Both minimalist and maximalist approaches to syllabus design have their proponents: concise syllabi are easier to navigate, while detailed ones offer a more precise picture of the course structure.

Creating and sharing the syllabus at the onset of a course is an important component to help orient students. The following recommendations provide guidance on producing and sharing a high-quality ...

Russell Crawford explains how to create a ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to Curriculum Design’ that pools all relevant information to support everyone involved in working towards positive student learning ...

Aily Nash, Barrie Gelles, Jasmine Nadua Trice, Kit Nicholls, Lynda Barry, Priya Jaikumar, Summer 2021, Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor, Syllabus: The Remarkable, Unremarkable Document ...

Guidance on bringing together academic expertise, students’ lived experience and GenAI’s creative capacity to co-design ...

Develop your educational practice in curriculum design and pedagogy applicable to a wide range of formal and informal educational settings. Through engaging with educational theory, research, and ...

The following parts are required, and must be addressed in some way in your syllabus document. You are welcome to arrange in a manner that makes most sense to your course. Course title and number ...

Many of the decisions affecting the success of a course take place well before the first day of class. Careful planning at the syllabus design stage not only makes teaching easier and more enjoyable, ...

A syllabus has many audiences—department chairs, Core committees, colleagues—but it should serve students, its most important audience. A well-designed syllabus does much more than convey policies: ...

Download and customize a template document that will help you organize your syllabus. Access a comprehensive list of official policies and suggested language to include on your syllabus about topics ...