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Your Name
Your office Location
Your office Hours
Your e-mail address here
Instructor Information
What do I want students to know about myself? My interest in the discipline? My teaching philosophy? Other instructors in the course (e.g., graduate TAs, peer tutors, team teacher)?
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following outline as a guide:
- Course Prerequisites
- What do students need and/or want to know about the course?
- What prerequisites exist?
- Course Description
- What content will the course address? How does the course fit in with other courses in the discipline?
- How is the course structured? Large lecture with discussion sessions? Large lecture with laboratory and discussion sessions? Seminar?
- How are the major topics organized?
- Course Objectives
- What will the students be able to do as a result of having
taken this course? What levels of cognitive thinking do I want my
students to engage in (refer to Bloom's
Taxonomy)?
University Requirements
UD email: Students who wish to receive their UD e-mail at a non-UD mailbox
(e.g., AOL, Hotmail, etc.) must forward their UD e-mail to that mailbox and
ensure that it is working so that they can receive and read official UD e-mail,
including course-related materials, in a timely fashion. Instructions for forwarding
are posted on the UD Network Page [www.udel.edu/network]
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following outline as a guide:
- Course Requirements
- What will students be expected to do in the course? Assignments? Tests? Quizzes? Exams? Papers? Special projects? Laboratories? Field trips? Learning logs? Journals? Research on the web? Web publishing? Electronic databases?
- What kinds of skills do the students need to have in order to be successful in the course? Computer literacy? Research skills? Writing skills? Communication skills? Conflict resolution skills? Familiarity with software? Diagnostic tests?
What kinds of assignments, tests do most appropriately reflect your course objectives?
- Course Policies
- What is expected of the student? Attendance? Participation? Contribution to groupwork? Missed assignments? Late work? Extra credit? Academic dishonesty? Make up policy?
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using the following outline as a guide:
- Grading, Evaluation Policies and Procedures
- How will the students' work be graded and evaluated? Number of tests? Point value? Proportion of each test toward final grade? Grading scale? How is the final grade determined? Drop lowest grade?
How do students receive feedback on their performance? Instructor? Self-assessment? Peer review? Peer tutors?
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following outline as a guide:
- Course Calendar
- In what sequence will the content be taught? When are major assignments due?
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- Texts/Resources/Readings/Supplies
- What kinds of materials will be used during the course? Electronic databases? Electronic Course Reserve? Software? Simulations? Laboratory equipment?
- What kinds of instructional technologies will be used?
- Offer links to Bookstore, Library (Electronic Reserve)
- Study Tips/Learning Resources
- How will the student be most successful in the course? What resources are available? Study guides, lecture notes online, on reserve in library? TA? Peer tutors? Study groups? Academic Services Center? Writing Center? Evaluation of online resources? Citation of web resources?
- Provide link to Academic Services Center, Writing Center
- Student feedback on instruction
- Anonymous suggestion box on the web? E-mail? Student feedback at midterm for improvement purposes? End-of-term student feedback? Supplement to departmental student feedback form?
