The course, entitled Architecture for Non-Architects, was planned as a sequence of experiences, introducing architecture through its component parts and progressing through design problems to a synthesis of these components in a building program. (Author/PG)

By obliging students to be historians themselves, teachers may demonstrate that the understanding of the past goes beyond mere dates and opinion offerings. (Author/PG)

Describes the rationale for and implementation, content, objectives, and format of an undergraduate toxicology course. Includes criteria required to offer such a course. (SK)

Proposes a teaching/learning strategy for college level sociology courses on problem solving. The method involves directing students to assess the logical adequacy of statements selected from common sense, journalism, and sociology. Evaluation of a course based on this method indicates that it can help students develop rational thinking skills.…

Argues that communication educators as well as those in the education discipline must begin to promote communication training for all teachers. Describes goals, objectives, units, activities, and assignments for a comprehensive communication course for all teachers. (SG)

This paper calls for the standardization of the speech communication basic course at large universities where many sections are taught a semester by graduate students and adjunct faculty. The paper discusses the faculty vision for a standardized basic communication course and suggests that standardization is one of the ways that communication…

Although a history and systems course in psychology should provide a valuable forum for organizing the discipline, no current texts consistently provide enough coverage of the context in which the discipline emerged to anchor developments throughout the history of psychology. To test the validity of this observation, 10 undergraduate history and…

A study investigated whether the computer anxiety of novice users would be reduced more with graphic user interfaces than with command line interfaces. Computers have become an integral part of communication research, and undergraduates are being required to take research courses that necessitate the use of computers. Forty-five students enrolled…

A study was done of college undergraduates' views of course syllabi as syllabi are generally the primary vehicles by which course instructors initially communicate plans, goals, and expectations to students. The study proceeded with an open-ended, one-question survey distributed to students in seven undergraduate classes from four different…

This paper, a general introduction to composition class for graduate students (at Illinois State University) not all of whom are necessarily teaching composition at the time they are taking the course, is organized around Andrea Lunford's categories in her essay "Rhetoric and Composition": questions about writers, questions about…

Argues that the proliferation of teaching methods and materials in recent years has resulted in low quality instruction and concludes that the "over-production" of freshman English will cease when teachers begin to feel that what they "teach is worth the trouble." (RB)

A review of some attempts to improve an undergraduate economics course is found in "Economics" available from Economics Association, Room 340, Hamilton House, London, WCIH 9BH.

Describes a technique for teaching creative writing to students attending an open admissions college. (RB)

This paper describes four journalism courses designed to develop students' visual sense and then channel that sense into the field of advertising. "Visual Communication" is a basic course in the elements of design which attempts to demonstrate to students that there are rules and order which comprise good design. "Publication…

An archeological field program developed at California State College in Pennsylvania has been restructured to appeal to students as an elective. Four objectives are included: primary research, scientific investigation of culture, portrayal of prehistoric and historic life styles of man, and recognition of cultural ecology. (LBH)