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.

Very boring lecturer but by no means bad. He believes the material is much more interesting than it actually is and is incredibly repetitive. Each new lecture often fails to bring a single new idea into the course. That being said his lecture style is incredibly helpful to actually take in the course material, boring as it may be.

Most complex info out of the climate crisis series (engl 22,23,24) but very interesting. 1 middy, 1 final, weekly YT comments. Has good stuff to say but lectures/slides are all over the place. Don't buy course reader-can get good grade w/o it. J write everything he says and memorize it, and you'll do well on exams. Course is overall easy

All classes are mandatory with IClicker used as attendance. His tests are difficult, having you memorizing the textbook word for word. His lectures can sometimes be interesting but most of the time he's droning on and often times boring. Good luck to future students, you're gonna need it.

Ken clearly cares about what he is teaching. Attendance is mandatory and lectures can get kind of boring, but work is not too difficult. Homework is watching a documentary and writing a comment or reply once a week and a few readings a week. Midterm and final consisted of 60 multiple choice questions about the documentaries and readings.

LOVED taking eng 22 with ken. You can tell he is very passionate about what he's teaching and genuinely cares about the topic. Lecture heavy because you are also graded off attendance and the only things you get points for are attendance, exams and leaving YouTube comments. Easy to understand his material and overall just an awesome prof.

Ken is a great person and professor, but THIS CLASS WAS HARD. Readings & tests were torture. Thankfully, the films and comments help pad your grade. You must pay attention to do well in the class. I hated Iclicker, but it was the only reason I showed up. There are easier GEs to take, but I did learn a lot in this class.

There are weekly reading assignments and film assignments where you have to watch a documentary and submit a commentary. His lectures are boring and makes me sleepy because of how monotone his voice is. Most of the materials are organized on his website which is nice.

This professor changed my life. I grew so much as a person from taking this course and I am so grateful for it. Easily the most important class I have taken here. I would highly recommend 23 as this is where you get all the info on the climate crisis and it really isn't much work. English 24 was reading heavy. TAKE HIS HONORS SECTION its amazing.

Took this pass/no pass even after I got 97% on the midterm. Didn't really do much second half of the quarter and went in pretty blind to the final and if I had gotten one more question right I would have gotten an A. Pretty easy class, yet it is still pretty interesting. Read >500 page book in two days on audible 3.4x speed. Why are people talking?

Just take notes on everything said in lecture by him & guest speakers and reread them a few times for the midterm & final and you'll be fine. Lots of reading per week. Weekly Youtube comments. iClicker for lectures. Very sweet guy but wish the lectures were more structured bc some speakers would talk about a whole bunch of nothing

Just watched videos in lecture. As long as you do your work and go to class, you will be fine.

though his lectures are extremely boring, his course itself is not too hard. the comments take minimal time and you can get away with a pass after doing virtually no work.

This class is the most reading-heavy out of 22, 23, & 24; there are about 150 pgs of a book to read per week. Other than that, his lectures were interesting and I really enjoyed this class. Ken is very passionate about his work and it shows. If you have any interest in the climate, take this class! Attendance is mandatory.

Amazing. I took ENGL 22, 23, and 24 with Kenneth and it genuinely changed my perspective about climate change. The classes are all very easy (although they should be taken for knowledge) but lecture attendance is mandatory for attendance and to do well on the tests. He's very knowledgable and I loved all of his classes + did well with minimal work

Prof Hiltner is amazing. The classes aren't very personal because they're so big but it really is an inspirational class. I've taken ENGL 22, 23, and 24 with Hiltner and I learned so much. He's an amazing professor and I took these classes as electives but they really changed my life

Well well well look who we have here. Another person looking for an easy filler class. You have come to the right place. Easy midterm and final, but the most boring lectures ever. Also the weekly comments are just time consuming. The TA's for the class are not very nice. Ken seems like a good guy though.

BEST PROFESSOR EVER!! I want to give him a hug he is the best person ever.

Ken was such an inspirational professor with such genuine lectures! His classes were set up well and beyond informative. All around, left me so aware of the environmental impact I had, and even inspired me to go vegan. This is an incredible course at UCSB, and additionally, it is super easy to pass!

His lectures were awful as he just played his covid videos and expected us to attend every lecture for our grade. He used the TA strike as an excuse to not teach even thought he once had to hold lecture without the help of his lead TAs. Grades sucked since that midterm basically determined it. Only take him for an easy pass/no pass GE course.

You can tell that Professor Hiltner is very passionate about the course topic and material, and I personally learned a lot of new things from this course surrounding the climate crisis. However, his tests are very specific from the weekly videos and readings you must comment on and do so I highly suggest preparing well as I found them a bit hard.

Ken cares a lot about his lectures and helping people learn about the climate crisis. I changed a lot in my own life because of this class. However, while I felt I learned a lot (attended all lectures, read + watched everything) I didn't do so well on the exams. Study for these HARD and WELL. Questions are very specific.