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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER COLLEGE OF NURSING
Syllabus Format	Subsection: 4.3.3
Section 4.0 - Faculty Policies	Originating Date: January 1994
Responsible Reviewing Agency: Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Professional Graduate Nursing Affairs Committee PhD Affairs Council Related Documents: Appendix X	Revised: August 1998 Revised: November 2006 Revised: April 2008 Revised: December 2009 Revised: November 2010 Revised: November 2011 Revised: December 2012 Revised: May 2015 Revised: May 2022

Purpose

In agreement with the Board of Regents Bylaw 4.1, the College of Nursing is required to “inform students concerning the requirements, standards, objectives and evaluation procedures at the beginning of each course.” The syllabus serves as a formal record of course content in a consistent, summary format, and is used to disseminate information in a structured way for presentation to accrediting agencies, nursing boards, other academic institutions and working committees for use in course and program evaluation. For the College of Nursing undergraduate and professional graduate programs, the policy addendum, division specific addendum, and grading rubrics are attachments that are part of the syllabus, and students are responsible for all information in all of these documents.

Practice

1. Each course must have a syllabus and follow the templates in Appendix X.
2. Each course may elect to have an addendum in addition to the syllabus. The purpose of the addendum is to provide additional, supplemental materials that are specific for the course and/or division. The template for the addendum is included in the appendix.
3. The syllabus and addendum (if appropriate) should be developed and updated prior to the start of a course and must be posted for student viewing no later than one week (7 days) prior to the beginning of the semester.