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Eberly Center

Teaching Excellence & Educational Innovation

Is your Syllabus on track?

Is your Syllabus on track?

Tips and tools to write a learner-centered syllabus, revise an existing syllabus, use the Faculty Senate recommendations checklist, or view samples of syllabi. 

The course syllabus is a place for you as the instructor to communicate your course design to your students. The recommendations compiled on this site represent those recently passed by the CMU Faculty Senate as well as those that we, as an evidence-based teaching center, advocate. As you work on your course syllabus, please feel free to reach out to the Eberly Center for a consultation.