Both minimalist and maximalist approaches to syllabus design have their proponents: concise syllabi are easier to navigate, while detailed ones offer a more precise picture of the course structure.

The course syllabus is one of the central artifacts of higher education. It is a critical means of communication between teacher and student and is often the first form of interaction. The syllabus ...

Designing Your Course Syllabus Many of the decisions affecting the success of a course take place well before the first day of class. Careful planning at the syllabus design stage not only makes ...

Curriculum design in biosciences: setting up first-year students for success Transferable skills and employability are more important than ever, and students arrive at university with a widening ...

Sherria D. Taylor, Maria J. Veri, Michele Eliason, Jocelyn Clare R. Hermoso, Nicole D. Bolter, Juliana E. Van Olphen, The Social Justice Syllabus Design Tool, Journal ...

A professor opts to limit his syllabus to a single, two-sided page. He reports the sky has not fallen.

Finally, Nash offers another technique that I love in a syllabus when she writes, “The works presented in class will provide a broad view on political moving-image making, considering experimental ...