Discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of offering intensive courses instead of elective courses in one-theme biology classes at the secondary-school level. (ND)

Describes the content and methodology of elective courses which expand Soviet student's understanding of the Soviet state and the courts, the structure of power, and the basic rights and duties of the citizen. Courses in labor law, love and family law, criminal law, and constitutional law expand the current social studies curriculum. (KC)

The fourth-year courses selected by the classes of 1982 and 1986 in the Brown University Program in Medicine were compared. The data support the contention that medical students' perception that residency positions were more difficult to obtain led to changes in selecting courses in the fourth year of medical school. (Author/MLW)

Relating to her own experiences and to her reading of "Language and Mind" by Noam Chomsky, the author argues for the teaching of traditional grammar. (HOD)

Discusses highlights of a survey undertaken to determine practitioner attitudes toward specific courses in the present M.L.S. program. Topics highlighted include training and/or education, elective courses suggested by respondents, professional competency, American Library Association and Office of Personnel Management viewpoints, and continuing…

Enrollment data for 1977-1982 are used to produce an innovative map of top 42 elective courses in Drexel University's School of Library and Information Science. Data gathering and computing procedures are given in sufficient detail for replication and evidence is relevant to accreditation standards of American Library Association. (Sixteen…

The emergence of undergraduate majors in America is reviewed, and a survey of administrative attitudes on undergraduate majors is discussed. Today's academic departments control majors entirely by determining how many courses will constitute their major, what these courses will be, and in what order they will be taken. (MLW)

Describes a six-week writing elective during which students become more confident of their own writing and are free of teacher assessment/judgment. (HOD)

Contradicts the article "Das Franzoesische zahlt die Zeche" appearing in this journal (2/1975), stating that the reformed upper-level curriculum would result in no students' electing French. Proposes offering a third foreign language in 9 or 11, and a carefully designed, segmented, objectively testable course. (Text is in German.)…

The results of a survey of elective course offerings in New York City high schools show that the most popular electives are world area studies, ethnic studies, and behavioral sciences. (KM)

An elective program for grades 10-12 replaced a rigid, sequential social studies curriculum to become a diverse and stimulating program for developing good citizens. (Author/KM)

Discusses curriculum planning and improvement with the focus on the needs of the individual student. (RK)

Discusses an English elective course entitled Supernatural Literature and Communication'' in terms of its literary value, course content, and improvement of basic language skills. (RB)

Samples of elective units are given and the advantages of the system are described. (SP)

Author describes how, without hiring additional teachers, the teaching load was lowered, the language arts curriculum was completely changed, and students and teachers taught and took what they wanted, while teaching and taking what they should" (Author/SP)