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Sample Course Syllabus Template
This is a sample template for Core courses. Adapt to meet the needs of your course.
Carl Brun, AVP for University Curricular Programs,
Course Title: ______
Course Prefix, Number, Section Number: ______
Credit Hours: ____
Instructor Name:______
Rank:______
Department:______
College:______
Office Location:______
Phone Number:______
Email Address:______
Office Hours:______
______
Course Characteristics (only list those that apply)
- Pre-Requisites or Co-Requisites
______
______
- Restrictions (e.g. Majors only; Instructor or Department Permission)
______
______
- Mode of Delivery
- Face-to-Face____
- Fully Online – No Set Meeting Time(100% off campus)____
- Fully Online – Set Meeting Time (100% off campus)____
- Mostly Online – On-campus up to 25% of Contact Hours____
- Accelerated/Flexibly Scheduled____
- Cross Listed with
______
______
- Laboratory Course____
- Core Element
- 1 – Communication____
- 2 – Mathematics____
- 3 – Global Traditions____
- 4 – Arts & Humanities____
- 5 – Social Science____
- 6 – Natural Science____
- Ohio Transfer Module (OTM)____
- Ohio Transfer Assurance Guide (TAG)____
- Integrated Writing
- Core____
- Major____
- Multicultural Competence____
- Service Learning
- Service Learning ____
- Service Learning Intensive____
- Honors____
Course Description
Required Text and Other Course Materials
Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment
- You must list the Learning Outcomes for all Course Characteristics marked above
- You may add other learning outcomes
- You must state how students’ mastery of each learning outcome will be assessed.
Course Requirements
- Tests, Quizzes, In-Class Writing, Out-of-Class Writing, Journals, Individual/Group Projects, Attendance Policy, or other graded work.
- Include the percentage for which the requirement is counted towards the final grade
- Include Grading Scale
- Include requirements that demonstrate that the IW component is met, if an IW course.
Course Outline
- Organized by 14 week academic calendar and final exam;
- Topic and/or typical assignments (such as, textbook assignments, journal articles, internet resources)
Week / Topic
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OPTIONAL CONTENT
Campus Academic Policies & Resources
- Academic Success Services
- Wright State provides a strong support network dedicated to helping you achieve academic success. Our goal is to help you become the best student you can be.
- Departmental Help Rooms offer program specific, free walk-in help.
- Supplemental Instruction is an academic assistance program that utilizes free peer-assisted study sessions in a variety of courses
- Research Toolkit Workshops are designed to help students improve college-level research skills and conducted by University Library staff
- Counseling & Wellness provide a variety of confidential therapeutic services to help you through the challenges of life and pressures of college
- Office of Disability Services offers academic support designed to assist students with disabilities meet all academic requirements
- Veteran and Military Center focuses on providing a supportive environment for all veteran and military connected students as they transition from the military to college
- Disability Services
- Extending the opportunities of higher education to people with disabilities is a high priority at Wright State.The Office of Disability Services (ODS) offers services, programs and activities that allow students with disabilities to participate in all facets of university life, according to their unique abilities and interests.
- In order to achieve our goal of helping students realize their full potential, we offer services above and beyond those required.A student's individual eligibility for services is determined through the application and interview process. Visit the ODS Student Services website for a list of available services.
- ODS provides accommodations to students with all types of disabilities: ADD/ADHD, learning, medical, physical, and psychological.
- ODS also offers accommodations to students currently enrolled in College Credit Plus and Pre-College Programs.
- Academic Dishonesty
- It is the policy of Wright State University to uphold and support standards of personal honesty and integrity for all students consistent with the goals of a community of scholars and students seeking knowledge and truth. Furthermore, it is the policy of the university to enforce these standards through fair and objective procedures governing instances of alleged dishonesty, cheating, and other academic misconduct.” The policy defines plagiarism as “Quoting, paraphrasing, or otherwise using the words or ideas of another as your own without acknowledging or properly citing the other.”
- Faculty may pursue allegations of academic misconduct and potential sanctions on students who violate the policy.
- Academic Grievance
- This process is applicable only to those areas for which no special grievance procedure has been established and is intended to address the resolution of student concerns related to classroom issues and other academic matters.
- Specific colleges and schools have academic grievance policies and procedures that are posted to their websites and available in their advising offices.
- To initiate resolution of an academic grievance, students should:
- Discuss their concern with the involved faculty member, in a timely manner.
- If resolution is not achieved, discuss the concern with the chair of the faculty member's department, in a timely manner.
- If resolution is not achieved, discuss the concern with the dean of the college or school or the college designated representative responsible for addressing student academic grievances, in a timely manner.
- If resolution is not achieved, discuss the problem with the Assistant Vice President for University Curricular Programs in a timely manner.
Instructor Academic Policies
- To fully enforce instructor classroom expectations, those expectations and consequences should be written in the syllabus
- Examples of classroom policies may be
- Use of audio or video recording
- Use of electronic devices, such as laptop computers, I pads, or phones
- Definitions of and consequences for lateness or absences
- Definitions of and consequences for disrupting class
- Definitions of and consequences of late or make-up work
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