Ideal for faculty and administrators looking to blend business education and the liberal arts, this toolkit combines exemplary syllabi from 26 leading institutions with step-by-step strategies to advocate successfully for curricular innovation. Conceived with comprehensiveness in mind, these resources cover both inspiration and implementation for…

Much of IS pedagogy research has focused on IS programs in business schools or in computer science departments. Insufficient attention has been given to assessing IS pedagogy in business schools without an IS major and in a strong liberal arts environment where skepticism about IS education is high. We describe a newly-designed IS core course that…

Provides a synopsis of the current approach to teaching a course on chemical information at Oberlin College. Reports on changes made during the past two years. (Author/CCM)

Proposes a new definition to help determine the appropriate scope of the telecommunications curriculum. Considers implications for textbooks, courses, and the liberal arts tradition. (PD)

Describes a course to give to non-engineering students at least a qualitative physical explanation of some examples of fluid flow situations observed and encountered in our daily lives. (Author/TS)

The recent growth of interest in engineering courses for non-majors has resulted in many new courses. They vary in approach and in degree of technical content, but most have arisen from the conviction that a person is no longer truly well-educated" if he is technologically illiterate. (Author/TS)

Describes a PMC college course which is an introduction to technology and its impact upon society for non-scientists. Case studies of computer technology, pollution, communications, and other systems are used to bring into perspective the roles and responsibilities of the engineer and scientist in today's society. (Author/TS)

Describes a course at Kansas State University intended to bring together students of all disciplines for intensive discussion of technology and society. (Author/TS)

Describes a two-semester sequence of a senior elective art class. Emphasized is the discovering and experiencing of the primary esthetic, intrinsic values of a self-imposed, limited medium, such as collage, welded sculpture, or oil painting. (TS)

Continuous quality improvement is the clarion call across all business schools which is driving the emphasis on assessing the attainment of learning outcomes. An issue that deems special attention in assurance of learning outcomes is related to consistency across courses and, more specifically, across multiple sections of the same course taught by…

Discusses issues and strategies related to developing courses and materials that will help nonengineering students develop an understanding of the technological process. A description of a course suitable for both liberal arts and engineering students (which focuses on the analysis of a newsworthy technological issue) is provided as an example.…

Describes the development of new engineering course offerings for non-engineering students. Six topics are considered of current importance and probable interest to non-technical students: technology, transportation, information, energy, environment, and urban problems. (TS)

This ccourse for non-engineers is designed to lead the student through an awareness of the many areas in which technological advances affect his daily life to the recognition of the broader social implications of that same technology. (Author/TS)

Describes six physics courses, at two universities, with career-linked applications offered as electives and designed to strengthen interests in physics and help in career preparations of nonscience students. (GA)