Whether this is your first or your fiftieth syllabus, this website offers helpful tips on improvement, covering Provost’s requirements, statements, and additional suggestions from the Faculty Center. In addition, a list of resources is also provided for further assistance and brainstorming ideas. If there are suggestions, please feel free to email us at fctl@ucf.edu.
The Course Plan provides a guide that highlights essential sections for a syllabus and how each section is conceptually related to other sections. The Course Plan is a map that shows the ideal flow of ideas from one area of your syllabus to another, and each area description provides helpful examples on how to get started. Read more...
The Statments page is a list of additional sections that helps customize your syllabus to more accurately reflect your course. The statements cover a veriety of subjects such as Fieldwork, Service Learning, Disability Access and many more. Each section has a sample or example text for assistance. Read more...
The UCF Policy Manual (http://policies.ucf.edu/) lists policies for all employees and students at the univeristy. Faculty-specific policies include the Grading Policy, Course Syllabi, Final Exams, and Make-Up Assignments For Authorized University Events or Co-curricular Activities.
Providing links from both within and outside UCF, the Resources Information page highlights a broad range of information that will help further improve your syllabus. Feel free to browse through links to syllabus and course design guides, UCF syllabi related pages, and many more. Read more...
We provide a number of syllabi to suit your class needs, syllabi requirements, and support topics. Our syllabi range from the minimal to a full syllabus, and we provide Word Templates for each one. The Syllabus Online Tutorial also helps in transfering those syllabi to an online format. Read more...
Melissa B. Frye
College of Business Administration
Today's workplace offers new challenges to students--the options are wider, the demands are greater, and the workplace is less structured. To be successful, students will need to meet the challenges of this type of working environment. A teacher is the guide who helps them prepare to meet these challenges by armin...
Kristen Schellhase
College of Health & Public Affairs
Be Prepared
Plan lectures, labs and exams well in advance. The more organized the educator is, the more organized the student can be. The class syllabus should have a deliberate direction. All assignments should lead to further understanding of the material. Preparation includes making sure that the direction and...
Ilenia Colon Mendoza
College of Arts and Humanities
As an educator I believe learning should be a pleasant and interactive activity; I see learning as an experience in and of itself. For the teaching process to be successful, it must be student centered. The first step in achieving a student-centered environment is to make students feel comfortable enough to expr...
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