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- See: UT Syllabus Requirements. Instructors are required to include the details outlined by the provost in your syllabus, to the extent practicable, on or before the first day of class.
- Note: please see recommended additions listed below, including some required language for production classes.
Pursuant to regulations in the General Information Catalog and the Texas Administrative Code the following guidelines must be observed by instructional faculty each semester:
- Requirement — Provide Syllabus to Students By First Meeting Day
In addition to posting your syllabus on Canvas, please note that course syllabi and instructor-of-record CVs will also be required by the department for the dean’s office. - Public Access To Course Information
Documents should be uploaded to Access Syllabi and CVs system.
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Instructors are required to include the following in your syllabus, and all of this must be disclosed in the syllabus, to the extent practicable, no later than the first day of class:
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*Grading Policies
Faculty members are free to develop their own methods of evaluating the performance of students in their classes, but they are required to make the methods of evaluation to be used known in writing before the end of the fourth class day each semester and the second class day each summer term. Responsibility for assuring adequate methods of evaluation rests with departmental faculties and is subject to administrative review. In courses with multiple sections, departments should provide for necessary coordination. Materials used in evaluating a student’s performance must be collected by the instructor at or before the regularly scheduled final examination. The final examination is a common method of final evaluation in courses.
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