SAMPLE SYLLABUS TEMPLATE
NAME OF COURSE AND SEMESTER, YEAR
INSTRUCTOR:
Name
Office address & office hours
Email address & phone number
DESCRIPTION: Copy and paste the course description from the Undergraduate catalog here.
Prerequisite: List course or ACT requirement plus any minimum grade. (3).
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
 What students should be able to do as a result of successfully completing your class;
 Remember, understand, apply, analyze, synthesize, or evaluate things;
 Bloom’s taxonomy offers suggestions for verbs to start this listing;
 If you need additional help, call CETL.
COURSE MATERIALS:
List all required books and their ISBNs. List also recommended readings. *Consider using
Open Education Resources (e.g., cnx.org) or placing materials on reserve in the Library.
GRADE INFORMATION:
 Class attendance – Attendance is mandatory. Please notify me in advance if you have a
University-sanctioned event that you are required to attend. In the case of serious illness
or injury, please contact me as soon as possible. Worth 10% of final grade.
 Homework – Due dates for assignments are firm. Late assignments will only be accepted
in cases of verified emergencies. Worth 25% of final grade.
 Tests – Test dates are listed on this syllabus. Any changes to these dates will be
announced in class and posted on Blackboard. No make-up tests will be given except in
cases of verified emergencies. Worth 65% of final grade (2 midterms 20% each and final
exam 25%)
 Other – If anything else is required, explain it here.
*Instructors can usually determine their own grading system. This is only an example and
excludes C-. Your final grade will be based on a modified +/- grading system:
92 to 100 A
90 to 91.9 A88 to 89.9 B+
82 to 87.9 B
80 to 81.9 B77 to 79.9 C+
70 to 76.9 C
60 to 69.9 D
Less than 60 F
ACADEMIC CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE: Students are expected to adhere to the
University of Mississippi Creed and the Standards of Honesty as described in Policy Code
ACA.AR.600.001 and written in the M Book. If you violate the Standards of Honesty, you will
be reported and subject to the appropriate sanction which may include expulsion from the
University.
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SAMPLE SYLLABUS TEMPLATE
DISABILITY ACCESS STATEMENT: It is University policy to provide, on a flexible and
individual basis, reasonable classroom accommodations to students who have verified
disabilities that may affect their ability to participate in course activities or meet course
requirements. Students with disabilities are encouraged to contact their instructors to discuss
their individual needs for accommodations
TENTATIVE AGENDA: If changes are made, you will get advance notification in class.
Date
Daily
Topic
General overview of what is planned for class
Required Readings
Specific pages in books
General overview of what is planned for class this week
Specific pages in books
or
Weekly
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