SYE COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Number/Section and Title:
Semester and Year:
Course Meeting:
Days
Time
Location
Credit Hours:
Total Credit Hours
Is this a Travel Course:
Yes
No
Lecture Credit Hours
Lab Credit Hours (if applicable)
If Yes, list travel dates:
Instructor:
First, Last
Office Location/Room #
Email Address
Office Phone Number
Other Number or preferred contact information
Set Office Hours (Days and Time) Also available by appointment.
(If multiple instructors, please copy and paste table here.)
Course Catalog Description, including pre- or co-requisite course work or other required items. (Copy and paste from
online course description.)
SYE Mission
The Otterbein Senior Year Experience provides graduating students with opportunities to articulate and practice their
roles and responsibilities as citizens in interdisciplinary settings, reflect on their education as a whole, and prepare for
their transition to life beyond college.
SYE Goals and Outcomes:
Act
Goal 1: You will apply the knowledge, skills and values developed through your major and general education to
develop solutions to meet contemporary challenges/problems.
 You will work with students from multiple departments to practice inquiry and problem-solving skills.
 You will articulate how your knowledge, skills and values come together to address the challenge/problem.
 You will identify the roles you practiced and imagine future roles for yourself related to the challenge.
 You will demonstrate that your education and the experience have come together by publicly presenting the
results of your work.
 You will prepare a learning legacy to leave to future students.
Reflect
Goal 2: You will actively reflect on your entire undergraduate education and imagine its future purposes and uses.
 You will ponder how your education may contribute to your personal, professional and community life.
 You will imagine yourself in your new roles and identify possible challenges in those roles.
 You will reflect on your future personal, ethical, community and global responsibilities as a change agent.
 You will complete e-portfolio and reflective pieces required by the SYE.
Transition
Goal 3: You will actively prepare for your transition from student to professional, citizen, leader and community
member.
 You will gain awareness of the key adjustments encountered by seniors and new graduates.
 You will use campus and community resources to help guide your transition.
 You will attend co-curricular workshops about financial, career, and other transition issues.
 You will use your reflections to develop an action plan related to at least one of your future roles.
Student Learning Outcomes specific to Goal 1: You will apply the knowledge, skills and values developed through
your major and general education to develop solutions to meet contemporary challenges/problems.
 You will work with students from multiple departments to practice inquiry and problem-solving skills.
 You will articulate how your knowledge, skills and values come together to address the challenge/problem.
 You will identify the roles you practiced and imagine future roles for yourself related to the challenge.
 You will demonstrate that your education and the experience have come together by publicly presenting the
results of your work.
 You will prepare a learning legacy to leave to future students.
Student Learning Outcomes specific to Goal 2: You will actively reflect on your entire undergraduate education and
imagine its future purposes and uses.
 You will ponder how your education may contribute to your personal, professional and community life.
 You will imagine yourself in your new roles and identify possible challenges in those roles.
 You will reflect on your future personal, ethical, community and global responsibilities as a change agent.
 You will complete e-portfolio and reflective pieces required by the SYE.
Student Learning Outcomes specific to Goal 3: You will actively prepare for your transition from student to
professional, citizen, leader and community member.
 You will gain awareness of the key adjustments encountered by seniors and new graduates.
 You will use campus and community resources to help guide your transition.
 You will attend co-curricular workshops about financial, career, and other transition issues.
 You will use your reflections to develop an action plan related to at least one of your future roles.
Required Texts and/or Ancillary Materials
Attendance and Participation Policy
Co-Curricular Events: The Center for Career and Professional Development hosts numerous workshops and events
designed to assist students. You MUST attend at least one of these events, and [[write up a 2-3 page paper on what it
was and what you learned.]] For more information on CCPD events, please visit their web page at:
http://www.otterbein.edu/public/CampusLife/ServicesAndResources/Career.aspx.
Assignments/Tests and expectations for out-of-class work
Deadlines for submitting work
Final Exam Date and Time
Academic Honesty
All academic work should be your own. Academic dishonesty (plagiarism and cheating) may result in automatic failure of the
assignment or the course itself, and you will be referred to the Academic Affairs Office for suspension or expulsion proceedings.
You are plagiarizing when you:
1. Copy material from a source without using quotation marks and proper citation.
2. Follow the movement of the source, substituting words and sentences but keeping its meaning, without citing it.
3. Lift phrases or terms from a source and embed them in your own prose without using quotation marks and proper
citation.
4. Borrow ideas (that are not common knowledge) form a source without proper citation.
5. Turn in a paper wholly or partially written by someone else.
The complete statement on Plagiarism, Cheating and Dishonesty can be found in the Campus Life Handbook, page 33, at the
following web link: http://www.otterbein.edu/public/CampusLife/HealthAndSafety/StudentConduct.aspx.
Learning Differences
If you have a documented learning difference please contact Kera McClain Manley, the Disability Services Coordinator, to
arrange for whatever assistance you need. The Disability Services is located in Room #13 on the second floor of the Library in the
Academic Support Center. You are welcome to consult with me privately to discuss your specific needs. For more information,
contact Kera at kmanley@otterbein.edu, 614-823-1618 or visit the Disability Services at the following web link:
http://www.otterbein.edu/public/Academics/AcademicAffairsDivision/AcademicSupportCenter/DisabilityServices.aspx.
Statement on Credit Hour Definition/Expectation for Student Work
For each credit hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction, students are expected to engage in two hours of outof-class work (readings, homework, studying, project preparation, etc.). A four semester credit hour course requires
eight hours per week of out-of-class work.