Passionate about his field. Lectures include animations and videos if needed. There aren't a lot of readings and the readings are pretty short (2-38 pages). Exams are easy as long as you listen to class. Gives an option to substitute final paper with something else if you're just taking it for the GE.

He can be a little hard to understand and follow along with sometimes, but his passion for the ideas that are talked over keeps you engaged. He was a nice and understanding man who isn't a very hard grader.

by far the worst prof. I've had in my 3 years at UCSB. he makes his lectures up as he goes along, and takes up all the time he can by going off on tangents. we literally sit there and laugh at how horrible he is, how he doesn't seem to care at all, and how nobody in the class learns a single thing.

Prof mumbles everything. Worst class I've ever taken, material is dated and difficult to study. Kitler would get irritable when we would ask questions about midterm/his grading. Don't take this class.

Stopped attending lecture because I couldn't understand him and we weren't talking about course material. If you do the readings you'll be fine. Midterm and final are online, and the one paper is 1800 words. If you're interested in the covered material, you might like it more than I did. The class is easy but boring.

bad professor, booo. Never take this class. Boring.

If you want to do well in his class just do the readings. He specifically expects you to use quotes from course material to back up answers on exams. However, I found it extremely difficult to pay attention in his lecture only because he is difficult to understand and often sounds like he is mumbling. He is an ok professor.

It's not difficult to pass the course as long as you do the reading and attend section. His lectures are a bit of a snooze though. They're pretty meandering. He even seemed oddly confused when asked about some of the content and exam requirements. The course was still interesting. Just have a good TA and note his main points during class.

The lectures were extremely difficult to sit through and I learned more from independent reading and my section discussions. Go to section it will help you a lot. I barley went to lecture and still got an A, but I believe that grading depends heavily on the TA you have.

Probably one of the worst lecturers I've had. He really just rambles the entire class, very often not about the reading assigned that week. Midterm and final are both short answer, so you do need to actually do the reading. Apparently he grades based on if your answers matched up what he talked about in lecture, but I never went and got an A.

Long and boring lectures that rarely talk about the actual reading assignments. He is very particular about the answers he expects on his exams; you must phrase your responses exactly how he explained them in class, otherwise he will say it's wrong. Lots of reading. Lecture is hard to follow, so hope for a good TA to explain the readings.

It was clear even from the first lecture that the professor is very passionate about this class, always open to questions and thoughts during lecture/office hours. He was even flexible about the term paper deadline. Of course, there are many readings, but as long as you attend section and pay attention in class, you'll do well.

Talks a lot in lecture and goes off on tangents. Even so, he is very in love with what he teaches. He's also very caring and for what is right, like the TA strike. A lot of reading, mainly the Odyssey & some play I forgot. Both interesting and the tests were just main ideas of that and to analyze the books a bit. No HW

Old guy who just isn't super exciting to listen to. This class's material was very boring and hard to sit through. Grading criteria was not clear and lectures were hard to follow. He is a super sweet guy though and cares about his students. He is always open to questions and discussions with students, just not a very captivating lecturer.

Professor Kittler's course was not what I had anticipated as it focusing mostly on machines. His lectures were confusing with very little notes and no clear grading criteria for tests or essays. There didn't seem to be any communication between him and the TA, so it was very difficult to understand some assignments.

Incredibly uncaring, unprofessional, and borderline (if not outright) cruel. If you have a death in even your immediate family he will insist you come to class the next day or fail you on tests worth a huge part of the grade. I really hope he reevaluates his morals as a teacher and as a person. I don't think anyone would think this is appropriate.

he spent 30 minutes showing us pictures and videos of typewriters

Kittler is very nice, the lectures are not very relevant to the course. I barely went to class but got an A because the entire course is based off a midterm, final, and final paper. Section is important and the TA will go over what you need to know. Lots of reading so make sure to stay on top of it. Section and reading are a must for this course.

very easy course. I never attended lecture and barely kept up with readings and still got an A-. Professor is very nice

The class was really easy and I'd definitely recommend it as a gen ed. If you attend lectures, you'll be fine. He was friendly when answering questions. One of my favorite classes!

as mentioned by others, lectures are hard to sit through and occasionally his German accent is hard to understand. the lectures were essentially just a more detailed summary of the reading we did for homework

Pretty tough professor, lectures are hard to sit through, too many tangents, extremely hard to understand.

I took this honors section with four other students. You didn't have to attend regular section, and we mostly spent our time doing additional readings and talking about the material. No projects, no assignments outside of reading. He had a lot of personal anecdotes that were fun to hear (he's done a lot of cool stuff). Easy class!

While I agree that his lectures are long and tangential, he always made sure to upload his slides and recording to GS. This class is great if you enjoy ancient literature; the readings and assignments are interesting and relevant. Grading included participation, a midterm + final exam, and a final paper (1800 words). Easy class if you stick with it