Seven charts contain a summary of information obtained from two national surveys of elective literature programs which were conducted in spring and fall 1974. All persons connected with the program were English teachers or department chairpersons in junior or senior high schools. In the first survey 54 people were contacted and responded to the…

By a careful choice of minors or elective courses in college, the English major who shies away from teaching as a profession may equip himself with a unique set of skills, "marketable" in such diverse fields as advertising, public relations, journalism, publishing, library science, government and industry. Thus, he is insured economic security in…

This paper describes a ten-week elective course for high school seniors entitled "Literature and Women's Liberation." The purposes of the course were (1) to introduce students to some of the classic fictional, nonfictional, poetic, and dramatic statements concerning the role of women, as well as to quite a few recent commentaries on this theme;…

This curriculum guide is the second phase of a total curriculum for the Administration of Justice Education programs in the California Community Colleges. This guide provides a portion of the option courses to be companion courses to the core curriculum. When used in conjunction with the core curriculum guide, this guide provides the necessary…

Letting students create poems out of random collections of words involves and interests them.

An archeological field program developed at California State College in Pennsylvania has been restructured to appeal to students as an elective. Four objectives are included: primary research, scientific investigation of culture, portrayal of prehistoric and historic life styles of man, and recognition of cultural ecology. (LBH)

Offers a discussion of and suggests activities for an eight-week elective course on the themes of alienation and love in adolescent literature. (HOD)

An evaluation program for fourth-year electives at Wright State University School of Medicine is described. Although individual electives were assessed, the evaluation program allows generalizations across electives by identifying strengths and weaknesses commonly found in the electives that were evaluated. (MLW)

The knowledge of antibiotic therapy among students taking an elective course in antibiotic prescription following a course in antibiotics and infectious diseases was compared with those not taking the follow-up elective course, and it was determined that the elective course reinforced existing knowledge. (MSE)

Discusses the content of elective courses and considered factors liable to affect course offerings in the social science area. (Author/RK)

A study conducted in nine schools to determine the freedom of choice in electing or not electing physics. In five of the nine schools the physics student group indicated a freedom of choice that was significantly lower than that indicated by the non-physics group. The group of physics students included a large number of students who did not elect…

An investigation of student reactions to elective courses by the English teachers at Weber Junior High School in Port Washington, New York. (Editor/CB)

Author presents three examples of successful English units given as high school electives, notes the positive aspects of the elective program, and discusses accountability in terms of communication of objectives in English. (SP)