During Opening Week, 2004, 13 faculty members gathered for a two-hour workshop on how to assemble a thorough and effective syllabus. This workshop was facilitated by Julie Moore and new full-time and part-time faculty attended. The first part of the workshop focused on reviewing the elements that should be on a syllabus as covered in the Syllabus Template (see Assessment Tools and Techniques). Specifically, participants learned how to integrate Campus-wide and Course-specific Outcomes into their syllabi.

Each faculty member who attended the syllabus workshop created and/or revised their syllabi for their courses to address the elements outlined on the syllabus template. Some examples of the syllabi created by participants are given here.

Accounting Syllabus (Brenda Bindschatel)

English Syllabus (Loretta Ferguson)

Art Syllabus (Paul Metivier)

English Syllabus (Jamie Fitzgerald)

 

The second part of the syllabus workshop engaged participants in reviewing and evaluating sample syllabi in order to see what they might want to do on their own syllabi. Specifically, participants discussed the format and language used in the various syllabi, as well as evaluated how well the syllabi incorporated the elements on the Syllabus Template. The value of this workshop was that it introduced new faculty to outcomes as well as standards for strong syllabi. This will help encourage these new instructors to address Campus-wide Outcomes in their courses.