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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 305

Third Semester Latin

4 credits

LATIN 305 is a third-semester course that reviews Latin grammar and vocabulary while focusing on extensive reading of various Latin authors.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.30 GPA, 50.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.31 GPA, 76.9% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.32 GPA, 52.6% A/AB (n=19 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Vanessa Schmitz-Siebertz

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Fall 2023–Fall 2025 · limited sample
LATIN 401

Readings in Latin Literature

3 credits

Readings in Latin literature focusing on writers of the Republic within their historical and cultural context.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.61 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=9 letter grades).

Vanessa Schmitz-Siebertz

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Fall 2023–Fall 2023 · limited sample

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Fall 2026LATIN 305Third Semester Latin
Fall 2026LATIN 401Readings in Latin Literature

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