Describes the use of experientially based instruction in intercultural communication in a Semester at Sea (SAS) program. Students discuss the theory behind culture shock and individual development in groups and experience the formula at work. (JMF)

Describes a mass media course with the decision-making process at its center. The course uses a set of problem modules, each broken down into a sequence of integrated steps. (JMF)

Argues for the inclusion of a unit on visual communication in the basic course in communication. Provide suggestions for content, exercises, assignments, and resources for such a unit. (SR)

Offers a description of a capstone course for undergraduates (majoring in either organizational or interpersonal communication) designed to help students understand and manage the interconnections between their personal and work lives. Discusses course assignments and evaluation as well as student response. (SR)

Many studies have demonstrated that student motivation is an important factor in student learning. The recently proposed General Model of Instructional Communication, however, does not include motivation. Based on the assumption that student motivation may be an important factor in student learning, particularly long-term learning and retention,…

Looks at the goals, content and classroom procedures for making an undergraduate course in rhetoric relevant within a recently restructured collegiate environment. (MH)

Describes four units in an undergraduate course that examine aging from interpersonal, intrapersonal, and mass communication perspectives. Includes readings. (PD)

Urges speech communication educators to adapt their curricula to the needs of potential law students. Describes a course of instruction which includes units on communication theory and the legal/trial process, interviewing and counseling, negotiating and pretrial strategies, and special topics in judicial communication. (PD)

Presents data from a five-year follow-up study of basic college speech courses. Indicates that orientation of courses has moved toward a more pronounced public-speaking emphasis with increased attention to performance activities. Enrollment growth and faculty makeup are described. (JMF)

Discusses the results of interviews and questionnaires on the oral communication skills needed by research scientists. Proposes an oral communication course for science majors and generally summarizes its content. (JMF)

Discusses the planning, goals, and content of a course in interracial communication at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. The laboratory design of the course allows students to learn about their own and others' racial attitudes and behaviors and to practice new interracial communication skills. (JMF)

Suggests a program for teaching students with communication problems. Outlines in-class strategies supportive of a positive interpersonal climate and a sense of orderly purpose. Uses written dialogues between teacher and student and individual conferences. (JMF)

Describes a course in interpersonal communication offered at the University of Minnesota in which four instructors taught a single section course. Each instructor taught a part of the course based on his area of expertise. (JMF)

Finds an inverse relationship between student perceptions of teacher misbehaviors and (1) teacher assertiveness, (2) teacher responsiveness, (3) positive affect for the teacher, and (4) positive affect for the course material. Shows that instructor type (graduate assistant versus professor) was not related to perceptions of teacher misbehaviors.…