Syllabus/Form Guidelines

Go to http://www.fau.edu/academic/registrar/UUPCinfo/ to find this template.

Every new course and every course change requires the submission of a form and a syllabus. This is detailed in the UUPC Guidelines, same link as above. A related reason for this is to keep FAU’s course inventory current both here and with the Statewide Course Numbering System (SCNS).

For the syllabus, new or existing:

1. Course name, course number, prerequisites, and corequisites.

2. Name of instructor, office address, telephone number, office hours, and eddress for contact. Also list TA details, if available.

3. Location, time, term of course, and website if known.

4. In body of syllabus, show course description, placement of course in program of study, objectives, how students will be evaluated, grading scale, instructional method (if different from traditional classroom), required textbooks, and supplementary readings. For writing or computation courses, show those details.

The requirements listed above are the basic necessities in a syllabus for the new course proposal or course change proposal to be approved at the different levels: college curriculum committee, university curriculum committee (UUPC or GPC), UFS (University Faculty Senate). Other details in the syllabus will help the student understand the course better –

Course outline for a particular term

Schedule of tests, quizzes, etc.

Policy on makeup tests

Expected outcome of class activities

Statement on incompletes (“I”) grades

Statement of academic integrity

Classroom etiquette

Statement concerning students with disabilities.

Download the form from the link above. Send the syllabus to erudolph@fau.edu for a course number, if this is a new course. Fill out the form including all relevant information. The course description on the form will be the course description in the University Catalog.