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LAC Syllabus Requirements

To be included in 猫咪tvO鈥檚 LAC, the course must meet the requirements for one of the CDHE鈥檚 six general education categories. These six are: written communication, mathematics, arts and humanities, social and behavioral sciences, history, physical and natural sciences. To meet the requirements for a particular category, a course must be designed for student learning in designated competencies and content criteria. Required SLOs (student learning outcomes) have been identified for each competency. A 猫咪tvO/LAC syllabus should identify these competencies, content criteria and SLOs for students as well as 鈥渕ap鈥� the course learning materials, readings, activities, and assessments to the SLOs and the content criteria.

Important Note: Even though the information on this page is framed as what needs to be included in a model syllabus for a course seeking approval into the Liberal Arts Curriculum, these requirements hold for any syllabus distributed to students and stored in your college鈥檚 syllabus repository. The LAC鈥檚 Indirect Syllabus Review Process (ISR) of teaching syllabi is designed to mimic the potential state of Colorado process of 鈥渃hecking鈥� to see if courses are meeting gtP requirements.

Therefore, to be Approved into 猫咪tvO鈥檚 Liberal Arts Curriculum, the model syllabus submitted through the workflow (the Course Approval Syllabus) must include the following FOUR elements (courses with IS and MS designation have additional requirements):

(1) the required CDHE gtPathways statement,
(2) the content and competency criteria for your LAC/gtP category copied verbatim,
(3) student learning outcomes connected to those criteria, and
(4) evidence of clear alignment between major assignments and activities and the SLOs/content and competency criteria.

CDHE gtPathways statement:
鈥淭he Colorado Commission on Higher Education has approved [Course prefix, number] for inclusion in the Guaranteed Transfer (GT) Pathways program in the [GT-@@#] category.  For transferring students, successful completion with a minimum C鈥� grade guarantees transfer and application of credit in this GT Pathways category.  For more information on the GT Pathways program, go to 鈥�

The content and competency requirements and associated SLOs vary by gtP/LAC Category. There are two direct ways to locate these on the LAC website: one is the Category Syllabus Templates on the Course Approval Process page; the other is the Student Learning Outcomes on the Outcomes and Assessment page. They can also be found in the Sample Syllabi on the Course Approval process page and can be accessed via the CDHE website

The provided Category Syllabus Templates show the two-column chart that is the required visual to show the 鈥渕apping鈥� of course content/assessments to the content criteria and SLOs. The sample syllabi are from actual 猫咪tvO courses that have been approved into the LAC and all include the required course mapping.

Courses that also carry an IS or MS designation must also have the following:

The IS (International Studies) and MS (Multicultural Studies) designations are not linked to state general education categories, but rather are unique to 猫咪tvO. These designations can be 鈥渁dded鈥� to courses already in the Arts and Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences, and History LAC Categories. There are NO IS or MS only courses in 猫咪tvO鈥檚 LAC. Note: students are required to take one LAC course with an IS designation and one with an MS designation. 

If you would like to add an IS or MS designation, the IS or MS competency statement, chosen IS or MS SLOs and course mapping to those SLOs must be added to your syllabus in addition to what is required for the LAC Category. You can find the IS and MS Competency statements and SLOs in the IS/MS Alignment Charts on the Course Approval page or the in the 猫咪tv IS and MS Student Learning Outcomes on the Outcomes and Assessment page. Sample Syllabi that include IS and MS designations are included on the Course Approval Process Page as are sample IS/MS Alignment Charts from courses that have been approved for IS and MS designation. There are NO content criteria for IS/MS designations and faculty choose the subset of identified SLOs that best fit your course.

As noted on the Course Approval Process page, to be Approved for an IS/MS designation, an alignment chart must also be submitted as a separate document in the LAC Supporting Documentation section of the new or revised course form. It is also required that a version of this chart be included in the model course approval syllabus. This chart provides the necessary mapping for the IS/MS designation, and it contains the competency statement and the SLOs. Including this chart in the syllabus is required and is also the suggested way to ensure all necessary elements for IS/MS approval are included on the syllabus.

If you find this helpful, here is the review chart used by the LAC when determining if the Approval Syllabus meets the requirement. LAC Indirect Syllabus Review Checklist

Recommended Syllabus Statements

Faculty may wish to include any or all of the University's recommended syllabus statements. To ensure accurate and consistent messaging about UNC policies and student-support services, faculty are encouraged to use the statements found on the CETL syllabus statements page, or simply include the link to the page on their syllabi and course websites. /center-enhancement-teaching-learning/teaching-resources/syllabus_statements.aspx