Teaching & Learning

Syllabus/Course Design

Event description
A well-designed syllabus featuring strong and achievable learning objectives is the key to a successful course. A complete and engaging syllabus represents both a contract and an instructional road map outlining what students are expected to know and be able to do as a result of having participated in the course. A concise outline of a course of study, it is also the students' introduction to you and to the course's subject matter, assignments, readings, and activities.

This event is for all faculty. We will provide several copies of effective syllabi while discussing the questions that shape an effective course. These issues include the development of course objectives, how to organize course content, how to design appropriate learning activities, and the elements of successful assessment and evaluation.

Sample Syllabus Template  (a Word document from  UCOC - University  Committee On Curriculum,  2007)

Event last offered
Nov 16, 2005: Designing Objectives-Based Courses and Syllabi (1-2pm, HNB Auditorium)

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Resources

Videos:

• Creating Outcomes-Based & Learner-Centered Syllabi, Nov 05 (video), Bill McComas
• Course & Syllabus Design, Sept 04 (video), Bill McComas
• Creating Effective, Outcomes-Based Syllabi, Sept 03 (video), Danielle Mihram

Sample Syllabi (USC):
• Sample Syllabus: French 383 (.pdf), Danielle Mihram
• Sample Syllabus: CTSE 509 (.pdf), Bill McComas

Documents:
• Charting Your Course: Instructional Design, Course Planning, and Developing the Syllabus, May 07 (.pdf), Danielle Mihram
• Creating an Outcomes-Based Syllabus (.pdf), Danielle Mihram
• Teaching Nuggets: 2.1 Planning and Organizing your Course (.pdf)
• What Syllabi Communicate about Assessment in College Classrooms (.pdf)
• Learning-Centered Syllabi, Iowa State
• Designing a Learning-Centered Syllabus, Delaware

See also: Learning Outcomes & Objectives

Last modified:  11 July 2007