Malcolm X College Handbook - City Colleges of Chicago
Malcolm X College Handbook - City Colleges of Chicago
Malcolm X College Handbook - City Colleges of Chicago
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5. Prerequisites (Include a specific course, placement test score or skill level;<br />
if no prerequisites are required, indicate "none"). Must match<br />
prerequisites listed in the course description.<br />
6. Course objectives. A list <strong>of</strong> concepts that a student is expected to learn<br />
in this course and measurable outcomes they are expected to achieve by<br />
the end <strong>of</strong> the course.<br />
7. Students served by this course.<br />
8. Your method <strong>of</strong> instruction. Indicate approximately what percent <strong>of</strong> time<br />
you will spend per week in lecture, laboratory, clinical experience, work<br />
experience or other activities.<br />
9. Your method <strong>of</strong> evaluating student performances. (What determines the<br />
final grade on this course, e.g. quizzes and/or tests, papers, class<br />
participation? Include factors which will be weighted in determining a<br />
grade, as well as the numerical cut<strong>of</strong>f points for A, B, C, and D grades if<br />
appropriate. Students should be able to calculate their grades objectively<br />
based on your method <strong>of</strong> evaluation. .<br />
Note: The state legislature amended the Board <strong>of</strong> Higher Education Act to<br />
include a requirement to incorporate into selected general education<br />
curses <strong>of</strong> instruction (English and Social Science) a unit <strong>of</strong> "improving<br />
human relations." Specifically, this unit <strong>of</strong> instruction includes race,<br />
ethnicity, gender and other issues related to improving human relations.<br />
Course Outline<br />
The course outline is a specific summary <strong>of</strong> information concerning your<br />
individual requirements and should be attached to the first page <strong>of</strong> the<br />
syllabus. In multi-sections courses this information may vary.<br />
I. Topic outline. (A list <strong>of</strong> major topics <strong>of</strong> instruction in this course in the<br />
order in which they are taught and dates when assignments are due. This<br />
list may be referred to by a variety <strong>of</strong> names but it is what you give to<br />
students at the beginning <strong>of</strong> the semester).<br />
2. Required textbook(s). (With name <strong>of</strong> authors, publisher, year <strong>of</strong><br />
publication, and the edition).<br />
3. Current semester and date (beginning and ending dates <strong>of</strong> semester).<br />
Writing Course Objectives<br />
Course objectives should be uniform for all sections <strong>of</strong> a multi-section course,<br />
but each faculty member may accomplish them differently.<br />
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