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Academic Resources for students seeking credit in the PLE program. Includes library resources and some examples of learning objectives pulled from university syllabi.

Learning Goals and Course Syllabi

Course syllabi from various colleges and universities are terrific places to start identifying and creating a list of learning goals you have already met in your lived and professional experience. The language of the syllabi and the learning goals/objectives can provide section headings that will help you focus your essays. See examples below.

Campus Resources

Using the Resources

Students writing for PLE academic credit will use syllabi that they find from colleges and universities  They will use professional and academic research resource in order to draft a set of organized essays that demonstrate their own unique experiences. The resources below can aid in searching for syllabi:

Open Syllabus.org: Open Syllabus is a massive non-profit archive of the main activity of higher education: teaching. It provides top-down views of the curriculum across thousands of schools to support curricular innovation, lifelong learning, and student success.

What are the elements of a syllabus and why does it matter? Below are some examples about how and why syllabi are created for K-20 courses, and the basic elements of each. PLE students will be looking at course descriptions and learning goals to support their essays. 

Constructing a Syllabus

How Do I Create and effective Syllabus

CONTACT:  Liza R. Rognas, Library Research Faculty

Career Resources & Descriptions

Academic Research Resources

Section headings and chapter headings, along with main themes in academic publications, are a great resource for students who need to find academic language that demonstrates their professional experiences and skills. 

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