D inkar Jain was hired at the University of California at Los Angeles’s Anderson School of Management in 2023 to teach “Management in the Age of AI” — a course he had developed to give current and ...

The course syllabus is one of the central artifacts of higher education. It is a critical means of communication between teacher and student and is often the first form of interaction. The syllabus ...

Some instructors see the syllabus as a simple outline of the course topics, while others add everything related to the course as well as the kitchen sink. An effective syllabus lies somewhere in ...

Many of the decisions affecting the success of a course take place well before the first day of class. Careful planning at the syllabus design stage not only makes teaching easier and more enjoyable, ...

One of the most robust backward design models developed for higher education is L. Dee Fink’s integrated course design. Fink outlines a streamlined process for designing academic courses, divided into ...

Both minimalist and maximalist approaches to syllabus design have their proponents: concise syllabi are easier to navigate, while detailed ones offer a more precise picture of the course structure.

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Early in my career I was counseled to frame my syllabus as a “contract.” It made some intuitive ...

Zoe Ann Wendler needed a new syllabus. An assistant professor of English, literature, and world literatures at Ferris State University, she was tired of the same routine at the beginning of every ...