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Perlman, Baron; McCann, Lee – Teaching of Psychology, 1993
Reports on a national survey of 520 psychology programs on the number of mathematics and science courses required as part of the general education requirements for an undergraduate degree. Finds that an average of one mathematics course and two science courses are required. (CFR)
Descriptors: Degree Requirements, Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Majors (Students)

Guppy, Neil; Arai, A. Bruce – Teaching Sociology, 1994
Reports on a comparative study of the undergraduate sociology curriculum in 36 U.S. and 38 English Canadian institutions. Finds that Canadian schools more closely resemble the European sociology curriculum by emphasizing sociological theory. Contends that U.S. schools emphasize research methods in the context of a liberal arts program. (CFR)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Degree Requirements

Downey, Dennis J.; Torrecilha, Ramon S. – Teaching Sociology, 1994
Asserts that diversity breadth requirements, also known as multicultural requirements, have become an integral part of undergraduate education in U.S. universities. Reports on a study of 32 institutions on their undergraduate multicultural course requirements. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Design, Degree Requirements

Messer, Wayne S. – Teaching of Psychology, 1997
Examines the catalog descriptions of 42 undergraduate psychology programs in North Carolina. Reveals that minimum introductory and methodological requirements consists of one-term introductory, statistics, and experimental design courses. A required integrated experience was most often a history and systems course or senior seminar. This is…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Course Content