Cynthia Schmidt-Cruz - University of Delaware

Professor: Cynthia Schmidt-Cruz
Department: Languages
College: University of Delaware
Rating # 1
Overview:
  • Course: PORT216
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
She's super passionate. Uses every last minute of class time. Course can be difficult. Portuguese is more spoken than English from the very first class, homework is plentiful, quizzes are frequent (it is intensive, after all). I highly suggest starting Portuguese on duolingo before starting; wouldn't suggest taking if ur not genuinely interested
Rating # 2
Overview:
  • Course: SPAN455
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: No
  • Attendance: Mandatory
Comment:
While I was not a huge fan on the class, I really liked Professor Schmidt-Cruz. She was so kind and caring. The class itself is boring, bland, and the timeline is out of touch with the students (too much in too little time). Class is important, lots of group work. Two group presentations. Hopefully a lot is changed for the class itself. She's nice.
Rating # 3
Overview:
  • Course: SPAN455
  • Grade Received: A
  • Overall Rating: 4.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: Yes
  • Textbook Used: No
  • Would Take Again: Yes
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Not the best Spanish professor I've taken, but still very nice. Keeps you a couple minutes over every day though and tends to start a minute early which is annoying. There's a TON of novel reading and you don't always go over it in a way that makes sense in class, but overall she's clear about what's important to know for exams. Easy grader.
Rating # 4
Overview:
  • Course: SPAN455
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very nice woman and obviously well learned. Class was combined with 655, which made it difficult to participate since the grad students basically ruled the discussion. I would recommend Schmidt-Cruz, but not for a 3 hour class.
Rating # 5
Overview:
  • Course: SPAN875
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: Yes
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She was super helpful
Rating # 6
Overview:
  • Course: SPANISH400
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 3.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
I'm not sure if she still lacks confidence at 40+ years old, but she still seems shy. Her Spanish is acceptable, but should be better since her husband is Spanish and she's lived in Spanish-speaking countries. Needs to take students to task in class, and not just passively agree with everything people say. She's obviously smart and she was hot once
Rating # 7
Overview:
  • Course: SPAN206
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
No Comments
Rating # 8
Overview:
  • Course: SPAN462
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 4.5
  • Course Difficulty: 4.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
sweet teacher, very willing to help, but had some unreasonably high expectations. class was combined with 600 level and we did pretty much the same work as they did. must do the readings and you will learn a lot.
Rating # 9
Overview:
  • Course: SPAN455
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She's a genuinely nice person. It can be hard to keep up with the reading, but she helps you out in class to understand the work anyway. She's very punctual...you will never get out of class early. Exams are essay and short answer. There were 2 papers to do. Great professor, you will learn.
Rating # 10
Overview:
  • Course: GRAD
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 2.5
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Makes students do all the work, presentations, etc. Rarely lectures. Seems to lack confidence and mumbles. Quirky, she corrects papers on grammar. Doesn't have a lot of direction when studying topic, so it can be boring at times. Wish there were more lat. Am. Lit profs at UD.
Rating # 11
Overview:
  • Course: SPAN455
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Wonderful teacher & brillant professor. Her love for Spanish literature is obvious & she is an amazing teacher. She pushes you to learn as much as possible and you will WANT to work for her and her class. I learned more in her class than in any other Spanish class at UDel.
Rating # 12
Overview:
  • Course: SPAN455
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She's great. Do the readings. Exams are a bit long, but she grades fairly. Take her class!
Rating # 13
Overview:
  • Course: SPAN455
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
She's awesome, very understanding and helpful!!
Rating # 14
Overview:
  • Course: GRAD
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 2.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Incredibly knowledgable of the subject matter. Obviously enjoys what she does.
Rating # 15
Overview:
  • Course: SPAN
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 3.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Very good teacher, I learned a lot.
Rating # 16
Overview:
  • Course: SPAN305
  • Grade Received: N/A
  • Overall Rating: 5.0
  • Course Difficulty: 1.0
  • For Credit: N/A
  • Textbook Used: N/A
  • Would Take Again: N/A
  • Attendance: N/A
Comment:
Give her tenure! She's a great teacher, very friendly; I learned a lot.
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