Syllabus Creation
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SYLLABUS CREATION
You never
get a second chance to make a good first impression.
As you plan your courses,
take a few minutes to reflect on what you should include in your syllabus. By
having an organized syllabus, you can let students know what is expected of them
in your class, and how they can be successful. Consider the syllabus as a
contract between the students and yourself, the instructor. Your policies for
grading, late work, and attendance should be clear. Give specific dates for
assignments and topics to be covered.
Two important requirements
for syllabi are student outcomes, and a statement regarding
accommodations for students with disabilities. All course syllabi must have
the student outcomes listed as stated in the course outline. If you need
to know what the student outcomes are for your course, contact the Instruction
Office.
Click here to choose a template to create
your own syllabus. Just fill in the blanks for a custom-made syllabus.
 | Your name |
| Contact information, college's phone, your voice mail
extension, and at your option, email, office hours, home phone. |
| Course title and number, meeting days and times, room location |
| Prerequisites for the course |
| Accommodations statement for students with disabilities - required |
| Student outcomes - required |
| Description of the course from the college catalogue |
| Course goals and objectives |
| Required purchases: texts, workbooks, lab materials (include ISBN and year
published) |
| Major assignments: due dates and descriptions |
| Final exam place, date, and time |
| Grading standards and criteria |
| Your policy regarding late assignments |
| Your attendance policy |
| Topics to be covered in sequence with dates |
| Reading/outside assignments with due dates |
| Absence Policy |
| Library Information |
| Additional information as it pertains to your course:
 | Why would a student want to take this course? |
| Space for names and telephone numbers of at least two classmates. |
| Important dates to remember (add/drop, withdraw, CR/NC, campus holidays) |
| Policy regarding academic dishonesty |
| Will the course be primarily lecture, discussion, or
group work; or a combination? |
| Your teaching philosophy, and thoughts about the
discipline and course. |
| What will the exams assess? |
| Degrees and certificates related to your area |
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Academic Freedom and academic responsibility are
inseparable. Academic freedom is the right of instructors in their area
of expertise to teach, conduct research, and to communicate one's knowledge to
the academic community openly, honestly, and without interference.
Academic responsibility is the acceptance on the part of the
instructor while teaching, researching and communicating, to do so in such a
manner as not to bring discredit to the college, profession, or community.
Grading & Attendance Records
It is a recognized principle that evaluation in
college-level courses is a prime responsibility of the instructor. Such
evaluation involves the measurement of achievement against the objective of
the course, and the assignment of a letter grade to denote the outcome of the
student's work.
The evaluation process also involves the mandate to the
instructor that the grade book must provide evidence, in matters of attendance
and achievement, of the grade assigned. The grade book sesrves to
document the process by which a student earns a particular grade in the
course. Along with the course syllabus, this document allows for
verification and reconstruction of a student's grade should a dispute arise at
a later date. In addition, accurate attendance records must be
maintained for all positive attendance classes or where the instructor has
specified that student attendance contributes to the course grade.
Grade attendance books are available from Reprographics,
free of charge. An online grading program is also provided to all
faculty; trainings are given by Nancy Barclay.
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