Appendix D – Course Guide
Hagerstown Community College OFFICIAL COURSE GUIDE DOCUMENT
NOTE: A Master Syllabus is required for every course. The Master Syllabus contains the following items and is used as a template in developing Official Course Guides: course (include designator, number, title, and credits), course description, textbook, and student learning outcomes. Course Guides are created by faculty to reflect the required items on the Master Syllabus and allow flexibility to address the uniqueness of the individual faculty teaching the course. INSTRUCTIONS FOR FACULTY: • Use the following template to create your course guide. Please use a font that is easily readable (Verdana, Georgie, and Tahoma are recommended) and keep the margins as they are on the template. You will need to provide your Division Office Associate with an e-file of your course guide as a Word document by the first day of class. This can be done on a USB flash drive or by attaching the file to an e-mail message. The Division Office Associate will be able to store your course guide electronically rather than in a paper format (for example, one USB flash drive could hold an academic year’s worth of syllabi). • All categories must be included in course guides. • Categories marked with an asterisk (*) are to be taken verbatim for the Master Course Syllabus for the course you are teaching. Master Syllabus documents can be obtained from your Division office.
COURSE:* Course number and title as found in the catalog.
SEMESTER/YEAR:* Semester/year course is running.
INSTRUCTOR:* List instructors including lead faculty member.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:* Description should be identical to the description found in the catalog.
TEXTBOOK:* List the textbook or other resources the students are responsible to use.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:* Outcomes should reflect what the student should “be able to do” when he or she finishes the course. This may include knowledge/skills/attitudes. Outcomes should be clear, concise and measurable. Three to five outcomes are all that is necessary.
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