SUGGESTED FORMAT FOR COURSE SYLLABUS

COURSE:   Department and Number
• TITLE:        Name of Course
• CREDIT:    Number of Credit Hours
• FACULTY:  Faculty name, office phone and office hours
• PREREQUISITES AND
• COREQUISITES: List them
• COURSE DESCRIPTION:   Catalog description of the course
• COURSE OBJECTIVES:      List course objectives. For courses that are General Education certified, this is an appropriate place to include the criteria that make the course a certain category of General Education. For general education, it would be helpful if there was a standard course syllabus that all faculty use, so that elements of general education are communicated to all who teach the course. Additional objectives can be added by the faculty member, but the general education objectives would be used by all who teach the course.
• ATTENDANCE POLICY:      Specify the attendance policy.
• MAKE-UP POLICY:               State the policy, if any, for make-up exams, projects, papers, etc.
• EVALUATION:                       It is important to give the student information about your basis for the final course grade. Include here the percentage weight for the final grade for each element (e.g.. paper 40%; exams 40%, etc..) and the grading scale (e.g.. A = ;B= ;C= ; etc..)
  For general education courses that must have a writing requirement, this is the place to identify that component and the percentage of the total grade that it carries.
  For clarity, and to avoid problems later, it is a good idea to specify the criteria for required course elements such as papers, oral presentations in the syllabus or in a separate document. (This could be done in a handout or verbally, but do it).
• TEXTBOOK:                           Name of required text(s) and any recommended material.
• ADA STATEMENT:               If you are a student with a disability (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) and think you might need special assistance or a special accomodation in this class or any other class, call the Office for Students with Disabilities/ College Access program at 425-4006 or come by the office in 110 Frist Hall.
• PLEASE NOTE: Faculty must comply with the ADA statement.
  
  
  The syllabus could also include:
• TOPICAL OUTLINE:   Week by week, or class by class tentative listing of topics and required readings/ requirements for each session.
• TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGIES:   Include here the teaching strategies you may use-e.g. lecture, guest speakers, audiovisuals, demonstrations, etc..

You can include a statement at the end to the effect that this is subject to change, and that it is the responsibility of the student to keep informed of changes, new materials, missed content, etc..