Paying for Course syllabus?

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The ADN program that I will be entering as a first year student on August 19th charges for the course syllabus & guide, which also includes the lab manual and clinical manual created by the instructors at the college. It is a highly detailed and specific 216 page document, there is a ton of information and guidance in this packet. It includes schedules, dates, rubrics for assignments, what is covered in each class, lab and clinical, information on tests, assignments, group projects, lab skills and papers. Etc etc etc. Do other schools charge for this? Do other schools create their own lab manual and clinical manual? I mentioned this in another thread and there were a couple of comments questioning this practice.

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I go to a large state university and have never heard of this in my life. Our professor e mailed us our syllabus and lab manual in 2 different attachments over a month ago. They are written by the program directors and include the same information.

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I go to a large state university and have never heard of this in my life. Our professor e mailed us our syllabus and lab manual in 2 different attachments over a month ago. They are written by the program directors and include the same information.

I go to a community college, but it is the same for me. We are given all of that information as part of the course. I am sure they include the costs for such things in the tuition rates, but we do not have additional fees for them providing that stuff. Most of it is given to us electronically, but some of it is in hard copies.

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If we want hard copies, we have to print them. Too bad printer ink isn't included in tuition :)

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Specializes in CVICU.

At my college, we pay $20 for the syllabus and it is over 100 pgs of information, including a calendar-like planner for the entire semester with the days when we have tests, lecture, skills lab etc filled in and what the test/lecture/lab will cover. For example, on the first day of class it says 'Lec 1 - Levels of Healthcare / Skills lab - Orientation'. Also includes details on every assignment we will have, when they are due, templates for different assignments, information about clinicals, etc.

I seem to be in the minority in not minding having to pay for the syllabus, but I am very thankful for such a guide. I know it will make navigating the first semester of nursing school easier.

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We had to pay $60 for our first one, and less for the other ones. It is common in all of the schools in my area.

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We had to pay $60 for our first one and less for the other ones. It is common in all of the schools in my area.[/quote']

OMG!!!!!!!!!! This is crazy....I went to a community college for my pre nursing courses. None of the professors charged anyone ever there. I truly hope that my new school does not charge for things like this. Sheesh don't they know that nursing students are on tight budgets!!! ?

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Specializes in CVICU.
OMG!!!!!!!!!! This is crazy....I went to a community college for my pre nursing courses. None of the professors charged anyone ever there. I truly hope that my new school does not charge for things like this. Sheesh don't they know that nursing students are on tight budgets!!! 

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This is the first time I have ever had to pay for a syllabus.. but all the syllabuses I received in the past were like 2-3 pages long. First page being a cover page, 2nd being the college's policies/mission statement, 3rd being a very, very vague list of learning objectives for the class. As opposed to a 100+ pg document outlining the entire semester.

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Specializes in Med/surg, Onc.

I go to a technical college and we receive the syllabus, worksheets, power points and objectives for each unit. We pay for our own 3 ring binder to put it in but it's just part of my tuition that I get the syllabus etc. Most of my classes are over 200 pages of stuff for each class (usually fill my 2 inch binder).

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Long Term Care.

They just post them and if we want to print them we can on our own! No fee included!

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My school charges $55 for a fancy binder that says nursing on it and 200 pages or so of lecture notes. I'd rather not have it in paper format. Wasting paper and making money off us is the goal I guess?

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I go to a state college and I don't pay for my syllabi. The instructors post them online and it's up to you to print it. So far I've taken fundamentals and pharmacology and the syllabi for those 2 courses were almost 200 pages. They did contain detailed information for each chapter including reading assignments, objectives, assignments, grading rubrics and due dates. There were also policies for the college and the nursing department. I would probably complain about it if they charged us since it's just a PDF file...

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