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Syllabus Information
The syllabus is an essential part of the educational experience. This section contains basics of developing a syllabus and examples of syllabi. Please refer to the Blackboard site for the School of Pharmacy Policies on syllabi. Here is a the syllabus template.
Ultimately, your syllabus should focus on the learner and explain how the course is designed to help them achieve. The suggested steps in planning your syllabus include:
Develop
a well-grounded rationale for your course
Decide what you want students to be able to do as a result
of taking your course, and how their work will be appropriately
assessed
Define and delimit course
Structure your students' active involvement in learning
Identify and develop resources
Compose your syllabus with a focus on student learning
Continue to Syllabus Basics for more detail