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Vanessa Schmitz-Siebertz

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Raw average: 4.50/5 from 2 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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LATIN203 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Professor Schmitz-Siebertz was passionate and cared. She obviously loved her subject and teaching it. She made everything very clear and easy to understand. There was a lot of memorization, but that is to be expected in a language class. The hardest part is that she does have a set number of classes you can miss before your grade is affected.
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LATIN203 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
Prof. Schmitz-Siebertz is passionate about Latin, and wants students to also be excited about Ovid/Metamorphoses. There's lots of HW and quizzes, but they are all fair. I took a year off of Latin before taking 203, but Prof. Schmitz-Siebertz made it easy to jump right back in. Recommended!
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Classes with Vanessa Schmitz-Siebertz

LATIN 306

Fourth Semester Latin

4 credits

Fourth Semester Latin provides close literary analysis of Roman poets and prose writers, emphasizing critical approaches to structure, style, and language over purely historical study.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.50 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.50 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=6 letter grades).

Vanessa Schmitz-Siebertz

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Spring 2024–Spring 2026 · limited sample
LATIN 699

Directed Study

1–3 credits

Advanced directed study involving analysis of Latin texts and producing an original scholarly project on ancient Greek, Roman, or Near Eastern society and culture.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Grant NelsestuenWilliam Brockliss+3 more

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2027LATIN 306Fourth Semester Latin
Spring 2027LATIN 699Directed Study
Fall 2026LATIN 305Third Semester Latin
Fall 2026LATIN 401Readings in Latin Literature

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