{"id":2724,"date":"2017-06-20T13:08:54","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T16:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/instructionalresourcesdev-v4\/?page_id=2724"},"modified":"2024-07-16T10:01:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T13:31:10","slug":"syllabus-definition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/instructionalresources\/syllabus-definition\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Syllabus Definition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a course syllabus?<\/h2>\n<p>This resource describes the purpose of a course syllabus, recommends elements to include, and provides a suggested template. It is based partly on the work of O\u2019Brien, Mills and Cohen (2008) who recommend a learning-centered approach to composing a course syllabus. We recommend you review the information which follows and choose elements of the template suitable to your course.<\/p>\n<p><section class='notebox'><aside><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> This resource reflects the syllabus requirements as outlined in the Evaluation of Student Work, Course Syllabus section of the University Calendar. Required sections are marked with an asterisk (*). Become familiar with university policies and regulations relating to the provision of course information and to making changes to a course syllabus after it has been distributed to students. Your school, faculty, or department may have a unit-wide required or suggested syllabus template for your use.<\/p>\n<p><\/aside><\/section><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Definition<\/h2>\n<p>A course syllabus is:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>[a] concise outline of a course of study. But it is also the students\u2019 introduction to the course, the subject matter and you. In addition to providing a schedule of class assignments, reading and activities, it should give students insight into and appreciation for the material. In a sense, then, it is not only the road map for the terms\u2019 foray into knowledge but also a travelogue to pique students\u2019 interest in the expedition.<\/p>\n<p><cite><em>(Nilson, 2010, p. 33)<\/em><\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a course syllabus?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[247,73,283],"collection":[],"class_list":["post-2724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-courses","tag-course-design","tag-syllabus","tag-territory-acknowledgement"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jane Costello","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/instructionalresources\/author\/jcostello\/"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7y0Lp-HW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/instructionalresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/instructionalresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/instructionalresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/instructionalresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/instructionalresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2724"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/instructionalresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21601,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/instructionalresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2724\/revisions\/21601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/instructionalresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/instructionalresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/instructionalresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2724"},{"taxonomy":"collection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.citl.mun.ca\/instructionalresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection?post=2724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}