The Complete Syllabus



Writing a Learning-Centered Syllabus
Adapted from Grunert O’Brien, J., Millis, B., & Cohen, M. (2008). (Second edition). The course syllabus. A learning-centered approach. San Francisco: Jossey Bass by Gabriele Bauer, Director, VITAL, 106 Vasey Hall, Villanova University. 11/2017

Course Syllabi: Communication of Villanova Learning Resources and Services
In line with your course content, goals, assignments, and instructional activities, we encourage you to include communication in your syllabus that informs and alerts students to services and resources provided by various campus units. The units have provided sample communication that describes their support of students and their learning. Please include these statements in your course syllabus, as appropriate. You may copy and paste the statements directly into your syllabus.

Using graphic display—whether used on a syllabus or not—is an excellent way for faculty members and administrators to keep student learning in focus. Along with helping faculty think and rethink our courses, graphical displays provide a number of benefits to students. Graphical displays are clearer to visual learners, they show how a course is organized, and they function as a map to a course.

Syllabus Checklist
This document provides a course syllabus production guide and you may consider those items in your syllabus.

Undergraduate Course Syllabus Checklist
Suggested components to be included in your undergraduate course syllabus, as suggested by College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), Villanova University.

Graduate Course Syllabus Checklist
Suggested components to be included in your graduate course syllabus, as suggested by College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS), Villanova University.