Syllabus Generator
Enter your course details, grading and topics, and this syllabus generator writes the whole syllabus for you. The schedule is dated automatically from the first and last day of term, the days the class meets and the days without class. Download it as LaTeX for a PDF, or as HTML for Canvas, Word or Google Docs.
LaTeX
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\usepackage{enumitem}
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\hypersetup{pdftitle={STAT 210 Introduction to Statistics -- Syllabus}}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
{\LARGE\bfseries STAT 210: Introduction to Statistics}\\[4pt]
{\large Fall 2026}\\
\end{center}
\begin{tabular}{@{}>{\bfseries}l l@{}}
Instructor & Dr. Alex Example \\
Email & \href{mailto:alex.example@example.edu}{alex.example@example.edu} \\
Office & Science Hall 214 \\
Office hours & Tuesdays 2–4 pm, or by appointment \\
Class meetings & Mon \& Wed 10:00–11:15, Room 101 \\
\end{tabular}
\section*{Course Description}
An introduction to data, probability and statistical inference, with weekly practice in R.
\section*{Learning Objectives}
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Summarize data with plots and descriptive statistics.
\item Fit and check a simple linear regression.
\end{enumerate}
\section*{Materials}
\begin{itemize}
\item OpenIntro Statistics, 4th edition (free online)
\item R and RStudio
\end{itemize}
\section*{Grading}
\begin{tabular}{@{}l r@{}}
\toprule
\textbf{Component} & \textbf{Weight} \\
\midrule
Homework & 30\% \\
Midterm & 30\% \\
Final exam & 40\% \\
\midrule
\textbf{Total} & \textbf{100\%} \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\section*{Schedule}
\begin{longtable}{@{}l l p{0.34\linewidth} p{0.2\linewidth} p{0.13\linewidth}@{}}
\toprule
\textbf{Week} & \textbf{Date} & \textbf{Topic} & \textbf{Reading} & \textbf{Due} \\
\midrule
\endfirsthead
\toprule
\textbf{Week} & \textbf{Date} & \textbf{Topic} & \textbf{Reading} & \textbf{Due} \\
\midrule
\endhead
\bottomrule
\endfoot
1 & Mon, Sep 7 & \textit{Labor Day} & & \\
& Wed, Sep 9 & Data and study design & Ch. 1 & \\
2 & Mon, Sep 14 & Summarizing data & Ch. 2 & \\
& Wed, Sep 16 & Probability & Ch. 3 & HW 1 \\
3 & Mon, Sep 21 & Random variables & Ch. 3 & \\
& Wed, Sep 23 & The normal distribution & Ch. 4 & HW 2 \\
4 & Mon, Sep 28 & Sampling distributions & Ch. 5 & \\
& Wed, Sep 30 & Review & & \\
5 & Mon, Oct 5 & Midterm exam & & \\
\end{longtable}
\section*{Course Policies}
\textbf{Late work.} Homework is accepted up to two days late for half credit.\par
\textbf{Academic integrity.} You may discuss problems, but write up your own solutions.\par
\end{document}
Class meetings: 8
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Fill in the syllabus details
Add the syllabus basics: course code and title, term, contact details, office hours and meeting times. Then write the description, learning objectives (one per line), materials, grading weights and policies.
Set up the schedule
Pick the first and last day of class, tick the days the class meets and list holidays or other days without class. Write one topic per meeting, with the reading and anything due, and the syllabus generator dates every row and numbers the weeks.
Choose LaTeX or HTML
LaTeX gives a typeset PDF syllabus once compiled with pdfLaTeX, for example on Overleaf. An HTML syllabus is ready to paste into Canvas, Blackboard or Moodle, or into Word and Google Docs, with tables intact.
What goes into the syllabus
Course information and objectives
The syllabus opens with the course title, the term and a short block of contact details, followed by the description, a numbered list of learning objectives and the materials students need.
Grading and policies
The syllabus lists grading components in a table with their weights and a total. If the weights do not add up to 100%, the syllabus generator tells you before students notice. Policies such as late work, attendance and academic integrity follow, each with a bold label.
A dated course schedule
The syllabus schedule lists the week, the date, the topic, the reading and what is due for every class meeting. Days without class appear in italics without using up a topic, and in a PDF a long schedule continues on the next page with its header repeated.
Tips for a clear syllabus
Make it easy to scan
Students check the syllabus for the same things all term: deadlines, office hours, how grades are weighted. Put them in tables and short lists rather than long paragraphs, and keep every date in the schedule so the syllabus is the one place to check.
Reuse it every term
Keep your topics and policies in one place, then change the first and last day and the holidays next term; every date in the syllabus moves with them.
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Write the weekly problem sets with the problem set generator, which prints the assignment and its solution key from the same file.
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Syllabus questions
- What is a syllabus?
- A syllabus is the document an instructor gives students at the start of a course. It says what the course covers and when, how work is graded, which materials are needed and which policies apply.
- How to write a syllabus?
- Start with the course details and your contact information, then the description and learning objectives, the materials, the grading breakdown, a dated schedule of topics and deadlines, and your policies. The syllabus generator assembles these sections and dates the schedule for you.
- What is the purpose of a syllabus?
- A syllabus sets expectations: what students will learn, what they must do and when, how they will be graded and which rules apply. A clear syllabus answers routine questions before they are asked and helps students plan their term.
- What should be included in a syllabus?
- A syllabus should list contact details and office hours, meeting times, a course description, learning objectives, materials, grading weights, a schedule with readings and deadlines, and policies on late work, attendance, academic integrity and accessibility.
- What makes a good syllabus?
- A good syllabus is short enough to read, complete enough to rely on and consistent: objectives that can be measured, grading weights that add up to 100%, every deadline dated and each policy stated once. A welcoming tone helps too.
- How to make a syllabus template?
- Save the file this syllabus generator writes and keep it as your syllabus template. Next term change the dates and anything that is new; the layout, sections and policies stay the same.
- How long should a syllabus be?
- A college syllabus usually runs two to five pages, with the schedule the longest part. Put the essentials (contact details, grading, deadlines) early.
- Can it fill in the course schedule dates for me?
- Yes. Enter the first and last day of class, the days the class meets and the days without class, and every meeting gets its date and week number. Topics are placed in order, and the syllabus generator warns you if some do not fit.
- Can I use this syllabus template in Overleaf?
- Yes. Choose LaTeX, download syllabus.tex and upload it to a new Overleaf project. It compiles with pdfLaTeX, the default, using only standard packages such as booktabs and longtable.
- Can I put the syllabus in Word, Google Docs or Canvas?
- Choose HTML. Copy the formatted syllabus from the preview into Word or Google Docs, which keeps the tables, or paste the HTML itself into the HTML view of your course page in Canvas.
- Is there a free syllabus generator?
- Yes, this one. This syllabus generator is free, needs no account and runs entirely in your browser, so your course details are not uploaded anywhere.
- Is this an AI syllabus generator?
- No. It does not write content for you; it lays out the syllabus from what you enter and works out the dates, so nothing in the syllabus is invented. You can draft text anywhere you like and paste it in.
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