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may be set out by an exam board or prepared by the professor who supervises or controls

course quality. There are seven essential components to an academic syllabus: Instructor
information, General course information, Course objectives, Course policies, Grading,

and evaluation, Learning resources, and the Course Calendar.

Definition

The syllabus is a "contract between faculty members and their students, designed
to answer students' questions about a course, as well as inform them about what will

happen should they fail to meet course expectations." It is also a "vehicle for expressing

accountability and commitment". Over time, the notion of a syllabus as a contract has
grown more literal but is not in fact an enforceable contract.

Purpose

The syllabus ensures a fair and impartial understanding between the instructor and

students such that there is minimal confusion on policies relating to the course, setting
clear expectations of material to be learned, behavior in the classroom, and effort on

student's behalf to be put into the course, providing a roadmap of course

organization/direction relaying the instructor's teaching philosophy to the students, and
providing a marketing angle of the course such that students may choose early in the

course whether the subject material is attractive.

A syllabus will often contain a reading list of relevant books and articles that are

compulsory or optional for students to read. As an indirect effect of this, scholars can

count how many online syllabi include their works as a way of estimating their
educational impact.

EVALUATION

It is an evaluation process to characterize and appraise some aspects of an

educational process. Educational institutions usually require evaluation data to

demonstrate effectiveness to funders and other stakeholders, and to provide a measure of
performance for marketing purposes.

Purpose

There are two common purposes in educational evaluation which are, at times, in

conflict with one another. Educational institutions usually require evaluation data to