Relevant UCF Links
Faculty Center's Course Design
The Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning offers worksheets and information on course design, writing goals and objectives, and connecting these objectives with individual lesson plans and activities.
Faculty Handbook
Chapter seven in particular offers information on university-wide grading policies, registration policies, credit hours, university requirements, and federal laws such FERPA.
Student Disability Services
A website with policies and explanations for faculty.
Creed/Mission/Vision Information
Golden Rule
Provost list of Requirements (PDF)
Faculty Center Syllabus Checklist (PDF)
See also O'Brien, J. G., Millis, B. J., & Cohen, M. W. (2008). The course syllabus: A learning-centered approach. The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Copies are in the UCF Main Library.
Other Syllabus Links
University of Minnesota's Detailed Syllabus Tutorial
Features a comprehensive breakdown of syllabus components complete with numerous examples.
Western Kentucky University's Syllabus Development
Tips and suggestions from faculty to faculty, such as maintaining and updating a syllabus, and additions to explain classroom expectations.
Northeastern University's Syllabus Design
Quick tips on designing course syllabi.
Park University's Creating a Syllabus
Portrays syllabi in a practical, theoretical, and and institutional purpose, since syllabi are not only used as a contract between an instructor and a student. Also displays a helpful checklist on important information syllabi should cover.
Houghton Mifflin College's Syllabus Development
Not only provides a guide for brainstorming a syllabus and examples, but also gives strategies on how students can make their own syllabus and how those syllabi can help make your final syllabi.
