The course syllabus is the legal document that describes the course to which the student applies, is admitted to and finally will earn credits from. The syllabus states the course objectives, how the university will organize teaching and examination, if there are any compulsory elements, and the requirements for admission. How do you formulate functional course objectives? How do you design a syllabus?
Constructive Alignment in practice
Constructive Alignment (CA) is a model for designing educations in higher education. This is how you apply it, step by step.
Jenny Moon: Course objectives, requirements and assessment criteria
Jenny Moon’s (Exeter University) texts on course objectives, assessment criteria and other closely related issues are almost classic and appear in many higher education pedagogical contexts.
Learning objectives: Bloom's taxonomy
Bloom’s taxonomy for writing learning objectives with systematized, active verbs that describe a progression of knowledge, skills and abilities.
Learning objectives: the SOLO taxonomy
The SOLO taxonomy for writing learning objectives with systematized, active verbs that describe a progression of knowledge, skills and abilities.
Write a syllabus
The syllabus is written in the tool ÖKA. Use the available instructions. They offer many examples and suggestions for practical solutions, aspects to consider and examples of good wording.