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Joshua Plencner; Allison Rank – Journal of Political Science Education, 2025
Structural questions about the undergraduate political science major have spurred debates in the field for more than thirty years. Today, resurgent growth of unusually sharp threats to American democracy fuel familiar curricular questions with new urgency. However, the combined effects of inertia, bureaucratic hurdles, and resource constraints…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Political Science, Undergraduate Study, Majors (Students)
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Baumer, Benjamin S.; Bray, Andrew P.; Çetinkaya-Rundel, Mine; Hardin, Johanna S. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2020
We designed a sequence of courses for the DataCamp online learning platform that approximates the content of a typical introductory statistics course. We discuss the design and implementation of these courses and illustrate how they can be successfully integrated into a brick-and-mortar class. We reflect on the process of creating content for…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Statistics, Introductory Courses, Teaching Methods
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Berheide, Catherine White – Teaching Sociology, 2005
For over 30 years, sociologists have expressed concern that the undergraduate curriculum in sociology lacks coherence. The sociology major continues to be loosely structured with few opportunities for sequential learning. To achieve greater coherence in the major, I recommend that departments sequence more courses or infuse both empirical and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Sequential Learning, Sociology, Curriculum Design