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syllabus

[sil-uh-buhs] / ˈsɪl ə bəs /


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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

"Business needs are changing all the time, but it's very, very difficult to change the syllabus," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 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

“So when the syllabus assigned pages fifty through eighty-five, you didn’t think you had to read anything?”

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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

After, the dream: bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize finalist, his book on syllabuses across the country, invited to speak at literary events worldwide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024

Since then, some high school teachers have also included the book in their syllabuses.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2023

Inquiry was made in several schools where natural science was taught according to the syllabuses of the Board of Education.

From The Education of Catholic Girls by Janet Erskine Stuart


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