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syllabus

[sil-uh-buhs] / ˈsɪl ə bəs /


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The 16-person seminar will examine the “complexity and the inevitable conflict and contestation that result” from colleges’ multipronged missions, shaped by stakeholders with many needs and interests, the syllabus said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

According to the course syllabus, students examine questions such as: Who is responsible when a self-driving car injures someone or damages property?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

At universities, the ban has restricted access to online research and course materials, with one Herat student saying he had used his phone to help with about half the syllabus.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

But her thorough coursework and off-the-beaten-path syllabus of films opened my eyes to countless new ideas and perspectives.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

The official syllabus was still largely based on Aristotle, and Galileo dutifully, but without enthusiasm, taught the party line in his lectures.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

To ensure the classes actually meet that objective, professors will have to make their syllabi publicly available.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

While most of his peers were still swapping syllabi and feeling out new professors, Mahdawi had started his day not in a classroom, but in immigration court—virtually, on Webex.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2025

Administrative representatives at the university’s main campus in Anza and a branch campus in Mill Valley, Calif., did not have documents readily available related to student and faculty rosters and class syllabi, officers said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024

I was an English major back then and read so much Shakespeare, and you can look at syllabi now and see students still do.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2024

Only a dozen or so students are there, fumbling with notebooks and syllabi.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom

Campus syllabuses have been pared down to accommodate this generational change.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The story won the Paris Review’s 2013 Plimpton Prize for Fiction and has appeared on syllabuses at other universities.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

The book that first lifted Caro to fame and made him a staple of journalism-school syllabuses is “The Power Broker,” his novelistic 1974 portrait of cutthroat New York city planner Robert Moses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2022

For those reaching the end of their career, though, the idea of rejiggering established syllabuses to teach the work product of this court may be too much to bear.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2022

Very closely allied with this, is the great advantage of freedom in the preparation of syllabuses, in the choice of subject matter and the manner of teaching it.

From Women Workers in Seven Professions by Edith J. Morley




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