Creating Syllabi: Reference and Web Sources

Formats/Templates

• UC Berkeley, from Barbara Gross Davis, “Tools for Teaching” – Creating a Syllabus: http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/syllabus.html
• Learning-Centered Syllabus Format (UMass Lowell) - http://www.uml.edu/centers/FTC/lcsyll.html
• CSU Dominguez Hills Syllabus Construction Template: http://ctl.csudh.edu/RESOURCES/SyllabusConstructionTemplate.pdf

Tutorials/Handbooks

• University of Minnesota - http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/tutorials/syllabus/
  • Sections on course description, expectations, texts, technology, grading, resources, calendar
  • Includes plagiarism policies, how to cite sources, etc.
• Brown University - http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Sheridan_Center
  • Detailed analysis of course structure, link with effective teaching
  • See especially the “Online Syllabus Workshop” and the Master Syllabus form

Worksheets

• University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Syllabus Construction - http://www.utc.edu/Administration/WalkerTeachingResourceCenter/FacultyDevelopment/Syllabus/
• Howard B. Altman, William E. Cashin, “Writing a Syllabus” - http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/writesyl.htm
  
• Fairfield University: Constructing a Syllabus - http://www.fairfield.edu/x3717.html - Guidelines for a discussion about syllabi

Papers/Essays

• Altman, Howard B. “Writing a Syllabus” http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/writesyl.htm
  • Discussion of principal parts
  • Bibliography and “Major Content Areas”
  • Further reading and references

Collection of Sample Syllabi for various courses:

“World Lecture Hall” (database of free online course materials) - http://web.austin.utexas.edu/wlh/index.cfm