The Syllabus

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The Syllabus Narrative and Course Plan

The cliché is that the syllabus is a contract between you and your students. At Queensborough, it is required that every instructor distribute to students a complete syllabus at the start of each semester.

 

QCC Course Outline Template (suggested order only)

 

 

Any student who thinks that he/she may need an accommodation based upon the impact of a Disability should contact the instructor privately to present their QCC SSD issued "Accommodations Card" and discuss specific needs for the class. If you have not done so already, please contact the office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) in Science Building, room S132 (718 631 6257) to be approved for an accommodation card.

 

General Education and Course Objectives for EN-101and EN-102

EN-101addresses the following General Education objectives of the college:

Course objectives/ expected student learning outcomes:

By the end of EN-101, students will be able to perform the following tasks:

EN-102 addresses the following General Education objectives of the college:

Course objectives / expected student learning outcomes:

By the end of EN-102, students will be able to perform the following tasks:

 

It's true that it behooves you to let your students know what you expect from them over the course of the semester. However, another reason for having a detailed syllabus is that when an instructor takes the time to craft a syllabus, that instructor is thinking about the class before it begins. The instructor is conceptualizing the what, when, how and why of the course.

 

A big part of syllabus-planning is concerned with simply giving students stuff to do, filling the time of each class day, filling a semester with activities. However, we feel that a course should have a forward movement rather than simply a bunch of activities. It should have a narrative.

 

There are numerous ways to create a narrative for a course. For instance,

Following the course descriptions for EN-101 and EN-102 are sample syllabi from our faculty.