Provides a framework for an upper-level basic radio production course. Covers course structure, production assignments, equipment, studio/lab time, grading procedures, textbook and audiovisual materials. Emphasizes theory and practice to provide students with critical and production skills. (PD)

Presents background on the aesthetic experience which can be developed into curriculum content for teaching aesthetic literacy at the elementary and secondary grade levels. (Author/SJL)

Describes the components and teaching procedures that constitute a semester course in business writing at a university. (RL)

This outline contains categories on the origins, theories, processes, principles, and problems associated with organizational communication. (RL)

Lists the objectives and instructional procedures of a required business communication course. (RL)

Conducted a survey to determine the variety and availability of college-level environmental chemistry course offerings in the United States. Reports that 45% of all responding institutions offered an environmental chemistry course within the chemistry department, 24% were contemplating offering such a course, and 53% of responding institutions…

Explores specific places where a component of ethical decision-making can be incorporated into the undergraduate chemistry curriculum and the effect on students' moral development. Presents several case studies. (SAH)

Provided are 23 course syllabi representing a broad range of courses taught in the fields of history of technology and technological studies. The collection falls into two major categories. The first section outlines courses dealing primarily with the history of technology, including courses dealing with the history of technology in a Western or…

Contends that interest in Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has led to an increase in the number of sociology courses on the topic. Describes course content, instructional materials, and class activities used in a college course titled "AIDS and Society." Includes two appendices with AIDS "riddles" and answers. (CFR)

This paper presents a set of interdisciplinary lessons for teaching about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska). Lessons include a petroleum product treasure hunt, an examination of life without petroleum, the development of a wildlife poster, an exploration of the tundra ecosystem and the plants and animals that live there, identification…

A description is presented of "Intrapartum Perinatology," an undergraduate nursing course which focuses on the various functions and responsibilities of nurses during the labor and birth processes. First, a course description is provided which includes the criteria for students taking the course and assignments of time for lecture and…

A faculty member involved with the Higher Education for Learning Disabled Students (HELDS) project describes ways in which an English grammar course was modified to accommodate LD students. The course, designed to compensate for students' inadequacies in grammar, is described in terms of four phases: (1) the introductory period (in which LD…

An anthropology professor describes the instructional approach used as part of the HELDS (Higher Education for Learning Disabled Students) project. A syllabus for General Anthropology is presented that outlines course composition (mechanics, content, materials) and grading procedures. A sample unit on living primates illustrates the teaching…

The booklet describes approaches to teaching learning disabled students introductory physical anthropology, as related by a professor involved in the Higher Education for Learning Disabled Students (HELDS) program. The author suggests ways to identify LD students through observation of short attention span, restlessness, and marked discrepancies…

A proposal is presented for a Community College of Philadelphia course, entitled "An Introduction to Commercial Security," which is intended to provide an introduction and analysis of the security administration function. Following a standard cover form, a statement of purpose for the course notes the rapid growth of the security…