Can anyone point me towards existing work I could use? Open course
material and syllabuses I could use, with the necessary references?

At Utrecht University:

http://www.cs.uu.nl/wiki/FP - for first-year bachelors
http://www.cs.uu.nl/wiki/Afp - for first-year masters
http://www.cs.uu.nl/wiki/USCS2010 - for late-year bachelors or early masters (two-week long summer school currently being taught)

Regards,
Sean