Professor Hiltner is old and is very passionate about what he's teaching, but talks very slowly. I didn't attend some lectures because the Prezi's were online. MT and Final are easy as long as you read the given PDF [he doesn't make you buy any books].

IF you're looking for passion, enthusiasm, and insight on deeper ideas, then Baron is the perfect TA. His preparedness makes class worth coming to, and I never left without having thought at least one new idea. He's intellectual, he's insightful, he's good for those who care about learning and thinking more about an idea.

Baron is a great TA. He really cares about the content, he's motivated, and wants his students to progress and succeed. He could use some more practice in motivating group discussions though. He's very helpful in office hours and very nice to deal with. He's a fair grader too.

Pretty boring class. All his lectures are online and he doesn't take attendance so its easy to skip class and still get a good grade in the class. Sections were online, which was easy but don't think it helped me learn the material very well. lots of reading , most readings are old and boring. Easy A as long as you do the reading.

Really nice guy, makes lecture pretty interesting even though the material is so boring. Really welcomes creativity in topics for papers. I'd take a class with him again.

Really nice guy, had a lot of interesting content in his lecture. Somehow made medieval lit actually kind of interesting. Ken's awesome, and is a very approachable and helpful guy.

I came in with no interest in Milton and left loving the material. Pretty easy, lots of group work, and he gets to know his students! Grading: participation, project (instead of midterm), 6 pg. paper, and final. You can do a project instead of a paper and the final was easy. Only take if you want to read "Paradise Lost" for 8 weeks, though.

Excellent professor, exams are straightforward if you do the reading and go to class. However, WATCH OUT for TA's! My TA was so pretentious I wanted to die just listening to him talk, plus his grading rubric for the paper was 3 pages long. Get a good TA!

Hiltner was crystal clear in what he wanted from his students. In order to get an A, you probably do have to read seeing as there were some specifics on the exams which were not covered in lecture. Papers were a little tough and grading depends purely on your TA. Overall, good class for area G and ES elective.

Great professor! You really could tell he loves literature =) Always prepared for lecure. Engages his students in discussion about the readings. He is helpful inside and outside of class. Uses technology as a means for everyone to participate in discussion.

Really makes an effort to engage with his students and tries to meet with all of them outside of class by scheduling appointments with them. Very personable. He has a lot of good comments reguarding the material in class, really makes you reconsider humanity's relationship to the environment. Only complaint is he read too much of the slides

A decent amount of reading but he is not out to get you. Midterm and final aren't too tough, papers are a bit tough though

a truly wonderful professor. it is clear that he loves what he does and that he works hard to make sure the class is interesting and that students are able to succeed. he was very helpful and actually answers questions with substantial answers. i would highly suggest taking this class whatever major/minor you are!

The best course, and most outstanding professor, that I have had at UCSB. This course caused me to completely reconsider how human beings relate to the environment.

great professor, very clear and straight forward with his tests and essays. Picked great subject material too

Great Professor, his lectures were so clear and well organized that he made a challenging subject much more interesting. Reading was sometimes very dry and hard to understand, but he would always explain the signifcance in class. Two tests and two papers that were very straight forward.

Ken is very knowledgeable about the material he teaches, and he's like a Milton scholar, so he's very good at all that. Don't take the class if you can't or won't read the text. YOU MUST READ to get good grades on the exams. But if you do read, the exams are easily ace-able. One 8-page research paper, one midterm, one final. CAKE.

Wonder Professor. Very helpful. Knows his stuff. If you do the reading you WILL do well. He is NOT trying to trick you on any of the tests. Great guy!

Really interesting class and professor. He really knows the material, and teaches it well. He's always very helpful and seems happy to be helping. Midterm, final, and final paper. If you do the readings and go to class, the tests are no problem.

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