The outline describes the food services and hospitality course offered to senior high school students at the Bucks County Technical School. Specifically, the course seeks to provide students with a workable knowledge of food services and foster in them a sense of personal pride for quality workmanship. In addition to a statement of the philosophy…

This guide furnishes a detailed account of the basic characteristics of the Vietnamese "regular" high school curriculum and system. The regular high school is one of the three main kinds of high schools in Vietnam. Knowing the exact content of the subjects that students took in Viet-Nam will help teachers and administrators in placing…

After establishing the need for a course in data processing management in the business administration curriculum, the author outlines a specific course and describes it in sufficient detail to assist faculty members in the development of a comparable course. (Author/IRT)

Outlines a basic course designed to develop communication competencies in teachers. Provides a pragmatic approach to the development of instructional communication competencies in areas of interpersonal, small group, information dispensing, and instructional discussion communications. (MH)

Describes a course dealing with issues of institutional policy analysis which is the study of government reform and its consequences. Explains that the course is organized around three sets of choices: value choices, methodological choices, and institutional choices in which students question their own decision-making processes. (BSR)

Looks at problems encountered in the development of an interdisciplinary course on South Africa by two African history and English literature instructors. Focuses on problems related to timing, student expectations, and the balanced integration of materials from both disciplines. (AYC)

Provides descriptions of courses offered at various colleges in the following areas: (1) improvement of technical communication; (2) technology and technical communication; (3) technical communication of scientific material; and (4) media for technical communication. Offers these descriptions as a means for creating technical writing assignments.…

Describes 10 units in a course on "film noir," a cinema that tells stories of alienation linked to issues of social and sexual power. Includes units on visual and narrative style, space, classic detective tradition, and emotional solitude.(PD)

When a core curriculum degree requirement in computer literacy was approved at Hardin-Simmons University (a small, private institution), a committee of faculty members developed the course specifications. They include a weekly one-hour lecture and a two-hour laboratory to achieve eight educational goals. These goals and the course format are…

Describes an undergraduate course on computers in the field of music. Illustrations of what can be presented are provided by descriptions of course content related to computer-aided music analysis, computer music, and computer-aided composition. An annotated bibliography is presented as a resource to those preparing to introduce such a course.…

First year chemical engineering students are required to take a two-semester sequence in applied mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania, with the option of taking a third semester elective course. The content of the courses and the approaches used are discussed. A list of textbooks used is also provided. (JN)

Described is the design and administration of a large two-semester course in principles of economics that permits both students and faculty some choice of both subject matter and meeting times. Students complete a standardized nine-week core and are then allowed to select topical modules. Advantages and disadvantages are discussed. (Author/RM)

A professional scriptwriter describes a semester course he teaches in which students are required to write 12 scripts. (PD)