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Greenwood, Nancy A. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
The Introduction to Sociology course is usually the first contact that students have with the discipline of sociology. This course can determine whether students take other sociology courses or learn to use sociology in their lives as adults and citizens. "First Contact" identifies important issues facing instructors in introducing students to the…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Sociology, Teaching Methods, Guides
Widulski, Peter – Teaching Political Science, 1985
Hegel's teaching is often omitted or considered summarily in political philosophy courses. In order to reduce these difficulties, an introductory discussion of Hegel's political thought in the context of a dialogue is presented. (RM)
Descriptors: Course Content, Higher Education, Introductory Courses, Political Science
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Dopke, Nancy Carter; Lovett, Timothy Neal – Journal of Chemical Education, 2007
Mass spectrometry is a widely used and versatile tool for scientists in many different fields. Soft ionization techniques such as matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) allow for the analysis of biomolecules, polymers, and clusters. This article describes a MALDI mass spectrometry experiment designed for students in introductory…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Chemistry, Course Content, Laboratory Experiments
Howze, Philip C.; And Others – 1996
This document is a library instruction manual for an introductory course on library research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The assignments provided are intended for independent study; a syllabus is included for the 7-week course. The manual is divided into seven sections. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the library system, services, and…
Descriptors: Assignments, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Databases
Gornowich, Barbara Bernstein; Nelson, Anthony – 1989
The materials comprise the curriculum for an introductory course in academic writing for limited English proficient adult or college students. The guide is intended for the upper end of a survival language skills course or the lowest end of an academic developmental writing sequence. The curriculum instructs students on academic life and assists…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Course Content, English for Academic Purposes
New York Inst. of Tech., Old Westbury. – 1987
This document contains the course syllabus and 12 independent practice modules for an introductory college algebra course designed to develop student proficiency in the basic algebraic skills. This course is designed as the first of a two-semester sequence. Topics include operations with signed numbers; simple operations on monomials and…
Descriptors: Algebra, Behavioral Objectives, College Mathematics, Course Content
Nishio, Yvonne Wong – 1991
The student workbook and teacher manual for an adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) literacy course are presented. It assumes that students have some native language literacy skills but may have had little or no prior schooling. The student book has 10 units, topically organized: alphabet; numbers; time; the calendar; money; school; the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Alphabets, Audiovisual Aids, Communication Skills