課程大綱(course syllabus)是大學教師在開授課程前所擬的教學計畫。本研究藉由文件分析和問卷調查的方法，分析國內30所大學及國外7所大學課程大綱，並初步調查某大學學士班298位學生。研究發現課程大綱的內涵可分為開課資訊和內容資訊兩部分，內容資訊項目以課程概述、指定教材與參考書目、評量方式與標準、課程要求等項目較為重要。大學生會以課程大綱做為選課的依據之一，而絕大部分教師也會在開學初講解課程大綱，並和學生討論後作一些調整。本文並依據這些結論提出八點建議，做為大學和教師規劃課程與教學之參考。

A course syllabus is an instructional planning before faculty offering a course in higher education. This study mainly adopts two methods. One is using documentary analysis to explore the contents of syllabi of 37 universities. The other is adopting questionnaire to survey 298 undergraduate students who provide the opinions about the contents and the application of course syllabi in a university. According to the findings, there are some important items including course description, textbook and reading, grading and assignment, course requirement in a syllabus. Almost students select courses by browsing syllabi, and most of all teachers interpret the syllabus in the first days of semester. Teachers also can modify the syllabus with students' opinions. Based on the above conclusions, there are eight suggestions are given to the faculty and university in order to design a course syllabus and use it efficiently in teaching process in the future.