UH Hilo Representative Syllabi

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Syllabi introduce students to courses, and inform them of the course objectives, prerequisites, requirements, and policies. Syllabi serve as a contract between student and instructor: the instructor, in presenting the syllabus to students, commits to adhering to the conditions it sets forth; the student, having reviewed a course syllabus and elected to remain in the course, consents to these conditions. New faculty can consult existing syllabi as they design their own, and other institutions can review our syllabi as part of the transfer evaluation process. Syllabi also enable a department and an institution to document the nature, design, and content of the courses it delivers to its students.

Beginning in Spring 2003, UH Hilo began the collection of current course syllabi in all three colleges. While this was undertaken as part of the university’s 2002-2004 institutional review for reaccreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, the university will continue to collect syllabi for institutional research as well as for student transfer and articulation purposes.

In Spring 2003, the Accreditation Steering Committee and the UH Hilo Faculty Congress approved and distributed to faculty a checklist of information which should be included in course syllabi. (Click here for the checklist. ) While most existing syllabi provide most of this information and in a rich variety of formats and styles, we can all benefit from reviewing some especially informative and student-friendly syllabi.

With the permission of their producers, here some of the many excellent syllabi offered to students at UH Hilo. In order to focus attention on the overall content of the syllabus, the schedule portions have in some cases been excised.

To browse among the syllabi: click the "back" button on your browser to move between individual syllabi and the main syllabus list. All are in PDF (Adobe Reader) acrobat. (If you do not already have it on your computer, you can click here to download Adobe Reader free Get Adobe Reader

Spring 2004

Each of these syllabi tells students straight out what the learning objectives of the course are, some in lists of objectives, some in terms of the tasks and assignments they must complete, and some both ways. All syllabi are in PDF document

Fall 2003

All syllabi are in PDF Document

Spring 2003

All syllabi are in PDF Document

More representative syllabi will be posted each semester.