Perhaps you’re offering a new course, or you’re looking to revamp an old one. Maybe that section you were scheduled to teach didn’t make enrollment, and now you’re facing a new prep with only a few weeks (or days!) to get ready. Even if you don’t need to write or revise a course syllabus, though, there’s never a bad time to re-examine and rethink your syllabi. As much as we exhort our students to Read The Syllabus, we ought to make sure we’re giving them something that’s actually worth reading. So without further ado: here's how to write a syllabus.
