The Department of Communication and the English Language Institute at Wayne State University in Detroit are one year into an experimental project in intercultural communication instruction that brings international students and metro-Detroit undergraduates into a shared classroom. The Detroit project design was partly funded by the Ford Foundation…

For a new course in media editing at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, a nonlinear, affordable AVID Media Suite Pro system was selected for the student video laboratory, a textbook was chosen, and an instructor was trained. However, there were difficulties concerning the acquisition, delivery, setup, and debugging of the editing…

Frustrated with existing approaches to teaching introductory small group communication, an instructor developed a systematic approach called Group Problem Solving through Communication Styles. Assumptions underlying the course are that the small group communication class is a general education course (it may be the only communication class taken…

This paper presents a proposal for "Perspectives on Professional Knowledge," a course designed to introduce junior-level Syracuse University students to rhetorical and linguistic concepts as tools for the examination of professional knowledge and professional education. The paper briefly describes the course and discusses the…

A brief history of science fiction and an analysis of its functions precedes a description of a university level course taught at Trinity University on science fiction, technology, and values. Science fiction writing is briefly traced from Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" through the golden age of science fiction in the 1940s and 1950s to its…

This document contains a final report of a project which developed a model multidisciplinary graduate curriculum in mental health and aging. The introductory chapter, "Career Preparation: A Curriculum in Mental Health and Aging for Service Providers" (Thomas A. Rich, et al.), includes background information and discussions of the curriculum…

The intent of this project was to develop a course for mathematics graduate students at Iowa State University. They would design and write computer programs for use by undergraduate mathematics students, and then offer the course and actually produce the software. Phase plane graphics for ordinary differential equations was selected as the topic.…

This paper describes a graduate curriculum in research and philosophy of science that was developed over a number of years at the California State University-Fullerton Counseling Program. The three objectives of the curriculum are presented, i.e., to provide a forum for discussion of issues generic to psychology; to provide a framework for…

This document reports on a workshop on coral species present in Thailand and on the status of coral taxonomy in central Indo-Pacific countries. The report discusses workshop aims, summarizes field and laboratory studies, provides a tentative checklist of hermatypic coral species from Thailand, assesses the status of coral taxonomy in participating…

Focusing on the practical applications of content area writing, and programs using writing assignments in all areas of the college curriculum, this serial issue has three sections. The theme article, "Writing across the Curriculum," discusses the writing across the curriculum movement, and examines ways two colleges have incorporated…

A model basic speech communication course is described in this paper, along with guidelines for developing and maintaining an individualized approach to the basic course. The course outline describes the university environment where the course is taught; the structure of the department offering the course; the philosophy and course objectives; the…

The author describes the development and evolution of an undergraduate interdisciplinary sociology course which he created in 1958 at Harvard College. Staff for the course was drawn from sociology, social psychology, anthropology, political science, social history, and law. The aim of the course was to examine modes of research and intellectual…

This brochure describes the novel professional staff development model used by the Division of Student Affairs (DSA) at Eastern Michigan University. The inservice training model revolved around the design and implementation of a Mini-University format for the 76 staff professionals and six graduate assistants within the DSA. Basically, the…

The Computerized Information Service for Nursing Educators (CISNE) is a computerized information system designed to help nursing instructors exchange ideas in an attempt to improve teaching methods. The system, which is under development, will assist nursing educators by performing eight functions: (1) coding courses for instant input and…

This paper provides a brief overview of Oakton Community College's (OCC) cluster organization, which is believed to foster offering of true interdisciplinary education. OCC is organized into four learning clusters, each of 30 full-time and 40 part-time faculty, 1,500 students, and headed by a dean. Each cluster is semi-autonomous; authority is…