Course Syllabus

This section contains information about the provided components on your Course Syllabus.

Meeting Times and Location
Schedule and location information will automatically populate here from the my.Harvard course catalog once the course schedule is finalized. Information is synced twice daily. If in doubt, please refer to the official course catalog for the most current and authoritative schedule information.

Contact Information
Names and emails of the course team auto-populate here. Optionally, you can add a title (such as “Teaching Assistant” or “Associate Professor”) by editing existing entries. You may also create new entries for additional members of your teaching team.

Course Description
The course description shown on your course syllabus feeds automatically from the my.Harvard course catalog twice a day, meaning that you cannot edit your course description on this syllabus. Email Aimée Taberner, Associate Registrar, at [email protected] if you don’t have a course description in the catalog or need to change it. Please note that there is a 3,500-character limit for descriptions in my.Harvard, but you have the option of adding a component to your syllabus to provide additional information.

Learning Outcomes
Add 4-6 learning outcomes that describe the skills, abilities, and knowledge that students will have acquired or improved at the end of the course.

For example,
After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Understand the theoretical foundations of global history
• Use fabrication equipment for resource-conscious rapid prototyping
• Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of generative AI techniques in solving design problems
• Apply narrative techniques and strategies to create effective project presentations
• Work in a team with community partners to address an urban planning challenge

Required Academic Background (studio courses only)
By default, studio courses are open to students from all studio-based programs. Restrictions require the department chair’s approval. If your department chair has approved restricting your audience to students from a specific department, please indicate this in your syllabus.

Required Skills and Prerequisites (non-studio courses only)
By default, GSD courses are open to all GSD students and open for cross-registration. Required courses may be limited to students in the corresponding program/s. If students need to have completed a prerequisite GSD course to be eligible for this course, or if they require a specific skill set or knowledge to succeed in this course, indicate this here.

Required Materials
List any specific materials that students must purchase to participate in your course, including cost estimates.

Assessments
Specify the graded components in your course and how much they are worth in determining the final course grade. Feel free to use the embedded table if it’s useful. You can remove the table if you prefer to use a basic list. Your column headers could include the following:

• Description (e.g., class participation, mid-term exam, first writing assignment, etc.)
• Weight (e.g., a point or percentage value)

Weekly Schedule and Topics
Instructors should provide a weekly schedule of course topics. The Course Syllabus tool provides a rich text environment for this component. You can format your schedule using bullet points, indents, bold, italic, hyperlinks, etc. Please note when using a table, width limitations exist. Items you can include in your weekly schedule are as follows: Lecture topic, Readings, In-class exercise, Assignment, Video recording, Guest speaker, and Events.

GSD Resources
This section auto-populates with relevant School resources for students.

GSD Policies
This section auto-populates with relevant School policies for students and courses, including a copyright notice.