Fall 2026

Natural Resource Economics

NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS covers economic tools for managing natural resources, including cost-benefit analysis and policy issues.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Dominic Parker4.0/5

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The course features bi-weekly quizzes and problem sets based on lectures to ensure students stay on top of the material.

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ECON 301 or 311 or graduate/professional standing

AAE/ECON/F&WECOL 531

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Fall 2026
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Raw average: 4.67/5 from 12 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

For this course: 5.0/5 raw quality · 2.7/5 difficulty · 7 reviews

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Dominic Parker is consistently praised for his passion, clarity, and student care. Reviewers highlight his engaging lectures and thorough explanations tailored to different learning styles. He employs frequent small assessments like quizzes and problem sets to ensure student progress.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.39 GPA, 68.4% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.46 GPA, 69.2% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.48 GPA, 70.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

DOMINIC PARKER is recorded teaching in Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Fall 2026

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Student experience

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Dominic Parker is consistently praised as an excellent, passionate, and caring professor who makes the class interesting and manageable.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.39 GPA, 68.4% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.46 GPA, 69.2% A/AB (n=26 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.48 GPA, 70.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

The course features bi-weekly quizzes and problem sets based on lectures to ensure students stay on top of the material.

Students appreciate Parker's engaging lectures, thorough explanations, and kind grading, which reduces pressure and allows focus on learning.

Topics

  • Pricing principles, cost-benefit analysis, equity, externalities, economic rent, renewable and nonrenewable resources, and resource policy issues.

Skills

  • Applying economic tools like cost-benefit analysis and pricing principles to natural resource management and policy.

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Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Fall 2026.

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AAE/ECON/F&WECOL 531 · Fall 2026

Natural Resource Economics

Recorded 2026-09-07
AAE/ECON/F&WECOL 531 · Fall 2026

Natural Resource Economics

Recorded 2026-09-07
AAE/ECON/F&WECOL 531 · Fall 2026

Natural Resource Economics

Recorded 2026-09-07
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