College of Arts & Media
University of Colorado Denver
Syllabus Template
Course Information
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Course Title
Number, Section
Meeting Dates & Times & Location
Semester
Instructor Information
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Instructor
Contact Information [phone, official CU Denver email address]
Office Hours
Location
To schedule an appointment contact: [e.g., Department Program Assistant]
CAM Vision, Mission, and Values
Vision—art changing lives
Mission—The College of Arts & Media exists at the intersection of art, technology, and commerce, and as such, faculty and
students use powerful art making, expansive teaching/learning, and strategic service to connect deeply with the arts
disciplines and the creative industries—as these currently exist and as they might become.
Values
Experimentation and Innovation
Excellence and Professionalism
Community
Creative Research and Scholarship
Leadership
Entrepreneurship
Technological Innovation
Critical Thinking
Diversity, Accessibility, and Equity
Intellectual Freedom and Artistic
Integrity
Sustainability
Civic Engagement
Experiential Learning
Social Responsibility
Course Description
Course description as stated in the course catalogue
Course Learning Outcomes
Insert outcomes for the course (i.e., knowledge, skills, and dispositions)
Safety and Emergency Preparedness Resources
There are many resources available to ensure that you and the university community are prepared for all types of
emergencies.
Emergency Telephone Numbers
 EMERGENCY DISPATCH-From a campus phone dial 9-1-1 or 303.556.5000 from any other phone.
 EMERGENCY TTY (Telecommunication Device for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing) 303.556.2133
 Campus Emergency & Information Hotline-303.556.2401
 Hazardous Materials Emergency-From a campus phone dial 9-1-1 or 303.556.5000 from any other phone.
 RAAP (Rape Assistance Awareness Program) 24 hour Hotline -.303.322.7273
 Suicide/Crisis Prevention Hotline-303.860.1200 or 303.343.9890
 Poison Control Center-303.739.1123
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Health Center at Auraria-303.556.2525
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Receive text, voice, e-mail or pager campus emergency notifications through the University Emergency
Notification System. Students are recommended to register for Rave free text and voice messaging
service at www.getrave.com/login/DenverAlerts.
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Posted in all classrooms, conference rooms and office suites is the Emergency Procedures Reference
Sheet.
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Be familiar with the information located in the Emergency Preparedness Quick-Reference Guide.
Better yet, print out a copy of the guide and keep it with your course materials. The guide covers
information such as, emergency and non emergency phone numbers, medical emergency, fire and active
shooter situations.Emergency Preparedness Guide:
http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/departments/UniversityPolice/EmergencyPreparedness/Pages/Emergency
Guides.aspx
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Campus Safety Video. A ten minute video that describes how to prepare for and respond to an
emergency on campus. The video is available online and in all classrooms. Shots Fired Videos:
http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/departments/UniversityPolice/PersonalSafetyCrimePrevention/ClassesTr
aining/Pages/SafetyVideos.aspx
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Campus Emergency Phones. Located throughout the campus (interior and exterior), the phones provide
direct contact with the Auraria Police Department with the push of a single button.
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Cleary Act. This detailed report provides information about crime statistics on campus and safety-based
policies and procedures.
http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/departments/UniversityPolice/CrimeStatistics/Pages/CrimeStatistics.aspx
Campus Resources for Personal Safety
The Campus Assessment, Response & Evaluation (CARE) Team was created at the University of Colorado
Denver | Anschutz campus to address the health and safety needs of students as well as the campus community.
The purpose of the team is to assess whether individuals pose a risk to themselves or others and to intervene
when necessary, and more generally, to identify and provide assistance to those in need. The team takes a
preventative approach to risk assessment by offering resources, referrals, and support to both the concerning
individual and those impacted by their behavior. See the CARE Team website for helpful information regarding
conduct issues. http://www.ucdenver.edu/life/services/beta/Pages/default.aspx
The Office of Community Standards and Wellness serves as a resource to the entire university community
through its efforts to meet the developmental and educational needs of students related to community
expectations, civility and respect for self and others. We strive to create a dynamic, open and just environment
where civility, cultural competence and learning are expected and celebrated.
The CU Denver Student and Community Counseling Center provides mental health counseling services to the CU
Denver student body as well as the Denver Metro community.
The Office of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Student Services offers a variety of support, education and
advocacy services for the entire campus community.
The Phoenix Center at Auraria is a tri-institutional office on campus that provides free and confidential services to
survivors of sexual assault, relationship violence, and stalking. We serve students, staff, and faulty at all 3 Auraria
institutions and AHEC. 24/7 free and confidential helpline: 303-556-CALL (2255) Main office (for
appointments): 303-556-6011 Tivoli 227
Campus Resources for Academic Support
Writing Center
The Writing Center at CU Denver and the Anschutz Medical Campus is a free resource available to all university
students who wish to improve as writers. Services include in-person and online one-on-one appointments; an
asynchronous Drop Box for graduate students and all students on the Anschutz Medical Campus; workshops on a
variety of topics (for example: citation, literature reviews, C.V.s, and more); and downloadable handouts,
podcasts, and videos. Professional Writing Consultants will work on any type of writing and any aspect of the
writing process, including (but not limited to) idea-generation, organization, thesis development, source usage,
and grammar. Students bring in documents ranging from C.V.s. and personal statements to research essays and
capstone projects to rhetorical analyses and grant applications. All writing is welcome.
Downtown Campus: North Classroom 4014 Hours: Monday – Thursday, 9am-6pm & Friday, 9am-2pm
Campus Village at Auraria: North 3rd Floor Common Room
Hours: Sunday, Monday and Wednesdays, 6pm-9pm & Friday, 2pm-5pm
Online: http://writingcenter.ucdenver.edu
Learning Resource Center
The Center provides individual and group tutoring, Supplemental Instruction (SI), study skills workshops and
ESL support. Room: NC 2006 303-556-2802 Tutorialservices@ucdenver.edu Denver Campus.
Hispanic Student Educational Programs and Outreach
The Hispanic Student Educational Programs and Outreach is an academic service designed to promote and
maintain quality higher education for students of Hispanic, Chicano, Latino, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Central
American and Spanish descent.
Hours: Monday-Friday | 8am-5pm Denver Campus North Classroom 2012C 303.556.6209
Career Center
The center assists and guides students with understanding and leveraging their skills, personality, values and
interests as they choose an academic major and determine a career direction. Services include job search and
strategies, resume development and writing, practice interviews and salary negotiation. Employers may benefit
from online job posting, resume referrals, on-campus interviewing, career fairs, employer presentations, and
networking events. Tivoli Student Union 267
Phone: 303-556-2250
Academic Success and Advising Center
The center helps new freshmen and transfer students through academic advising, schedule planning, time
management, personal support and referrals to other on-campus resources. North Classroom 2024
Phone: 303-352-3520
College of Arts & Media (CAM) Office of Advising & Student Services
Academic advising for all Arts & Media students with 30 or more credit hours. Appointment times for advising
vary throughout the week. E-mail quick questions to CAMAdvising@ucdenver.edu. http://cam.ucdenver.edu/ >
Student Resources > Advising 101; ARTS 177; 303-556-2279.
Educational Opportunity Programs
Minority outreach, peer counseling, workshops, assistance with applying for financial aid, cultural events.
http://www.ucdenver.edu/EOP; NC 2012; 303-556-2065.
Experiential Learning Center
Get experience through internships, cooperative education, service learning, community engagement and
undergraduate research. www.ucdenver.edu > Campus Life > All Student Services > Experiential Learning
Center; TIV 260; 303-556-6656.
Scholarship Resource Office
Provides information about scholarships and offers guidance in the scholarship application process. There you
will find helpful information such as how to search for a scholarship, how to write an effective essay and how to
create a scholarship application tracking calendar. Scholarship@ucdenver.edu; www.ucdenver.edu > Academic
Life > Scholarship Office; TIV 259; 303-352-3608.
Student Advocacy Center
Support services, peer advocacy, referrals, problem solving. http://ucdenver.edu/EOP > Student Advocacy Center;
NC 2012; 303-556-2065.
TRiO Programs/Student Success Services
For first-generation and/or low income students – provides advising, peer counseling, peer mentoring, etc.
www.ucdenver.edu > Campus Life > All Student Services > TRiO Student Support Services; NC 2506; 303-5563420.
Veteran Student Services
Advising and administrative services for military veterans. Email: Vaoffice@ucdenver.edu. www.ucdenver.edu >
Campus Life > All Student Services > Veteran Student Services; Records Annex at 1250 14th Street, Suite 107
A/B; 303-556-2630.
Women’s Resource Center
Information regarding services and resources (e.g. daycare, housing, etc.). www.ucdenver.edu/wrc; NC 2008;
303-352-3740.
Applicable Course Notices
**Please discuss with your Department Chair, or Area Head, course notices that should be included for your class.**
Examples1. Students missing the first two class meetings of this course may be administratively dropped. Students
will not be allowed to add the course if they have missed the first two classes. Any meeting sessions that
will be rescheduled and/or cancelled due to instructor conferences, commitments, etc.
2. Content Notification. Art scholarship and art practice along with teaching and learning involves a critical
exploration of ideas, theories, art-making practices, and art movements that encompass such things as: the
human body, sexuality, race, gender, religions, and cultures. This course can touch upon any of the above
categories with an expectation that students will actively participate in all course assignments, discussions
and tests. Given this information, it is the student’s obligation to determine that the requirements conflict
with his or her core beliefs. If the student determines that there is a conflict with his or her beliefs, one of
the following actions needs to be taken: 1) drop the class before the last day to drop a course without
penalty; 2) meet with the instructor within the first week of classes to determine if an accommodation can
be made. (Note, faculty are not required to grant content accommodations.) If no accommodation can be
made, drop the course before the last day to drop without penalty.
3. Arts faculty collect samples/examples of student work that may be referenced in courses they teach,
annual reviews, and applications for teaching positions. Students that do not wish to have samples of
their work collected by faculty members should notify the instructor.
Texts and Supplies
o Required Text(s)
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Required Supplies [Ideally, tentative costs and sources will be included.]
o Reserve readings, web-based materials, etc
Key Student Tasks, Course Activities, and Due Dates
e.g., assignments, projects, presentations, demonstrations, critiques, reading assignments, tests
Assessment
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Modes of assessment and relative values in determining project grades and a final course grade
Grading Policies - Ideally, rubrics/rating scales/checklists, etc. for all student tasks appended to the syllabus
Course Pre-Assessment Instrument [e.g., prior knowledge, skills, dispositions]
Web Grading
o CU Denver utilizes web grading which is accessed through UCDAccess.
o All web grading information can be found at
www.ucdenver.edu/student-services/resources/registrar/faculty-staff/
Policies
**THE FOLLOWING COURSE POLICIES MUST BE INCLUDED IN YOUR SYLLABUS**
Students with Disabilities: The University of Colorado Denver is committed to providing reasonable accommodation and access
to programs and services to persons with disabilities. Students with disabilities who want academic accommodations must
register with Disability Resources and Services (DRS), North Classroom 2514, phone: 303.556.3450.
Attendance: The University recognizes that there will be occasions when students must miss classes that contain examinations,
graded assignments, experiments or projects, and general class participation. The University also recognizes that excessive
excused absences will make it impossible to evaluate a student’s performance in a class based on attendance and participation or
in a class with multiple graded assignments.
There are four categories of absences recognized by the University:
 Absences because of disabilities
 Excused absences
 Unexcused absences
 Religious observances
 The syllabus must clarify if and how attendance will affect a grade. Faculty at UC Denver follow the Student
Attendance and Absences Policy.
http://www.ucdenver.edu/faculty_staff/employees/policies/Policies%20Library/OAA/StudentAttendance.pdf
For a course in which attendance is part of the course grade, the syllabus must clarify if and how attendance will affect a grade
and how attendance will be taken. Include how the grade will be calculated into the final grade for the course and clarify the
difference between an absence and being tardy. Faculty are strongly encouraged to use a daily written record of student
attendance when attendance is part of the course grade.
UC Denver Student Attendance and Absences
Policy:http://www.ucdenver.edu/faculty_staff/employees/policies/Policies%20Library/OAA/StudentAttendance.pdf
Participation: For courses, in which faculty utilize participation rather than attendance as part of the course grade, the syllabus
should clearly communicate student performance based on participation. State how participation will be assessed, how students
will be informed of their participation grade, how participation will be documented and how the participation grade will be
calculated into the final grade for the course.
Weekly Calendar
Weekly Calendar [with embedded reminders of all key due dates for assignments, tasks, etc.]
Student Letter of Understanding
Sample Letter:
“I, ____________________________________________ (print name) affirm that I have read the attached
syllabus and understand the policies of this course. I further acknowledge that should a dispute arise, full
disclosure of course focus, requirements, and methods of assessment has been made.
Date:____________________
Signed:_________________________________________________”
Appendices
e.g., course tasks, rubrics, rating scales, checklists, etc.