Syllabi Requirements and Suggestions
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Instructors are required to distribute a course syllabus either in print or online, to their students at the beginning of the semester. That syllabus must contain the following:
- Course number and title, section, term and year
- The course catalog description and student learning objectives
- Instructor contact information with published office hours that comply with the minimum number of hours required by the university
- Grading criteria and the method used to determine final grade
- Attendance policy
- Required materials
- Disability statement
Instructors should consider including:
- Course web site
- Tentative deadlines for required and recommended readings
- Tentative schedule of course topics
- Make-up policy for designated course work
- Tardy policy and its impact, if any, on grades
- Test dates
- Course pre-requisites and restrictions as the appear in the catalog
- Information about required software
- Any course procedures unique to the course that might cause students to reconsider their enrollment in the course
- Academic integrity statement
- Information about the Student Success Center
- Policy for the use of cell phones, calculators and other electronic equipment in the classroom.
Important Contacts
- Maureen Baldwin, Director, Student Success Center/Advising
- Amanda Curran, Business Application Specialist-Beeline assistance
- Ryan Dye, Director, International Education
- Linda Eisenlauer, Director of Center for Instructional Design and Technology-Blackboard assistance
- Eileen Eitrheim, Marketing Director, Galvin Fine Arts Center
- Angela Elliott, Director, Career Center
- Sherri Erkel, Director, First Year Experience
- Kristin Harrington, Desktop Support Specialist-General IT assistance
- Mary Heinzman, Executive Director, Information Resources and Library
- Michael Hustedde, Director, Writing Intensive and Graduate Writing Programs
- Jane Kettering, Director of Media Relations, Communications and Marketing
- Tim Phillips, Dean of Students
- Dan Zeimet, Registrar, Records and Registration
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