This course guide on communication contains a preselected package of resources (i.e., films, books, models, charts, strategies, etc.) in an attempt to provide the framework for integrating communication with other disciplines. Five chapters include: (1) Moving Information vs. Moving Matter; (2) Transportation: Moving People to Experience; (3)…

The communication sequence that is being developed to form part of the business degree program at Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education in Australia is described in this paper. In addition, the paper examines eight factors influencing curriculum decisions concerning the development of the disciplinary sequence. The eight factors reviewed are…

There is a growing interest in the field of speech communication by legal educators and a mutual interest in the legal process by communication educators. One dimension of this interest is the development of undergraduate courses that focus on communication in the legal process. One such course is offered at the University of Massachusetts,…

Intended as a curriculum development aid for speech communication instructors, this paper provides an outline model for basic speech competencies. The first section of the outline offers approaches to the basic speech communication course, including traditional versus competency-based approaches to education, and presents the three dimensions of a…

The school of communication at Northern Arizona University identified four areas--survey, written, oral, and theory--to be included in the core curriculum for all communication majors. As a follow-up to the deliberation by the school's curriculum committee, a study was undertaken to determine if such central curricula could be found in similar…

In the personalized system of instruction (PSI) used in beginning communication courses at George Mason University (Virginia), the students do more than read text materials and master cognitive course objectives. They are encouraged to have experiences that reinforce what they read and to consider how these experiences relate to everyday life. The…

This document describes the philosophy and courses of the curricular and co-curricular speech-debate-theatre program at Henry Sibley Senior High School in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. The document begins with a brief introduction and background on the school and community, including socioeconomic, cultural, and demographic information, and…

Of interest to curriculum developers, the materials in this paper pertain to the communication component of the prelaw curriculum initiated in the 1979-80 school year at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The materials include (1) a brief decription of the prelaw program; (2) information sheets for students considering the program;…

The interpersonal communication course at an Ohio college is based on several assumptions about the nature of interpersonal communication. First, the course should emphasize both the ability to demonstrate knowledge of the communicative behavior appropriate in a given situation (cognitive domain) and the performance necessary for communication…

The articles collected in this journal are devoted to the topic of teaching speech and theater in community colleges and junior colleges. "Here's Looking at Us," a report of the Association for Communication Administrators' (ACA) 1975 Denver conference on speech communication at the community college and junior college levels, details suggestions…

Representing a first attempt by English teachers in Scotland to address a professional mandate that they teach and assess the modes of talking and listening, this booklet outlines both the scope and the details of an oral/aural syllabus. The eight chapters in the booklet cover the following areas: (1) the oral syllabus--principles and approaches;…

In reorganizing its core curriculum, Duquesne University (Pennsylvania) created a course that combined the required freshman composition and speech communication courses. A two-term pilot course offered eight hours of credit, meeting for one hour three times a week and for a two hour lab once a week. Oral readings were assigned in order to help…