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Your syllabus is a road-map for you and your students – it should convey clearly the course objectives and content as well as the requirements and expectations you have for your students. It should also clearly convey how students can communicate with you, and how they can access any resources (instructional materials, people, offices, etc.) that you think might are relevant and appropriate. Individual departments may require particular information and elements. In any case, your syllabus must be accessible.

Setting Goals and Learning Outcomes

• Bloom's learning domains and examples of outcomes
• Bloom's cognitive taxonomy (revised version)
• Six Facets of Understanding (Wiggins and McTighe)
• Verbs for writing learning outcomes for the knowledge learning domain [doc]

Examples of Syllabi

• Interactive syllabus design for learning activities [doc] | Snap shot of a schedule of interactive activities (Everhart, D., & Waterhouse, S.)
• Mathematics course descriptions and sample syllabi
• Examples of first year seminar syllabi from CSU

Text Books Alternatives and Resources

• Affordable Learning Solutions initiative from CSU
•  eText books available in the SJSU Library