<p>I have two classes that still haven't uploaded a syllabus or a Moodle page on our school website. Therefore I don't know what I need for the a couple of classes (books). Classes start on Tuesday (since we get Monday off for MLK day). Do professors usually take this long to upload the syllabus for their classes?</p>
<p>It’s pretty normal to get the syllabus the first day of class. Unless your school has a separate booklist somewhere, you may just have to wait. Alternatively, school bookstore might know what you need.</p>
<p>No, that’s usually the first thing we receive in class.</p>
<p>I already have two classes that have been up on Moodle for about 2 weeks now, I’m just waiting on two more. I’ve already emailed both Professors just to ask when they’ll be up (I was hoping they would be up this week, since it’s the last week of vacation), one said “ASAP”, even though on his site when you click on the link for the class is says ‘404’. He still hasn’t taken down his previous semester classes. I’m sorry for asking, its just that I like to know what my workload is going to be for the semester and I like to be organized and know what I need to do ahead of time. If that makes any sense at all :). Thanks for replying.</p>
<p>Not really. But then some professors are more organized then others. So I would send him/her an email, or stopping by at his/her office if possible.</p>
<p>It’s normal in many cases that nothing is posted online prior to class, though not super helpful for students. Sometimes teachers don’t know which preps they are teaching until ‘last minute’… or they want to hand the syllabus out the first day like some people have explained above, or they are making changes/coming up with new ideas and assignments, etc. All the suggestions above from other people about what to do are good ones, and/or just know that everyone in the class is in the same situation you are in terms of not having the syllabus prior to the first day of school.</p>
<p>At my school, all teachers are required to send a copy of the syllabus to the dean’s office, so that’s another place to check, but that office may not have received anything from your teachers, yet, either. </p>
<p>It’s good that you are checking it all out ahead of time. I wish my students did that. :)</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice @lawrencemom. </p>
<p>One of my professors put up a syllabus for her Environmental Science Lab (I’m not in that one though), so I figure she’ll put up the other class that I’m in shortly, plus it’s an entirely online class, so there’s nothing that she has to print out/hand out to the class.</p>
<p>Ours aren’t up until the first day of classes.</p>
<p>Yea. I think my last one will be up on Tuesday, which is very inconvenient for me because I have work all day and I can’t look at the syllabus before class… if he decides to put the page up before class starts that Tuesday. All my other classes have been uploaded though, which is good.</p>
<p>As a prof, I’d like to compliment you on your interest - many students don’t realize how important the syllabus really is for understanding what the class will demand of you and how much insight it gives you into the prof’s mindset.</p>
<p>Thank you @stradmom. I like to be organized with my schoolwork, plus I used this method last semester and it seemed to really work!</p>