Kens a cool and passionate guy but his lectures do run a little long, I played them at double speed and was fine. If you put effort into this class its really a breeze. Finals and midterms arent heavily weighted. Ken has a very particular voice, his lectures are on YouTube on the Ecocritism 101 page if you want to check him out.

2 quizzes each week worth 50% total grade. 15% midterm, 15% final, 20% movie comments. All easy. very easy A.

Ken, as he likes to be referred as, is passionate about what hes teaching and inspires me to treat the environment better. He is informative, enlightening and interesting, even though his lectures are on the longer side. I took his class online and as long as you watch the lectures and take notes, the class is an easy A.

If you put in 1 hour a week, you should get an A. If you space out the work, you should get an A. Ken does not want to fail anyone and in fact, it is clear he wants as many kids to get As as possible.

Ken was super nice and made class expectations clear from the start. Lots of readings but his lectures go over everything you'll need to know for quizzes, the midterm, and the final. Only other assignment was weekly film comments, which were a piece of cake. He also picks out really interesting films, in my opinion. Overall, easy A.

This class not only was an easy A but it can really alter your perspective on the world and especially the environment. Lots of reading but you can get by if you skim. Really loved this man so genuine and passionate about this subject.

Took his class back when everything was in person. Truly passionate about what he teaches and cares about his students. Attendance was taken through Iclickers.

He's the reason I switched my major to Environmental Studies. His class was so informative and super inspirational. The class setup is far different than any other course I've taken... its all well-made YouTube video lectures and paragraph-long comments to write. Overall so much respect for professor Hiltner, he really practices what he preaches!

Prof Hiltner was a wonderful prof! I loved his style of class. Homework heavy though, you do your own reading, lecture, and video weekly and then he uses lecture time to discuss your responses. Iclickers are required, he spaces them out so u have to be there all class. Very eye-opening content, I recommend this to anyone.

There were no lectures in this class and just a rotation of student presentations with guided discussion after. This class was really informative and enjoyable. The final project tanked my grade a little and wasn't that related to the class but still would recommend overall.

Ken is such a great guy! He is like a fun, inspirational uncle! His lectures are a bit boring since the class is largely reviewing the work of your fellow students. He is super passionate and it shows! It is hard to study for his tests since the matter is vague but take good notes and you'll be fine. Very easy to get an A and a very fun class.

Professor Hiltner does a great job of structuring a large class and picking valuable readings. A professor I genuinely liked and would take again. Only downside is that tests focus on numbers and stats, less ideal for a humanities class.

This class was setup very weird. He made a YouTube account where you had to make 3 paragraph-sized comments per week. Lectures were very boring, as all he did was cherry-pick some comments from YouTube and read them out to the class. Hes also very strict with iClicker attendance. Many times he started class with iClicker questions.

Definitely recommend! Prof Ken is very passionate about climate change. His lectures make you rethink your values but he also gives you solutions for the crisis. iClicker necessary for participation points and the main assignment was online youtube comments. Pretty straightforward/easy.

Honestly a really good guy, but this class was mind-numbingly boring. Lectures were mandatory and shouldn't have been, as it was just us doing iClicker Qs and listening to him comment on our own Youtube comments, super redundant as we learned nothing new. Midterm wasn't bad but consisted of questions that were either oddly vague or too "niche."

Took him for Engl 22 (102% grade) and engl 23 (100%). Tests are curved a lot, and homework is very easy to do for both classes. Lectures can become repetitive. Very easy class.

His lectures for English 23 were not great. He just went through the class comments that we did for homework every week. You have to pay attention during the lectures, readings, and videos. He clearly knows his stuff about climate change, but his execution of the lectures wasn't great. It was a brand new class, so I'll give him a break for that.

Professor Ken is a super duper good teacher who makes his students enjoy taking his classes and staying at the lectures for the entire period of time. You should absolutely take his class and learn useful climate crisis solution from him. He should be honored as the best teacher in UCSB, honestly.

Amazing professor. I learned so much about the climate crisis in this class. Definitely the most life changing class I've taken at UCSB so far.

Ken is a great guy. He cares about his students and wants them to succeed and learn. He is knowledgeable on the material and highly values student input. Although the format is unconventional, this class teaches you a lot and is a completely manageable amount of work.

Because of the virus, he canceled the final exam and gave everyone full credit on final. The midterm also had curve.

He canceled the final exam and gave all the students full credit on the final.

A pretty easy class if you do all the work but it is time consuming. Have to read something, watch a film, and watch 3 video lectures every week and make 3 comments. In person lectures are him responding to student comments so they're pretty useless in terms of testing material but attendance is a big part of your grade so you have to go.

Ken's lectures and tests are irrelevant to learning, but the readings are very good. He spends lecture making us silently read Youtube comments that students made on his video, and his test is memorizing details that don't add to your knowledge of climate change. One question of his midterm was: "What painting was on top of Leo DiCaprio's crib"?