Describes the Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Studies at Macquarie University. The two year program was started in 1973. (RH)

Working from a report that pinpointed changes in mass communications by the end of the coming decade and from input provided by accredited advertising programs at other institutions, the advertising department at the University of Missouri proposed several curriculum changes. The following requirements were recommended for majors: substituting…

A campus newsletter for undergraduate academic advisers at Michigan State University was developed by the Student Academic Affairs Unit within the Undergraduate University Division. Initial tasks included: preparing a mailing list, deciding on methods for collecting and verifying information, and developing guidelines to insure consistency of…

This series of exercises is designed to provide undergraduate students with some experiences to deepen and clarify their understanding of the various approaches to personality. The exercises include the semantic differential, modeling, systematic desensitization, shaping, role construct repertory, free association, and approach-avoidance…

One of the most important, yet difficult concepts to teach in an undergraduate course in intermediate microeconomics is the all-embracing concept of elasticity of demand. This paper details a four part teaching approach developed to make this most important aspect of microeconomic theory more understandable. Part 1 develops the approach for…

Describes the development of a minicourse organization for an introductory biology course at the University of Northern Colorado. Optional experiences and evaluation procedures are discussed. (RH)

A practice-teaching program directly related to a physics course for future elementary school teachers has been developed at the University of Washington. Described are some of the activities and the benefit of the activities to both the prospective teachers and the physics department. (RH)

Lectures are perhaps appropriate to present material not yet published or for material to be presented only once and hence not worth publishing. The author feels that for most undergraduate teaching neither of these conditions holds. (Editor/PG)

These technical notes describe the methodology used in determining the costs of that part of the undergraduate medical education program not financed by contributed services or by income from research or clinical activity. (Author)

Analyzes the impact of a wide reaching educational reform program on the attitudes and world outlook of a current generation of anglophone and francophone undergraduates in the province of New Brunswick, Canada, drawn from summaries of questionnaires and personal interviews in the students' mother tongue. (Author)

The initial effort to apply the Keller plan model of individualized learning to teaching research methods in sociology is described. (Author/KM)

Several methods for creating and maintaining a learning environment, in which the political science students at the undergraduate level can receive individual treatment even in large classes, are described. (Author/KM)

Presents the results of a survey among 135 undergraduate journalism or communications programs on enrollment trends in 47 states and the District of Columbia. (RB)

Shows that 91 percent of 200 students from 40 accredited universities earned 15 semester hours or more in at least one discipline in addition to journalism. (RB)