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Williams, Dennis C.; Tarrer, A. Ray – Chemical Engineering Education, 1986
The process control sequence at Auburn University consists of two four-credit hour lecture courses and a two-credit hour laboratory course. Descriptions of the courses and of the laboratory are provided. Various comments about the sequence are included. Authors report that students are better prepared in process control under this sequence. (JN)
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Course Descriptions, Engineering Education, Higher Education
Tinari, Frank D. – 1983
The paper explains an alternative structure to teaching micro and macroeconomic theory and describes the characteristics that make it an effective framework for introductory and principles courses. The teaching of economics principles typically proceeds by separating macroeconomic theory and microeconomic theory. But the use of the macro-micro…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Economics Education, Higher Education

Stenmark, David E.; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1981
Describes courses designed to prepare undergraduate students for employment in substance abuse agencies. The courses include a general survey, skills acquisition, and practicum placement. (KC)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Drug Abuse, Employment Opportunities, Higher Education
Hodgkinson, Keith – Simulation/Games for Learning, 1980
This description of two simple simulations as taught to undergraduate teacher trainers in a history of education course includes materials, procedures, follow-up exercises, and a brief defense of the use of simulations in higher education. (Author/CMV)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Games, Educational History

Jasinski, Jerry P.; Miller, Robert E. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1985
Describes four courses in the undergraduate bachelor of science program in industrial chemistry at Keene State College (NH). They are (1) introduction to industrial chemistry; (2) polymers--synthesis and separation techniques; (3) inorganic industrial processes; and (4) organic industrial processes. (JN)
Descriptors: Chemical Industry, Chemistry, College Science, Course Descriptions

Anbar, Michael – Journal of Medical Education, 1981
The abilities to understand medical technology, to evaluate new devices and procedures, and to assess their effectiveness, reliability, costs, and risks in comparison with existing methods are discussed. A course in clinical biophysics offered at the State University of New York at Buffalo is described. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Biophysics, Clinical Diagnosis, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development

Brown, Charles G.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1984
As emergency medicine became a specialty, it was realized that traditional training of physicians in urgent, emergent, and acute care problems was deficient. Surveys and studies demonstrate that the emergency medicine curricula in American medical schools remains at a minimum. (MLW)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Evaluation, Higher Education, Medical Education

Earney, Fillmore C. F. – Journal of Environmental Education, 1976
University students participated in community environmental problems by investigating junked cars. The students gained experience in problem identification, research design, and field investigation. The students also received sociopolitical experience by presenting their findings to the city commission. (MR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Community Services, Course Descriptions, Environmental Education

Bronson, Richard – Two-Year College Mathematics Journal, 1982
The use of continuous simulation is promoted as a teaching tool in the undergraduate curriculum. Simulation, advances in continuous simulation, an approach to teaching system dynamics, computer languages deemed suitable for continuous simulation, and an outline of a prototypic first course in continuous simulation are presented. (MP)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Higher Education
Tucker, Lewis R., Jr. – Journal of Business Education, 1981
Describes the entrepreneurial team approach utilized in a course designed to sensitize students to the opportunities, as well as the problems inherent in the ownership and management of a small business. (LRA)
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Administration Education, Course Descriptions, Group Activities

Nissim-Sabat, Denis – Teaching of Psychology, 1979
Describes abnormal psychology course centered around films which include "King of Hearts,""A Woman Under the Influence,""David and Lisa,""In Cold Blood," and "The Boys in the Band." Each film deals with a fundamental concept such as psychopathology, neurosis, psychosis, insanity, and sexuality. (KC)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Course Descriptions, Films, Fundamental Concepts

Burnett, Louis E. – Advances in Physiology Education, 1991
The development of a curriculum that integrates laboratory, field, and nonlaboratory experiences in an undergraduate biology department is described. Some of the laboratory experiences provided students in a Principles of Biology course and how other parts of the upper division curriculum are structured around these key experiments are discussed.…
Descriptors: Biology, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Increasing the Accuracy of Data Collected by Undergraduate Psychology Students from a College Class.

Worthington, Everett L., Jr. – Teaching of Psychology, 1985
A technique used in an undergraduate psychology class to reduce student incentives to fake data as they undertook a research project concerning marriage relationships is described. An evaluation of the technique suggested that it works. (RM)
Descriptors: Cheating, Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Data Collection

Rose, Bruce I.; Stafford, Robert D. – American Mathematical Monthly, 1981
A college course designed to teach students about the mathematics of symmetry using pieces of wallpaper and cloth designs is presented. Mathematical structures and the symmetry of graphic designs provide the starting point for instruction. (MP)
Descriptors: Algorithms, College Mathematics, Course Descriptions, Higher Education

Srivastava, G. P. – Physics Education, 1989
This article reports the status of an undergraduate course in introductory physics at the University of Ulster and its success over the past 11 years. The original plan, problems, changes, and an assessment of the course are discussed. Lists 11 references. (YP)
Descriptors: College Science, Course Descriptions, Courses, Foreign Countries