CETLA S Syllabus Checklist*

CETLA’s Syllabus Checklist*

Directions: Using this checklist, assess your own syllabus or an assigned syllabus. Click on the links to access resources on the web. (Note: If you wish to save this page, choose FILE-SAVE and then click the CTRL Key and the mouse to activate the links.)

Item Checklist Course Information Section Comments:  Course title Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  CRN Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Course number Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Course section Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Credit hours Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Class meeting days Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Class hours Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Classroom location Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Lab/recitation Y___ N___ N/A___ location Comments:  Web page Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Semester and year Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Date of issue Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:

Instructor Information Section Comments:  Full name Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Title Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Office location Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Office phone Y___ N___ N/A___ number Comments:  Department phone Y___ N___ N/A___ number Comments:  Home phone Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments: 2

number (optional)  E-mail address Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Office hours Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Teaching Y___ N___ N/A___ Assistant(s) Comments:  TA name(s) Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  TA office location(s) Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  TA phone Y___ N___ N/A___ number(s) Comments:  TA e-mail Y___ N___ N/A___ address(es) Comments:

Course description/ Objectives Section Comments:  Catalog/bulletin Y___ N___ N/A___ description Comments:  General course Y___ N___ N/A___ content Comments:  Pre- or co-requisites Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Permission from Y___ N___ N/A___ instructor required? Comments:  General course Y___ N___ N/A___ goals Comments:  Performance Y___ N___ N/A___ objectives for Comments: students  Instructional methods Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments: Textbooks/readings/materials Section Comments:  Textbook authors, Y___ N___ N/A___ titles, editions Comments:  Supplementary Y___ N___ N/A___ reading Comments:  Internet links Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Lab supplies Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Other course Y___ N___ N/A___ material (e.g., Comments: videos) 3

Course calendar/schedule Section Comments:

 Topics to be covered Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Required and Y___ N___ N/A___ supplemental Comments: readings  Homework Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Extended Y___ N___ N/A___ Assignments Comments:  Paper due dates Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Exam dates Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Quiz dates Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Required special Y___ N___ N/A___ events Comments:

Course policies Section Comments:  Attendance Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Promptness Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Class participation Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Missed exams Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Missed assignments Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Lab safety/health Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Academic integrity Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Grading Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments: Specify criteria as well as weights.  Incomplete grade Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Withdrawal from Y___ N___ N/A___ course Comments:  Extra credit Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments: 4

Other course specific Section Comments: information  Accommodation Y___ N___ N/A___ (ADA) statement for Comments: students with disabilities  Statement to cover Y___ N___ N/A___ possible changes in Comments: syllabus  Support services Y___ N___ N/A___ Comments:  Frequently asked Y___ N___ N/A___ questions (FAQs) Comments: about this course (optional)  Advice for Y___ N___ N/A___ successful Comments: performance (optional)

Now rate the syllabus’s Section Comments: effectiveness as 5 = Excellent 1 = Needs Improvement

 a road map to 5___ 4___ 3___ 2___ 1___ guide the teaching, learning, Comments: and assessment process  an organizational 5___ 4___ 3___ 2___ 1___ tool to help teachers and Comments: students manage that process  a contract to 5___ 4___ 3___ 2___ 1___ clarify the teacher’s Comments: expectations and the student’s responsibilities

* adapted from the “Howard University Syllabus Checklist” (Office of the Provost, 1997) and San Francisco State University’s “Building a Syllabus” (http://oct.sfsu.edu/design/syllabus/htmls/builtsyl.html).