A syllabus is required for each course. Please consider the syllabus as a contract you are making with your students. As such, the syllabus should be as detailed and precise as possible. This is not a document you should take lightly. The students and the college expect you to follow through on what you state in your syllabus. Although you can work into the syllabus some flexibility for yourself as an instructor, do not be tempted to consider the syllabus as a work in progress; it is not. As you prepare the syllabus, you should consider how each aspect of the syllabus fits into your objectives for the course.

You will need to make 4 additional copies of the syllabus to send to the following offices: 1 to the office of the Academic Dean; one to the department head; two for the library (send to Diana Hoffman).

The following information should/must be included in each syllabus:

• Name of Greenville College at the top of the syllabus (not a requirement but an important detail to include)
• Name of the course and catalog number
• Name of the instructor
• Instructor’s office number, phone number, and e-mail address
• Instructor’s office hours
• Term, year and time course is offered
• Pre-requisites of the course (if any)
• Course objectives and how these objectives link to departmental and/or institutional objectives
• Required reading materials:
  • required textbooks
  • additional suggested reading; reserve reading (optional, not required)
  • bibliography, when possible (optional, not required)
• Evaluation policy
• Assessment policy
• Study time expectations
• Calendar or outline of course which incorporates:
  • Course technique, procedures or topics
  • Reading and study assignments
  • Deadline dates for projects
  • Examination dates
• College writing policy
• Portfolio description (added as a syllabus requirement, 2001)
• Plagiarism statement (optional, not required)