Syllabus Review
Task Force
Central Texas College
Instructional and Accreditation Support Services
Organization Chart
Chancellor
Deputy Chancellor/Dean
Educational Program and Support Services
Director
Distance
Education
and
Education
Technology
Director
Institutional
Effectiveness
Dean
Director
Student
Services
Instructional
Services
Dean
Library
Services
Michelle
Anderson
Lesley
McGough
Stephanie
Durham
(IM)
(Fac Qual)
(Sec)
Director
Learning
Outcomes
Assessment
Syllabus Review Basics
Informal structure
 Come and go
 Participation voluntary
 Rotate location
 Meeting no longer than 60-90 minutes
 12 to 18 months project length

Committee
Task Force
A body of persons
delegated to consider,
investigate, take
action on, or report on
some matter
A temporary grouping
for the purpose of
accomplishing a
definite objective
vs.
Chairman
The presiding officer
of a meeting,
organization,
committee, or event
Facilitator
vs.
One that helps to
bring about an
outcome by providing
indirect or unobtrusive
assistance, guidance,
or supervision
Solution
• an action or process of solving a problem
• an answer to a problem specifically: a set of values of the variables
that satisfies an equation
• an act or the process by which a solid, liquid, or gaseous substance is
homogeneously mixed with a liquid or sometimes a gas or solid
• a homogeneous mixture formed by this process; especially: a singlephase liquid system
• the condition of being dissolved
• a bringing or coming to an end or into a state of discontinuity
Trade-offs
• a balancing of factors all of which are not attainable at the same time
• a giving up of one thing in return for another
Task Force Charge
1. Define Master Syllabus
2. Define Class/Course Syllabus
3. Address possible revision
a) What is needed?
b) What is not needed?
c) How can we improve?
4. Electronic capabilities
5. Learning outcomes
http://www.ctcd.edu/ia/index.htm
http://www.ctcd.edu/ia/syllabus_review.htm
Resources
Web Pages
Phone
Email
Instructional Services:
X 1154
erin.rhoden@ctcd.edu
http://www.ctcd.edu/ia/index.htm
Syllabus Review Task Force:
http://www.ctcd.edu/ia/syllabus_review.htm
Stage One
Define Master Syllabus
Master Syllabus
• What is it?
• Why is it?
• Who uses it?
• How is it different from a
class syllabus?
Master Syllabus
What is it?
What is it?
• Contract between faculty member and student
• Resource for newly hired adjunct faculty members
• Tool to disseminate administrative policies
• Marketing tool
 provide preview of course content
 highlight new course offerings
Master Syllabus
• What is it?
• Why is it?
Why is it?
• Describes the course
• Defines the purpose/reason for the course
• Establishes the course within the broader
program of study
• Communicates expectations
• Provides consistency
Master Syllabus
• What is it?
• Why is it?
• Who Uses it?
Syllabus Users
• Faculty/Adjunct
•
Student
•
Other institutions (transfer)
•
Administration
•
Regulatory Agencies
 THECB/SACS
 HB 2504
Master Syllabus
• What is it?
• Why is it?
• Who uses it?
• How is it different from
a class syllabus?