Describes a course (titled Structures and Machines in Urban Society) designed to examine some leading ideas in engineering developed since the Industrial Revolution. Includes course content (covering four time periods, each characterized by a major technological development), course requirements, grading policy, and comments on computational…

A course labeled Liberal Arts Mathematics is described. It includes: historical perspective, logic and proof, the structure of number systems, mathematics in art and nature, data analysis with probability and statistics, and computing. A list of references for each topic is included. (MNS)

Describes the transdisciplinary approach taken by the University of Tasmania's Center for Environmental Studies. Reviews the center's options for postgraduate degrees. Specifically explains the center's major course orientation, "Human in Environment," and outlines the difficulties in this type of approach. (ML)

This article describes a high school art teacher's experience in developing a computer art course for her students. Included are six examples of computer art created by her students. (JDH)

Demonstrates how poetry may be used to illustrate basic sociological concepts and themes. Provides examples of student-written and published poems which have been integrated into the author's classes. (JDH)

To many students the complex technical problems of computer graphics seem to put them beyond reach. Computer technology can be reduced to the bare basics, however. In this activity elementary art students add an intriguing dimension to a crayon drawing by completing a computer image counterpart of a previously drawn image. (RM)

College seniors in a geography of marketing and distribution course learn about spatial optimizing techniques by participating in a freight distribution game. Students plan the distribution of confectionery from two factories in England to 20 wholesale and retail customers in Scotland. The team that designs the lowest cost system wins. (RM)

The history of the program in learning disabilities at Simon Fraser University is followed by a summary of currently available undergraduate and graduate courses. Three majority training needs are cited: consultation, skill application, and therapeutic instruction. (CL)

An interdisciplinary, upper-division course examining leadership and its relationship to liberal learning, is described, which is taught at the College of Wooster by 12 faculty from different departments and culminating in a national conference featuring prominent leaders and scholars. (MSE)

Elaborates ways in which literature may influence politics and demonstrates literary techniques employed to develop political arguments, disseminate political thought, and articulate ideological positions. Describes an interdisciplinary undergraduate course which used literature from Latin America as its focus. (JDH)

Describes a production-oriented course designed to give students experience in writing for film and knowledge of screenwriting techniques and film planning activities. (PD)

Describes an art project that involved blind secondary students in producing a large piece of sculpture for the terrace of their school. (RM)

Courses for a computer technology program are listed. Hardware purchases necessary to use a mainframe computer in a single-user environment in a computer organization course is described, and sample runs from three programs are included. (MNS)

Describes a year-long graduate plant design course. The course provides students with an appreciation of the profit motive that drives business activity, the role of the chemical engineer in achieving this goal, and historical and contemporary perspectives on chemical engineering practice. (JN)

A video-based format was used during a graduate seminar course designed to educate students on the nature of catalysis, to help transfer information among students working on similar problems, and to improve communication skills. The mechanics of and student reaction to this seminar course are discussed. (JN)