syllabus
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- noun
- /ˈsɪl.ə.bəs/
- As she ate her muffin, she glanced at the syllabus for her first class.
- course syllabus
- class syllabus
- a new syllabus
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Watch on YouTubeI should say that you know, syllabus has a bunch of basic information.
- I should say that you know, syllabus has a bunch of basic information.
- Well, this is kind of going to be the syllabus and protocol for what we're going to go into.
- You're not expected to go beyond the syllabus.
- Like you're basically creating a curriculum and a syllabus for answering all the questions that you have.
- Which might not, which may which might not be a set of curriculum, but sounds very much at least like an informal syllabus.
- So he built it into the syllabus that two of the lectures in the course of the semester would be given by each TA.
- To recap our syllabus so far, I am not a rock.
Examples
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The syllabus explains all the assignments and all the opportunities for extra credit.
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The first was to keep the syllabus short and open to change.
Academic text (2011) -
Can you get a copy of like an old syllabus for the class?
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So check your syllabus and read the material for section next week.
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Can anyone tell me what it says in the syllabus for today?
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Typically, course assignments are either listed in the syllabus or announced in class.
Academic text (1990) -
The course syllabus, content materials, assignments, web resources, and tutorials were available online.
Academic text (2012) -
Our syllabus says we're supposed to cover Native Americans on the eve of colonization.
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Finally, in case anyone's interested, here are the books appearing on my syllabus for the Spring 1993 semester:
Fiction book (1993) -
The syllabus outlines the topics we will cover in the semester and the required readings.
Synonyms
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A short plan that shows the main points of something
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A short summary of the main points of a book or article
A document listing the topics, readings, and assignments for a course
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Syllabus comes from a Latin word for a 'list' of topics that teachers used to give to students, like a short plan of a course. So a syllabus is the course 'list' or 'plan' that shows what will be studied and when.