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Creating a Syllabus

• University of Oregon: Syllabus Design
  
  
• University of Michigan: Course Design
  
  
• University of Michigan: Syllabus Design
  
  
• Columbia University: Creating a Syllabus
  
  
• Indiana University: Designing Your Course (backward design).
  
  
• Rutgers University: Syllabus Construction
  
  
• Best Teachers Institute (Ken Bain) page on the Promising Syllabus
  
  
• Gibson, Laura. 2011. "Student-Directed Learning: An Exercise in Student Engagement." College Teaching 59: 95-101.
  
  
• Slattery, Jeanne M. and Janet F. Carlson. 2005. "Preparing an Effective Syllabus: Current Best Practices." College Teaching 53(4): 159-164.
  
  
• Wasley, Paula. 2008. "Research Yields Tips on Crafting Better Syllabi." Chronicle of Higher Education 54(27)
  
  
• Lang, James M. 2006. "The Promising Syllabus." Chronicle of Higher Education 53(2) (draws on Ken Bain's work, outlining three elements of the promising syllabus.)
  
  
• Hudd, Suzanne. 2003. "Syllabus Under Construction: Involving Students in the Creation of Class Assignments". Teaching Sociology
  
  
• Wasley, Paula. 2008. "The Syllabus Becomes a Repository of Legalese." Chronicle of Higher Education 54(27)
  
  
• Bovill, Catherine, Cathy J. Bulley, Kate Morss. 2011. "Engaging and Empowering First-Year Students through Curriculum Design: Perspectives from the Literature." Teaching in Higher Education 16(2): 197-209.

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