Academic Affairs

At a minimum, the syllabus should include:

• Course number, title, call number, day and time of meeting, semester and year, your name, contact information (room number, telephone number(s), e-mail), your office hours and availability for meetings/interaction with the students

• A brief course description including the prerequisites for the course

• A statement of learning outcomes, preferably in measurable form

• A statement concerning method(s) of instruction to be utilized

• Text and related course material information

• Course requirements, grading criteria, weights to be assigned

• A statement explaining your policy on attendance, tardiness, late papers and assignments, make up exams, class participation

• The CBA Honor Code (Refer to: http://www.uic.edu/cba/Faculty/academicaffairs/honorcode.html for more information)

• A schedule of topics, assigned readings, and assignments/exams in a user-friendly format. Be sure to include the final exam date and time. (CBA follows a different final exam schedule than the other colleges in the fall and spring semesters. See the Timetable for final exam schedule.)

• A statement such as: "The course syllabus provides a general plan for the course; deviations may be necessary. It is your responsibility to stay apprised of changes in assignments, due dates, material to be covered, etc."

A copy of the course syllabus should be provided to your department office (and for 500-level MBA courses, to the MBA Programs Office) by no later than first class meeting.