Santa Clara University

Sample Syllabi for Curriculum Transformation and Development

The sample syllabi on this website are intended to be illustrative of ways to integrate learning objectives and assessment plans into syllabi, and of thoughtful course design relevant to the Core Areas. Please be aware that all courses for the new Core should be submitted to the Office of Undergraduate Studies for approval by the relevant Faculty Core committee.

• Critical Thinking and Writing 1 & 2
• • CTW 1 Sample Syllabus
  • CTW 2 Sample Syllabus
    
• Cultures and Ideas 1, 2 & 3
• Second Language
• Mathematics
• Religion, Theology and Culture 1, 2, & 3
• • How to Qualify Your Course for Religion, Theology & Culture (pdf)
  • How to Qualify Your Course for Religion, Theology & Culture (Word)
    
• Ethics
• Civic Engagement
• • How To Qualify Your Course for Civic Engagement (pdf)
  • How To Qualify Your Course for Civic Engagement (Word)
    
  • Conflict Resolution Simulation (Bill Stover)
  • International Civic Engagement (Bill Stover)
  • Public Sector Internship (Elsa Chen)
  • Introduction to Environmental Studies (Patrick Archie)
  • Communication Law (Chad Raphael)
  • Theory of News (Chad Raphael)
  • Addition non-SCU Syllabi
  • • Campus Compact: Searchable database of community service and civic engagement courses in many disciplines
    • National Service Learning Clearinghouse: Searchable database covering may disciplines
    • Bonner Foundation
    • Bonner Foundation: Additional syllabi found under "Additional Campus Best Practices"
    • CPN Syllabi
    • Community Arts Network
    • Animating Democracy
    • Political Education Project
      
• Diversity
• Arts
• • Arts Sample Syllabus
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  • Arts Sample Rubric
• Natural Science
• Social Science
• • Module for Teaching Politics
    
• Science, Technology & Society

Other Resources

• Assessment Glossary
• Bloom's Taxonomy: A model for creating classroom assessments that align with course learning objectives, by Carol Giancarlo Gittens 2/7/08
• Civic Engagement and Experiential Learning Presentation 05.07.08
  
• Civic Engagement Workshop materials
• • Draft Agenda for Civic Engagement workshop 2008
  • Presentation by Chad Raphael 4.16.08
  • Presentation by Joe Kahne, Civic Engagement Research Group at Mills College, 4.16.08
• Core Course Syllabus Guidelines
• Core Curriculum Conversation. The following remarks on Integrated Education and the Jesuit character of the new Core Curriculum were presented on October 30, 2007 as a framework for a series of small group conversations about promoting knowledge, habits of mind and heart, and engagement with the world through the new Core.
• • comments by Michael Zampelli, S.J.
  • comments by Leilani Miller
  • comments by Paul Crowley, S.J.
• Core Implementation Powerpoint presentation by Diane Jonte-Pace
• Curriculum Criteria Women's and Gender Studies Program
• FCCs and Assessment
• Gilbert, Lucia Albino, et al. "Engaging Students: Integrated Learning and Research Across Disciplinary Boundaries." Liberal Education. (Summer/Fall 2005).
  
• Map of Core 2009 Goals
• Mapping Old Core to New Core
• Open Meeting Question and Answer about the New Core Curriculum powerpoint presentation, 2/28/08
  
• Outline of New Core Requirements
• Rubrics for Assessing the Quality of Program Learning Outcomes Posted with Permission of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges
• Syllabus Components
• Tentative Assessment Plans for Core Honorarium Proposals: Clarifications and Recommendations E-mail from Diane Jonte-Pace, sent 01/07/08