Weekly you will spend 4 hours on videos and 6080 pages of readings to get a B or higher. There are two short essays every week too. This class requires too many works as just a GE class and also his ideas are too extreme for me. Unless you must take this class to graduate, I do not recommend you to take this class.
In Kens lectures you can tell how passionate he is about what he teaches and I love this about professors like him. The reading are manageable and so are the comments you have to make every week about the documentaries and readings. I didnt think the quizzes were hard, so as long as you do your work, you should get a high grade!
Content of class is interesting & Ken seems to be a nice guy. Material is way too long for a GE class. Quizzes are very specific, prompts you to focus on getting all the information down rather than learning. Command F will be your best friend during quizzes. Can do well if you try, but definitely do not take w/ hard classes like biology or chem.
Ken Hiltner is a very caring professor who is passionate about what he teaches. He puts in a lot of effort into his content and wants his students to succeed. Take his classes!!
On deep dives lectures he often rambles with the testable info scattered in between (hard to keep attention, especially online).Would have a more enjoyable experience learning the material if given in a more condensed format. Everything he writes/talks about is quite verbose, which is understandable since he's an English professor. Quizzes are fair
People say the videos are two long, but the time you spent is exactly what you get for a 2 lectures/week course. Plus it has no section. I find this course quite enjoyable to be honest, and Ken is a very kind and thoughtful professor. The amount of work he put in his website is EXCEPTIONAL. He also made sure no additional purchases is required.
Ken is a professor who truly cares. He is passionate about what he studies and tries hard to share that passion with his students. He sets up the course in the online format so it is really easy for students to succeed, just take notes on all the lectures and engage with the reading. Not that much work at all; I was able to get it all done in 2days
This class is a bit more heavy on reading than I'm used to (but makes sense - it's an English class and I'm not an English major), and there's two 2 hour lectures, 2 short lectures, and a documentary each week, but if you pace yourself it's not too bad at all. His lectures are very moving and the content is very impactful, honestly love this class
This class is not it. Boring and difficult. Do not recommend
Ken is one of the most captivating professors I've ever had. He is passionate about the course and through his teaching, I've felt more inspired to reevaluate my contribution to the climate crisis. Quizzes can be stressful with only 10 mins to answer 10 questions but the info learned in this course is far more valuable so don't be discouraged!
I am currently taking English 23 with professor Hiltner and he is one of the best /caring teachers I have ever taken a class from. There are "deep dive" lectures that take up two hours total but those are in replacement of in-person seminars so the time commitment really isn't a big deal. Take this class if you care about your future/planet.
Ken is a great professor, very well informed and passionate about the material. Frankly, his class has taught me more in 5 weeks than most classes have after 10 weeks. He is extremely responsive and accommodating. There has never been a time that he took more than 45 minutes to answer my emails. His class requires studying, but its manageable.
So passionate about what he teaches. Class is time consuming, not hard. Really cool guy!
Ignore the bad reviews. People are upset he changed the midterm because he caught a group of students cheating. The class is easy and long as you, this next part is crazy, DO THE WORK He doesnt hand you a grade but if you do your job it is ez. He is passionate and cares about the quality of his work. If you dont want to learn dont take the class
Ken is a great guy, plz excuse the negative comments and think about whether or not you care about the environment. He is lecture heavy just take good notes and put the videos on a high speed and youll do great. Have taken him twice and can really admire his POV of climate change and what is necessary for our generation for solving it.
Ignore all the recent bad reviews. They are just mad that the final got altered due to a few kids ruining it for the rest of us. It was not the professor's fault at all. Ken is the most devoted professor I have ever seen. He is truly my favorite professor. He truly cares about spreading the urgency of the climate crisis to our generation.
The recent negative reviews are being extremely dramatic. Some kids are upset because people got caught cheating and the midterm will no longer be an easy 100%. The class is easily digestible and can still be easy to earn an A in. Dont let them fool you, Ken is a kind man and a great professor. The class is informative and in an easy format.
Super passionate teacher. Ur assigned 1 reading, 1 film, and u have to make 1 comment on each, weekly. Also have to watch two "deep dive lectures" each week which are 1 hr each. I don't know why people are complaining about the lectures bc while he does talk a lot, it's just like having to go to class... Everything can be done in like 6 hours total
Ken has been one of my favorite and most caring teachers. He makes the subject matter accesible
Hiltner is very nice, but I honestly find the whole discussion posting and replying to people's posts so very repetitive. Watching the deep dive lectures where he responds to comments is for what purpose? You have to watch TWO 1 hour long deep dives where he rambles on during half of it is wasting our time honestly, I'm sorry to say.
I had Ken for English 22 and he was a fine , but something changed over quarantine. Now he is more invested in his videos getting views than actually teaching the material. He knows about the same amount of knowledge of the climate crisis as any other ES major, yet claims he "knows all." Sounds very pretentious and the class is boring, don't take.
DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS. Ken is the most insufferable, pretentious, self serving professor I've ever had. He cares more about his videos doing well on YouTube (interacting with them is 20% of your grade) than how well they teach his actual students. He is also not open to hearing feedback, questions can only be posted as Q&A and may not be answered.
Only 4 weeks in & Im just gonna say it, pls dont take Ken.. Hes probably a great person but damn does the guys like to hear himself talk.. His quizzes and exams consist of very specific & very vague questions which u only get 1m to answer (Plus cant go back and forth between them either...). Every week literally feels pointless to study now...
Prof Hiltner is super cool. Really interesting material (at least for me) and not too heavy on the workload. The information isn't rocket science and it's pretty easy to keep up with all the lectures and reading material. I really enjoyed this class and the professor :)