Dale Squires - University of California San Diego

Professor: Dale Squires

Department: TBD

College: University of California San Diego

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: ECON144
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Just no. Squire's would read word for word off slides (VERY disorganized) Often times he would give conflicting information between readings and lectures, his exams and lectures were littered with major, Blatant errors (some never addressed), the exams were overly nuanced and difficult (errors aside), + so many problems i can't fit in 350 char.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: GPIM457
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Very clear on grading requirements Has really awesome professional experience with NOAA! Go to his office hours and talk to him about it. He loves to tell stories about doing Cost Benefit Analyses that are helpful to understanding the context of the class

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: ECON144
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Squires is good at explaining things and he makes his expectations of you very clear. He also posts up all relevant course materials, which is very helpful. You should take note to be honest with him. Don't lie. He's an understanding person.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: ECON145
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Awesome professor. Class was sparsely attended because he podcasts but I'd advise actually coming to class. Very straightforward exams. Midterm, final, 7 quizzes (2 dropped & you get 2 tries for each), plus two assignments which are easy. Learned a lot about ocean resource management & conservation. Definitely take his class.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: ECON145
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

cheat sheet is not allowed in this class anymore. avoid him

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: ECON144
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

HE ALLOWS CHEAT SHEET FOR ECON 145 BUT NOT 144, WHAT A JOKE? IT IS SUPER UNFAIR, AVOID AT ALL COST IF YOU WANNA GET AN A.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: ECON145
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Cool professor and an easy class. The midterm was easy and got a 95% on it, while the final was extremely difficult compared to the previous years. He asked for a lot of stuff that he barely went over in class, but it was graded on a huge curve so did end up with an A-. Regardless, I still recommend taking him. Easier than other econ electives.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: ECON145
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Lots of reading, material is interesting but some times he can be hard to understand. Always go to his office hours before midterm and final, those are the most helpful since he would answer your questions more specifically. I didn't try very hard in his class only go to review and go to his last office hours before exam and got an A+.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: ECON145
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Nice professor. Really cares about his subject. Class does not seem too difficult & exams do not seem too difficult. Only problem is he is hard to understand during lectures.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: ECON140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Cool teacher. Tests are pretty clear-cut. No need to write long paragraphs but instead give a direct answer. Classes are boring so maybe listen to his podcasts. Material is interesting...and yeah

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: ECON144
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This guy is the****. Teachers can learn from this guy.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: ECON144
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Easiest class I've ever taken, including community college. Not to say you won't learn a great deal and the material is pretty interesting. Survive the first few lectures and then enjoy looking at case studies on tigers and rhinos. Lots of reading assigned, but only read the articles he hypes a lot. Got an A by attending all review sessions.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: ECON145
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Interesting and the most easiest class I have ever take. No textbook needed, but lot of materials to read. easy final, midterm is ok. Review sections before exams are important, he will tell to what are important. I haven't read any articles he assignned, just did what he told in review sections and went through the lecture notes once,and I got A-.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: ECON145
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Not only is this guy a pretty good lecturer, he is a silver fox. Very handsome.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: ECON145
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

man, this class.... one word, suck

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: ECON145
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

class is crazy for sure. midterm yeah looks hard, like an ecology class. i know the final is easy.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: ECON145
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

professor squires really loves the material he teaches. not a hard class at all. take this as an elective!!!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ECON145
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

harder than expected but interesting. take this class only if you are interested in the topic. some people take it just because it is 'easy' but it really isn't unless you go to class and do the readings.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: ECON145
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

This is a great econ elective. It is a different view on econ, not demanding, not hard, straight forward, and actually interesting in sort of a political science/oceanography meets econ sort of way. Not the most useful material, but a nice change from all of the micro or macroeconomic analysis and computation

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: ECON145
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Person below me obviously failed this class. I must admit, it's really interesting stuff. One of the more "fun" econ classes. The material is easy and the prof. is great. Tests are fair but the TAs grade very meticulously. Final was easy. Go over ALL Lectures and make sure you understand them. Readings help too. I loved this class :)