ENGL 23
HILTNER K C
Kenneth (Ken) Hiltner
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326 reviews

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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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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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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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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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ENG23 . Hiltner K C 8 Months Ago

Prepare for a heavy workload - lots of readings, films, and memorization required. But if you put in the effort, unstuckstudy AI and other study tools can really help you succeed on the tough exams.

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ENGL222324 . Hiltner K C 10 Months Ago

Ken was amazing in English 22. English 23 was a bit less engaging for me because of the nature of the material. I also think parts of the lectures were redundant and unnecessary. Classes felt long at times, but I did enjoy the message behind his lectures and think he's a really sweet person.

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ENG23 . Hiltner K C 1 Year, 18 Days Ago

this class isn't super difficult, but a lot of time needs to be devoted to the course though. both the midterm and final are heavily based on the material learned in lecture (weekly videos, weekly documentaries, readings, and lectures). his lectures are generally flat, but if you dedicate time to the course you'll do well.

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ENG23 . Hiltner K C 1 Year, 30 Days Ago

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.

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ENG23 . Hiltner K C 1 Year, 1 Month Ago

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.

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ENG23 . Hiltner K C 1 Year, 1 Month Ago

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.

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ENGL23 . Hiltner K C 1 Year, 1 Month Ago

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.

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ENGL23 . Hiltner K C 1 Year, 1 Month Ago

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.

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ENG23 . Hiltner K C 1 Year, 2 Months Ago

Love you Hiltner

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ENG23 . Hiltner K C 1 Year, 2 Months Ago

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.

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ENG23 . Hiltner K C 1 Year, 2 Months Ago

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.

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ENGL23 . Hiltner K C 1 Year, 2 Months Ago

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.

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ENG23 . Hiltner K C 1 Year, 2 Months Ago

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.

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