The College Board's College Level Entrance Examination and the Educational Testing Service's Advanced Placement Program allow students to earn credits for degrees without formal courses. (HS)

Describes the first six years of language courses for nonlanguage specialists at the language center of the University of Kent, Canterbury, England. (DS)

Suggests that lack of interest in voluntary college science courses may be an unfortunate emphasis on advanced theory, rather than elementary foundations, in secondary school science courses. (AL)

A discussion of career opportunities in mathematics and the qualifications required of persons who pursue certain mathematics-related careers are presented. (FL)

Based on a talk given at a meeting of the Ohio Modern Language Teachers Association on April 12, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio. (DS)

Results of a survey of schools granting American Chemical Society-approved degrees indicate that most chemistry departments still require graduate students to understand a foreign language, despite much discussion in the past few years that the requirement might be outdated or that competency with computers is more relevant to chemists. (Author/JN)

Defines baccalaureate nursing education, specifically the upper division nursing major, and compares it to technical nursing education. (JOW)

A student at Empire State College of the State University of New York studying under a mentor like Sharon Villines is likely to get college credit in a wider variety of subject areas than a candidate for a traditional bachelors degree. (MM)

Describes the new physics courses, and course combinations with physics, that were introduced after 1973, and are being offered in addition to the existing four-year sandwich course in applied physics. (GA)

Makes the case that there is a weakness in the scholarly base of the museum profession and that the Ph.D. degree is mainly a research and publication degree and therefore not recommended for museum programs. Suggests that museum studies programs pursue the doctor of arts (D.A.) rather than the Ph.D. (MVL)

Examines statistics and research design requirements at various levels of school psychology education in the United States. Results indicated more required courses in statistics and research design at the doctoral level. Results are discussed in terms of the importance of statistics and research design competency at all levels of the profession.…