This article addresses the importance of oral communication and many of its fundamental underlying principles. Emphasis is placed on oral presentations, particularly those used in science and engineering. Following this, the author provides a brief outline of an elective graduate level oral communications course that was developed and utilized to…

Addresses the interrelationships between polymer science and education and describes a series of graduate courses to instruct the topics. (CP)

Described the chemical engineering graduate program at Texas Tech University for non-chemical undergraduate majors. Typical course schedules and syllabi are presented. (CP)

Reports on a survey of programs at a number of universities. Particular concerns of graduate programs for non-chemical engineers are noted. (CP)

Describes the content and use of Scientific Writing for Graduate Students: A Manual on the Teaching of Scientific Writing" prepared by the Committee on Graduate Training in Scientific Writing of the Council of Biology Editors. (AL)

Presents the philosophy and structure of an environmental program designed to retain the students identities as chemists. Describes the two core courses in environmental chemistry and lists the instructional materials used. (GS)

Describes a short course on the history of chemistry taught at the graduate level with topics including apparatus and techniques. (SL)

Describes a graduate-level tectonics course which includes the historical basis for modern tectonics concepts and an in-depth review of pros/cons of plate tectonics. Tectonic features discussed include: ocean basins; volcanic arcs; continental margins; continents; orogenic belts; foreland fold and thrust belts; volcanic/plutonic belts of orogens;…

This course, offered by the departments of chemical engineering and polymer science and engineering at the University of Massachusetts, is mainly a course in applied fluid dynamics with an emphasis on flow pressures dominated by viscous effects. (BB)

Many graduate students in geology lack an adequate knowledge of scientific methodology, research methods, and writing skills necessary for thesis work. Described is a course designed to address these deficiencies. (Author/WB)

Presents a graduate course in marine education for teachers, including aims, topics, goals, diversity, organization and instruction, texts, grading and evaluation, field trips, computers, creative projects, and final exam. An appendix lists texts and sample readings. (11 references) (MKR)