# Natalie Zervou — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/NATALIE_ZERVOU) ## Dataset ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### repository twangodev/uwcourses ### schema version 6 ### importer version 7 ### projection id 52a78527ff09011d88cb04c7d43867d9fbfec2930bf1dd2ec359ebd2844e0b07 ### observed at 2026-09-07T15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### built at 2026-09-10T19:50:42.743001+00:00 ### courses 8951 ### current instructors 5754 ### limited false ### terms * 1272 * 1264 * 1262 * 1254 * 1252 * 1244 * 1242 * 1234 * 1232 * 1224 * 1222 * 1212 * 1204 * 1202 * 1194 * 1192 * 1184 * 1182 * 1174 * 1172 * 1164 * 1162 * 1154 * 1152 * 1144 * 1142 * 1134 * 1132 * 1124 * 1122 * 1114 * 1112 * 1104 * 1102 * 1094 * 1092 * 1084 * 1082 * 1074 * 1072 ### term 1272 ### departments | subject | count | | --------- | ----- | | AAE | 90 | | ABT | 20 | | ACCTIS | 36 | | ACTSCI | 14 | | AFAERO | 10 | | AFRICAN | 87 | | AFROAMER | 71 | | AGROECOL | 21 | | 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id zervou ### identity basis netid ### identity status source\_identified ### name Natalie Zervou ### email ZERVOU\@WISC.EDU ### first observed at 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### last observed at 2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### ratings #### review count 11 #### quality 3.27 #### difficulty 3 #### quality count 11 #### difficulty count 11 #### profile id rmp:2144043 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:14:33.952391+00:00 #### courses ##### course ab668ad9b91c1b2144bac8fd ###### review count 6 ###### quality 3.33 ###### difficulty 2.83 ###### quality count 6 ###### difficulty count 6 ##### course f7873630573889dd782135e8 ###### review count 2 ###### quality 2.5 ###### difficulty 3.5 ###### quality count 2 ###### difficulty count 2 ##### course ca95d78f82c67de0c84012fd ###### review count 2 ###### quality 5 ###### difficulty 2 ###### quality count 2 ###### difficulty count 2 #### bayesian quality 3.521410182933287 #### prior mean 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"DANCE 168", "course_uid": "course_ab668ad9b91c1b2144bac8fd", "review_date": "2025-04-17 17:17:21 +0000 UTC", "comment": "pretty chill class, but is entirely busy work. there are 4 zooms a semester and besides that you just complete weekly assignments that do not take too long. 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Not easy or accommodating.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2144043", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 5 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:14:33.952391+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTMxODM3NTQ4", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2144043", "instructor_name": "Natalie Zervou", "course_label": "DANCE168", "course_id": "DANCE 168", "course_uid": "course_ab668ad9b91c1b2144bac8fd", "review_date": "2019-05-10 17:08:55 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Overall, this class was terrible. The graders are very hard and unreasonable. Every week you write 200 words to explain a whole week of lecture and then the grader marks you off so much if you miss anything, when its impossible to add it all. Natalie is not accommodating and does not care what grade you get. Very liberal class.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2144043", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 5 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:14:33.952391+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTMxMjg5NTgx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:2144043", "instructor_name": "Natalie Zervou", "course_label": "DANCE268", "course_id": "DANCE 268", "course_uid": "course_f7873630573889dd782135e8", "review_date": "2019-01-22 05:09:22 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Took this for an easy A. Achieved it, but worked for it w/time. Quiz ?'s come right from lecture videos. I took notes on all lectures and it helped A LOT! Weekly summaries get annoying - rewrite notes from lec & you're good! 3 papers/performances. Be willing to do busy work. Nice lec was online & 4 online discussions/semester via webcam.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2144043", "quality_rating": 3, "difficulty_rating": 3 } ] ``` ### total 11 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ---------- | | course\_ca95d78f82c67de0c84012fd | DANCE 165 | | course\_ab668ad9b91c1b2144bac8fd | DANCE 168 | | course\_f7873630573889dd782135e8 | DANCE 268 | ### matched true ## social Image true