Syllabus Template & Process

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Each semester (in week 2-3), the Registrar’s Office emails each Faculty member their syllabus template(s) for the following semester.

Below is a list of all items included on each syllabus template. Some of this information is locked for editing (identified below).

Faculty members may request any of this information to be changed by submitting a request to the Registrar’s Office. If the change requires approval by NAPC, the Registrar takes the request to NAPC for approval before changing it on the syllabus and sending an updated copy to the faculty member.

  1. Course Code and Name (Populated by the Registrar’s Office – Locked for editing)
  2. Instructor name(s) and contact information
  3. MTSA Office Hours 
  4. Instructor Office Hours 
  5. Course Collaborator name(s) and contact information
  6. Course description (Populated by the Registrar’s Office – Locked for editing)
  7. Credit hours (Populated by the Registrar’s Office – Locked for editing)
  8. Required Texts (Populated by the Registrar’s Office)
  9. Suggested Texts or Additional Suggested Reading Material (Populated by the Registrar’s Office)
  10. Course Objectives 
  11. Learning Activities (Optional)
  12. Late Work (Optional)
  13. Course Details (Optional) 
  14. Additional Sections (Optional)
  15. Grading Scale (Populated by the Registrar’s Office – Locked for editing)
  16. Policies and Procedures section (Populated by the Registrar’s Office – Locked for editing)
  17. Topic Outline 
    1. Reading Assignments 
    2. Assignment Due Dates
    3. Exam Dates
    4. Method of Teaching Each Week 
      1. Face-to-Face (F2F) 
      2. Distance Education/Online (Synchronous)
      3. Distance Education/Online (Asynchronous)

Syllabus Template Instructions

Starting with Summer 2024, the Registrar’s Office will populate a syllabus template for each course and send it to the instructor(s) to edit. 


The Registrar’s Office will also save these templates to Teams (MTSA Team – Academic Support – Files tab – Semester Syllabi folder). 

Syllabus Deadline

  1. As a reminder, starting with Spring 2025, all courses in Brightspace will open the Friday before classes start. 
  2. Instructors must have all syllabi uploaded to courses by 6 pm the Thursday before the semester start date. 
  3. Only the course syllabus must be visible at this time. Instructors may allow access to other course material before the semester start date at their discretion. 

Below are several important things to know about the syllabus template: 

  1. Some sections, such as the course name, description, and policies, are locked for editing, but all highlighted text can be edited. 
  2. You can add additional sections in the highlighted areas, as needed. 
  3. You may not use all highlighted sections/text. We also included some instructions and tips on the template. Please make sure to remove any unused unlocked sections/text and instructions before saving your syllabus as a PDF. 
  4. To make it easier to identify all instructional text that should be deleted before saving syllabi, we added this instructional text in red. Please make sure that all red text is deleted before saving your syllabus to Brightspace or distributing it to students. 
  5. Saving your syllabus as a PDF will remove the highlighted portions. Please upload the PDF copy to Brightspace. 

Changes to Syllabus Template

Please notify the Registrar’s Office if you see any changes that need to be made to the following:

  1. Any content that is locked on the syllabus template
  2. Any faculty or course collaborators that are not listed or incorrect 
  3. Any textbook information that needs to be updated on the textbook list that will be sent to the students. 

Any course description changes must be reviewed by NAPC before being updated in the syllabus and student handbook.