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SEAN DINCES

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Raw average: 4.53/5 from 17 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.

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102 AND 283 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
This guy is absolutely one of my favorite professors. He teachers you in a way for you to retain the information. His lectures are interesting, and I was actually somewhat excited to go to history class. Exams aren't that bad, either. He's a prof you can relate to. Prof D's the man!
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102 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Sean was a good teacher and I learned a lot from his class. A lot of content included are topics that arent usually included in a typical history class that really made it interesting. Sean was really fair and pretty clear in what he expected from students.
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283 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
he's a real guy.. super relatable but obviously crazy intelligent.
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HISTORY249 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Dinces was a pretty cool professor overall. He was very passionate about the course and made the class interesting. His tests and papers were very clear and appropriate too. However, it was sometimes hard to pay attention to him during lecture because he talks a lot rather than putting the material on power points.
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102 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
He makes you fall in love with history. He knows his stuff and it's so interesting to hear him speak and learn from him. Two midterms, one paper, and a final. I would highly recommend this class to anyone and I would take it again if I could! I always enjoyed going to history class.
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HIST102 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
he would speed through the powerpoints but all you have to do is copy those down. he gives you 30 terms to study and then chooses 8 at random for the test and you must write about the importance of each. made it a lot easier to study. he is an awesome professor and really gets you into it. i only read for the paper due at the end.
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