{"id":1082,"date":"2023-12-08T14:05:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T14:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/tip\/?page_id=1082"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:28:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:28:50","slug":"syllabus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/tip\/syllabus\/","title":{"rendered":"The USC Upstate Syllabus Template"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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About the Syllabus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The syllabus is an important communication tool for all students, but for remote, hybrid, and online students, it provides the whole infrastructure for all course interactions. The syllabus is the narrative that introduces the course goals, gives students a window into your personality through your tone and voice, and helps them structure their relationship to course materials and their routine for the whole term. Its purpose is to initiate a conversation about learning that will extend over several months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The syllabus plays a role in welcoming students into the learning environment, establishing communication expectations, and fostering growth mindset. The following resources are available to help you streamline your syllabus design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

USC Upstate Syllabus Templates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
USC Upstate Syllabus Template<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Use the Syllabus Template document as the base syllabus for all courses. Its accessible headers and formatting without tables make it easy for students to use screenreaders and other accessibility tools to view the document in a way that works best for them. Note: Find the Final Exam Schedule <\/a>on the Spartan Hub Intranet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Syllabus: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every course and instructor must determine the appropriate position on how much or how little students should use GenAI in any given assignment or course. Some courses will integrate GenAI into authentic assessments that prepare students for future careers where GenAI will play an important role. Others may focus more on foundational skills in the discipline without GenAI. To help describe the desired level of GenAI use in your course, please check out our blog post,\u202f“Navigating the Future of Learning with GenAI”<\/a> and our intranet page, Instructor’s Guide to Generative AI in the Classroom<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sample Syllabus Statements are available in the Blackboard Learning Object Repository. To add them to your course, go to the location in Course Content where you’d like them to appear, click +, then select Learning Object Repository. Select the check box for the one you’d like, then click “Insert Object(s).” The statements include the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n