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Young, Arthur P. – ADE Bulletin, 1978
Summarizes responses to a questionnaire on popular courses that was sent to English department chairpersons in 1977. (GW)
Descriptors: Elective Courses, English Curriculum, Higher Education, Literature
Young, Arthur P. – ADE Bulletin, 1979
Summarizes responses to a questionnaire on popular literature courses that was sent to English department chairpersons. (GT)
Descriptors: Elective Courses, English Curriculum, Higher Education, Literature
Young, Art – ADE Bulletin, 1980
A group of 66 college English departments was surveyed regarding their most popular literature courses. Most popular were courses in Shakespeare, science fiction, film, fiction, United States literature, and modern and contemporary literature. The most popular writing courses were creative, technical/business, and advanced composition. (DF)
Descriptors: College English, Contemporary Literature, Educational Research, Elective Courses
Young, Art – ADE Bulletin, 1982
Reports the findings of a survey of 131 college English departments regarding their offerings in literature and writing. (AEA)
Descriptors: College English, Educational Research, Elective Courses, English Instruction
Young, Art – ADE Bulletin, 1981
A group of 97 college English departments was surveyed regarding the most popular elective literature courses. Most popular were courses in Shakespeare, fiction, American literature, genre literature, modern and contemporary literature, and the novel. (AEA)
Descriptors: College English, Contemporary Literature, Educational Research, Elective Courses
Kimmich, Flora – Bull Assn Dep Foreign Lang, 1969
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Degree Requirements, Elective Courses
Peer reviewedBay, Libby – Community College Review, 1978
Discusses reasons for the decline in literature enrollments and methods available for stimulating student interest. These include extensive publicity, expanding course offerings to include popular genres and media, offering special studies courses whose focus changes each semester, and the learning contract, where student and instructor develop…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Courses, Declining Enrollment, Elective Courses
Download full textKirschenbaum, Howard – 1969
A viable solution to the problem created by English curriculum designers whose course selections have failed to stimulate students' interests or to develop their language arts skills is to involve students in curriculum building, offering them a structure under which they may choose courses relevant to their needs. The free choice curriculum…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elective Courses
Hillocks, George, Jr. – 1973
This program focuses on the elective English programs which are, in whole or in part, replacing traditional English offerings at the secondary school level. It is suggested that the newer elective English programs differ from traditional ones in at least six ways: (1) elective programs consist of a wide variety of courses; (2) students are…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Courses, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Cuyahoga Falls City School District, OH. – 1966
Some objectives of this non-graded elective English program are to individualize language arts instruction, to deepen student interest in and appreciation of literature, to provide more meaningful sequences of courses, and to capitalize on the teaching strengths of the English faculty. Courses are divided into three areas--composition and English…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Educational Objectives, Elective Courses, English Curriculum
