures are boring. There is a quiz at the end of every lecture that is based on the weekly reading/film so you have to take extensive notes on each or you'll fail the quizzes. No midterm or final but the weekly quizzes make up around 40% of your grade so you have to do well on them to get a good grade in the class.

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ENG23 . Hiltner K C 2 Months Ago

this was a pretty easy class if u just want to get a GE out of the way. lectures are mandatory and you get a homework quiz at the end of each one, but if u do the reading/watch the videos you should generally be okay. tbh tho lectures were not entertaining and most of what i learned came from the weekly video assignments.

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ENG23 . Hiltner K C 2 Months Ago

This class is insanely boring. I have never been in a more dull lecture in my life. He literally just likes to hear himself talk and LECTURES have mandatory attendance. He also purposely makes the quizzes hard so even if you did all the work it's still really easy to miss a question. Also, the class is insanely depressing so keep that in mind too.

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ENG23 . Hiltner K C 2 Months Ago

Ken isn't the best lecturer so focus your attention on paying attention to the films. Reading wise, you don't really have to do them just like have AI summarize it and your chilling. Def attend lectures bc the attendance quizzes will boost ur grade. Idk this class was easy I guess just really boring

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ENG22 . Hiltner K C 3 Months Ago

Easy class for units. No midterm or final but there are quizzes every lecture (2-3 questions, 1 min/question) that are on the videos and readings he assigns. 1 reading and 1 video assignment due every Sunday. Take notes on videos and reading! Not much work needed to put into this class. Learned a lot about the climate, took some things with me.

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ENGL22 . Hiltner K C 3 Months Ago

No exams which was a blessing. Graded on weekly 2-3 question pop quizzes and a very lengthy comment on a film and reading. Sometimes felt overwhelming. Lectures were EXTREMELY dense and felt dragged on. All readings free on Canvas. But, he's very passionate about the environment and I learned quite a bit.

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ENG22 . Hiltner K C 3 Months Ago

New format is a content quiz (either film or reading) every single lecture, each worth like 3% of your grade and questions can be really hard. Weekly film and reading responses are pretty bare bones but take a solid amount of time and feel repetitive. Actual course content itself is really interesting, though, if you engage with it.

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ENG22 . Hiltner K C 3 Months Ago

Would not recommend due to his "new" formatting on ENG22, the quizzes were difficult and did not seem to reflect actual class material. Even listening in lecture, watching all the movies/videos, and doing all the readings is not enough to do well in this class. He puts random questions and there's no opportunity to show what you actually know.

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ENGL22 . Hiltner K C 4 Months Ago

Easy class -- no final or midterm just weekly quizzes. While the quizzes are light, they're weighted pretty heavily; if you make one mistake you lose a percent. However, you can easily do well on them as long as you listen during lecture, skim the readings, and just watch the films. Overall chill class with easy assignments and quizzes.

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ENGL23 . Hiltner K C 4 Months Ago

Bro has a superiority complex and talks down to everyone for the entire lecture and yells at people for raising their hands in class. Every lecture has a mandatory attendance quiz on canvas and his presentations are just him reading discussion comments that students make on the assignments. Also bro looks at himself in the camera the whole time

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ENGL22 . Hiltner K C 4 Months Ago

His lectures felt long and boring but if you pay attention you will do good on quizzes. We had a film assignment and a reading assignment due on Sunday each week. They are short discussion posts and replies to other students. Attendance quiz every day and a reading quiz or film quiz each lecture. Overall easy but boring.

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ENG22 . Hiltner K C 5 Months Ago

The lectures were VERY boring if you are not interested in the environment. There were no midterms or finals, and only graded on weekly homework and short online daily quizzes. Only attended half of the lectures and still finished with an A-. A super easy class where I barely put any work into it.

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ENG22 . Hiltner K C 5 Months Ago

Had a very interesting format to class with daily quizzes, homework, and attendance making up the whole grade. 1 reading/film assignment per week, manageable homework load, lectures could feel a bit dragged out but overall a solid professor

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ENG22 . Hiltner K C 5 Months Ago

Great if you want an easy GE & work was minimal. A bulk of your grade in the class is dependent on daily quizzes on readings and films, and the only issue I had was that every question you get wrong on a quiz is -1% off your total class grade. I did all the readings and watched all the films yet still got a handful of quiz questions wrong.

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ENG22 . Hiltner K C 5 Months Ago

Ken is clearly passionate about the topic and is very knowledgeable. The content builds off of itself throughout the quarter. The course has daily quizzes instead of a final and a midterm. Course is based on one film and readings per week, with a discussion post for each. Lectures are easy to follow along with, as he posts the PDFs ahead of time.

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ENG22 . Hiltner K C 5 Months Ago

Such a sweet guy you just have to read and pay attention a LOT

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