Syllabus Design

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Sample statements on academic integrity (Honor Code)

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The Honor Code at Harvard College provides sample statements on academic integrity, collaboration, and course goals for instructors to use or adapt for course syllabi.

Planning a course (SLATE)

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The Strengthening Learning and Teaching Excellence (SLATE) initiative at Harvard Kennedy School offers insight on designing a course and building a syllabus.

Functions of the syllabus (Bok Center)

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The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning conveys functions of the syllabus.

Syllabus Explorer

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Syllabus Explorer, a web-based application developed by VPAL-Research, allows FAS community members to search, explore, and download FAS course syllabi.

Research: Should the Syllabus Evolve During the Semester?

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This 2012 article advocates for an evolving, responsive approach to course design and lists reasons why instructors change syllabi.

Transforming your syllabus to reach and engage students

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When Katharina Piechocki, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, prepares for a course she has taught before, she significantly changes the syllabus to stay relevant in a rapidly-changing world, respond to students’ (and her own) growing interests...

Course design (Bok Center)

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The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning outlines key questions to consider in course design.

Research: Should syllabi communicate expectations regarding appropriate classroom behaviors?

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Students poorly predict instructor expectations, according to an analysis of student and instructor survey responses about in-class behaviors such as arriving late, talking to other students, not taking notes, and monopolizing class time. The authors...

The hidden curriculum: Engaging students on another level

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Bernhard Nickel, Professor of Philosophy, engages students in his introductory College courses about the “hidden curriculum”—defined here as the social and disciplinary norms often invisible to both students and the teaching staff, including expectations...

Syllabus guides (Canvas)

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Instructors have multiple opportunities via the Canvas learning management system to provide week-by-week course updates to students, including syllabus updates.