Syllabus Design and Course Policy Resources
Start here for LMU syllabus materials, course-policy language, academic honesty, AI-use guidance, and a practical guide to creating a syllabus.
- LMU Syllabus Checklist - Review key elements of a syllabus that communicates course goals, expectations, policies, and student support.
- Suggested Syllabus Language - Adapt LMU language for common syllabus statements.
- AI and Academic Honesty: A Short Guide for Students - Student-facing LMU guidance on academic honesty and AI use.
- Syllabi Policies for AI Generative Tools - Browse sample AI syllabus statements and course policies. Use these as examples to adapt, not as LMU policy.
- Chronicle of Higher Ed: How to Create a Syllabus - Guide to creating a student-centered syllabus that establishes course purpose, structure, tone, and expectations.
Course Design Resources
Use these resources to connect course goals, student learning, and LMU mission.
- LMU Ignatian Pedagogy - Connect course design and syllabus choices with LMU's mission.
- Every Learner Everywhere: Student-Centered Course Design - Practical course-design guide with recommendations, action steps, reflection questions, resources, and student perspectives.
- AAC&U High-Impact Practices - National framing for first-year seminars, writing-intensive courses, undergraduate research, service learning, and capstones.
- Faculty Focus: Course Design - Practical articles on course design, syllabi, objectives, and learning activities.