Tips for Creating a Syllabus That Will Keep You and Your Course On Track

by Ann Brucklacher Remember all that training you had on writing a syllabus? No? If you’re like most instructors, you probably never had any. But does that matter, you may ask. It’s just a syllabus, a glorified course calendar. You learned what to do by, perhaps, swapping syllabi with colleagues or looking through sample syllabi provided by your department. To be frank, in between last-minute class assignments and heavy teaching loads, who has time to ponder a syllabus? However, before you dismiss the syllabus as first-day filler or as an utilitarian schedule, consider this document’s potential impacts. A vague or […]