A Syllabus is a Chance to Show Your Sources

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citation, sources, acknowledgment, plagiarism, syllabus

Abstract

A syllabus is a guide to where a course will go. It lists the texts that will be read, it presents details of assignments and exams, and it gestures to the corners of a field where the teacher will (and won’t!) be taking discussions. In this sense, the syllabus is profoundly future-oriented. But I want to argue that you should re-orient your syllabus to the past—its own past—and use it as a chance to show your sources.

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Brian Croxall, Brigham Young University

Assistant Research Professor, Office of Digital Humanities, Brigham Young University

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2020-05-28

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2020): Special Edition on the State of the Syllabus

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