SYLLABUS MANAGEMENT

Standardize syllabi without standardizing your faculty.

Give faculty an easier way to create and update syllabi while giving your institution greater consistency, governance, and visibility.

KEY FEATURES

Bring consistency to every syllabus.

Managing syllabus requirements across departments can create inconsistent language, outdated policies, and repetitive administrative work. Kuali brings syllabus creation, review, approval, and policy management into one configurable process—while preserving the flexibility faculty need.

Flexible Syllabus Templates

Create and maintain consistent syllabus structures while giving faculty control over course-specific content.

Centralized Policy Management

Manage institutional policies and required language centrally while preserving faculty ownership of their content.

Configurable Review & Approval

Capture approvals with dynamic, multi-branched workflows that reflect how syllabi move through your institution.

Collaboration & Versioning

Build, review, collaborate, duplicate, and update syllabi without relying on email chains and disconnected documents.

Connected Academic Operations

Integrate with Kuali Curriculum Management and your SIS to reduce duplicate work and keep academic information aligned.

WHAT IT SOLVES

Fewer outdated or inconsistent syllabus policies and requirements.

Less repetitive administrative work for faculty and academic teams.

Less manual routing and fewer disconnected document-based approval processes.

outcome

Consistent where it matters. Flexible where it doesn't. Give your institution greater control over policies and requirements without dictating how faculty teach.

SEE IT IN ACTION

A closer look at Syllabus Management.

From creation to approval and ongoing updates—all in one configurable process.

Policy Management

Maintain required institutional language centrally so faculty can work from current policies and requirements.

Review & Approval

Route syllabi through configurable, multi-branch workflows based on institutional requirements.

Collaboration & Versioning

Review, iterate, duplicate, and create new versions without losing process history.

Visibility & Insights

See which syllabi are pending, where they're stalled, and what needs attention.

Syllabus Creation

Start from flexible templates that make syllabus creation faster and more consistent.

WHY KUALI

Standardization shouldn't mean one-size-fits-all.

Every institution needs consistency. Every instructor needs flexibility. Kuali separates what the institution needs to govern from what faculty should control—helping academic teams standardize policies, required content, and approval processes while preserving faculty ownership of course-specific material. Governance without rigidity.

INSTITUTION GOVERNS
• Required policies and language
• Required syllabus sections
• Review and approval process
• Institutional requirements
FACULTY CONTROLS
• Course-specific content
• Teaching approach
• Assignments and assessments
• Additional course resources
CONNECTED ACADEMIC OPERATIONS

Your syllabus doesn't exist in isolation. Neither should your syllabus software.

A syllabus is the classroom expression of decisions already made through curriculum and academic governance. Kuali connects Syllabus Management with Curriculum Management and institutional data so approved information can move forward instead of being recreated at every step.

CURRICULUM
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SYLLABUS
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STUDENT EXPERIENCE

When curriculum and syllabus processes are connected, institutions can reduce duplicate entry, improve consistency, and help faculty work from approved academic information.

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PLATFORM EXTENSIBILITY

And your academic processes don't stop at the syllabus.

Kuali's platform extensibility gives institutions a way to digitize additional academic workflows around their core processes—without adding another disconnected point solution.

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Program Change Requests

Major Declarations

Transfer Course Approvals

Degree Verification

CUSTOMER PROOF

Built around how higher education actually works.

“The team has been incredible to work with. They are like family. They listened to what we needed, and they built something remarkable.”

Theresa Bosworth — Vice President of Student Services, Blue Mountain Community College

RESOURCES

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Higher Education's Guide to Curriculum Management Software

Access the Higher Ed's Guide to Curriculum Management Software with Kuali. Discover best practices & tips for selecting the right software for your institution

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University of Central Florida Finds success with Kuali

Learn about how UCF's Provost's Office solved for their curriculum management data issues with their catalog using Kuali.

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Best Practices for a Successful Curriculum Management Implementation

Curriculum management today is far more complex than simply updating course catalogs. Learn how Kuali assists with the complexity.

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TALK TO SALES

Bring consistency to every syllabus.

See how Kuali helps you simplify syllabus creation, keep institutional
requirements current, and give faculty the flexibility to make every course their
own.