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CETLA’s Syllabus Checklist*
Directions: Using this checklist, assess your own syllabus or an assigned syllabus. Click
on the links to access resources on the web. (Note: If you wish to save this page, choose
FILE-SAVE and then click the CTRL Key and the mouse to activate the links.)
Item
Checklist
Course Information
Section Comments:
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Course title
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CRN
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Course number
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Course section
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Credit hours
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Class meeting days Y___ N___ N/A___
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Class hours
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Classroom location Y___ N___ N/A___
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Lab/recitation
location
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Web page
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Semester and year Y___ N___ N/A___
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Date of issue
Instructor Information
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Section Comments:
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Full name
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Title
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Office location
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Office phone
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2
number
Comments:
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Department phone
number
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Home phone
number (optional)
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E-mail address
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Office hours
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Teaching
Assistant(s)
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TA name(s)
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TA office location(s) Y___ N___ N/A___
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TA phone
number(s)
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TA e-mail
address(es)
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Course description/ Objectives Section Comments:
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Catalog/bulletin
description
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General course
content
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Pre- or corequisites
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Permission from
instructor required? Comments:
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General course
goals
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Performance
objectives for
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3
students
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Instructional methods Y___ N___ N/A___
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Textbooks/readings/materials
Section Comments:
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Textbook authors,
titles, editions
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Supplementary
reading
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Internet links
Y___ N___ N/A___
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Lab supplies
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Other course
material (e.g.,
videos)
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Course calendar/schedule
Section Comments:
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Topics to be covered
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Required and
supplemental
readings
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Homework
Y___ N___ N/A___
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Extended
Assignments
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Paper due dates
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Exam dates
Y___ N___ N/A___
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Quiz dates
Y___ N___ N/A___
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Required special
events
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Course policies
Section Comments:
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Attendance
Y___ N___ N/A___
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Promptness
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Class participation
Y___ N___ N/A___
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Missed exams
Y___ N___ N/A___
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Missed
assignments
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Lab safety/health
Y___ N___ N/A___
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Academic integrity
Y___ N___ N/A___
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Grading
Y___ N___ N/A___
Comments:
Specify criteria as well
as weights.
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Incomplete grade
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Withdrawal from
course
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Extra credit
Y___ N___ N/A___
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Other course specific
information
Section Comments:
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Y___ N___ N/A___
Accommodation
(ADA) statement for Comments:
students with
disabilities
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Statement to cover Y___ N___ N/A___
possible changes in Comments:
syllabus
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Support services
Y___ N___ N/A___
Comments:
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Frequently asked
questions (FAQs)
about this course
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Comments:
5
(optional)
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Advice for
successful
performance
(optional)
Now rate the syllabus’s
effectiveness as
Y___ N___ N/A___
Comments:
Section Comments:
5 = Excellent 1 = Needs Improvement
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a road map to
guide the
teaching,
learning, and
assessment
process
5___ 4___ 3___ 2___ 1___
Comments:
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an organizational 5___ 4___ 3___ 2___ 1___
tool to help
Comments:
teachers and
students manage
that process
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a contract to
clarify the
teacher’s
expectations and
the student’s
responsibilities
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Comments:
* adapted from the “Howard University Syllabus Checklist” (Office of the Provost, 1997)
and San Francisco State University’s “Building a Syllabus”
(http://oct.sfsu.edu/design/syllabus/htmls/builtsyl.html).