Downloadable templates

Syllabus Policies

See the Faculty Senate Website here.

Template Instructions

The templates linked below provide the text for both required and recommended language.

• Headings in black are REQUIRED by the Faculty Senate Policy noted above.
  • For the required policy statements, an instructor can use the template and/or link to the required language website [https://www.uwlax.edu/info/syllabus/].
• Headings in blue are recommended. If you keep these sections, feel free to change the heading font to match your other heading colors.
  • For example, the section on Academic Misconduct has a blue heading. The required language website [https://www.uwlax.edu/info/syllabus/] directs students to the overarching applicable policy in the catalog and the student handbook, but most instructors want to provide a fuller articulation of the expectation for academic integrity. This section helps students understand the consequences of cheating as defined by state statute and signals that you as the instructor must file a written report of an offence serious enough to affect the grade on the assignment (or more). The process defined by the statute helps our Student Affairs colleagues to track repeat offenders. Some instructors also find it a good deterrent to cheating.
• Text highlighted in yellow needs your attention and perhaps modification. Please delete the yellow highlighting when you are finished modifying these sections. 
• This template includes text typically used only for courses taught entirely online, as well as for undergraduate courses that also carry graduate-level credit ("slash course"). Please delete these sections if they do not apply to your course.

UPDATED for Fall 2022
- COVID-19 statement
- Student Course and Faculty-related Concerns, Complaints, and Grievances