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Direct linkLydia Horne; Amanda Manzanares; Nicholas Babin; Emily A. Royse; Lee Arakawa; Eunice Blavascunas; Lisa Doner; Daniel Druckenbrod; Ennea Fairchild; Meghann Jarchow; Barry R. Muchnick; Prajjwal Panday; Denielle Perry; Rebecca Thomas; Anne Toomey; Brian H. Tucker; Camille Washington-Ottombre; Shirley Vincent; Steven W. Anderson; Chelsie Romulo – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2024
Interdisciplinary environmental and sustainability (IES) programs are different from other fields because they focus on a complex integration of humanities, social, and natural sciences concepts centered on the interactions of coupled human and natural systems. The interdisciplinary nature of IES programs does not lend itself to traditional…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Environmental Education, Sustainability, Higher Education
Sarah Rose Fitzgerald; Christine Turner; Anne Graham – College & Research Libraries, 2024
This study investigates how instructors consider resource cost and availability when compiling assignments in their course syllabi. It uses the academic planning model from Lattuca and Stark to frame the influences on instructional material selection. It employs a critical incident technique method, asking instructors to take into account one…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Costs, Instructional Materials, Educational Resources
Graham F. Hunter – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2024
Utilizing interviews with 44 full-time HESA faculty members, this study explores how they describe planning for individual courses. Findings suggest a model of course planning in which faculty members enter the process with particular beliefs and then make decisions as they consider existing syllabi, course objectives, course content, and student…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Courses, Course Descriptions, Course Content
Download full textFiona A. E. McQuarrie – British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2024
The purpose of this report is to examine and compare course outlines at BC Transfer System member institutions, and to provide recommendations for course outline content and format to facilitate request for transfer credit. This project examined course outlines and/or syllabi from 36 BC Transfer System member institutions, along with each…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Transfer Policy, Educational Policy, Institutional Cooperation
Kleb Dale G. Bayaras – Online Submission, 2023
In course design, topic outline organization encompasses the structuring and sequencing of topics to be delivered in a learning environment. Recent studies in topic outline optimization revolve around massive open online courses (MOOCs) due to their abundance but not much has been studied on the traditional courses. This study investigates the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Introductory Courses, Programming
Paul Hanstedt – American Association of Colleges and Universities, 2024
Supplying an insightful introduction to current trends in general education reform, this second edition of "General Education Essentials: A Guide for College Faculty" gives an important, timely overview of general education curricular design. General education curricula provide students with the intellectual flexibility they need to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teaching Guides, Curriculum Design, General Education
McRell, Amanda Stafford; Grace, Breanne L. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2023
As our world moves away from historic models of self-contained countries, toward a more integrated and connected world, research suggests transnational approaches may be advantageous for advancing social justice agendas. While social work higher education has long prioritized cultural competencies and global perspectives in practice and research,…
Descriptors: Social Work, Social Justice, Course Descriptions, Counselor Training
Dragica Šalamon; Lucija Blaškovic; Alen Džidic; Filip Varga; Sanja Seljan; Ivana Bosnic – Cogent Education, 2024
Ubiquitous datafication surrounds agriculture stakeholders with data as the raw material for additional value creation, resilience and innovation. Technical and soft competencies of data literacy (DL) are not comprehensively addressed in formal secondary education as an interdisciplinary and general concept. Aiming to assess DL structure set for…
Descriptors: Data, Multiple Literacies, Higher Education, Course Content
Herr, Trey; Laudrain, Arthur P. B.; Smeets, Max – Journal of Political Science Education, 2021
Colleges and universities continue to expand their curricula to include cybersecurity as an explicit course of study in political science. But what is taught in a course on cybersecurity? Are syllabi deep dives into technology, broad romps through contemporary policy debates, or do they reflect a more varied disposition? Studying the syllabi of an…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Security, Information Security, Political Science
Wenyu Guan; Poonpilas Asavisanu – Journal of Education and Learning, 2023
This study investigates the prevailing challenges in teaching English for Medical Purposes (EMP) within Chinese higher education institutions in Guangdong Province, intending to propose strategies for improving the quality and efficacy of EMP instruction. Based on comprehensive responses from EMP instructors and students, three primary issues…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Medical Education
Morreale, Sherwyn P.; Myers, Scott A.; Wang, Tiffany R.; Westwick, Joshua N. – Communication Education, 2023
Continuing a tradition dating back to 1968, this tenth study in a longitudinal series of surveys of the basic communication course has two goals: (1) to provide descriptive information about the basic course contemporarily and over time; and (2) to propose a framework for interpreting the impact of the extraordinary national and international…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Trend Analysis, Introductory Courses, Higher Education
Köpsén, Johanna – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2022
Context: Swedish Higher Vocational Education (HVE) is organised as state-funded programmes provisioned by both public and private education providers in close relation to employers. In HVE programme managers have responsibilities like those that often are vested in vocational teachers. They are responsible both for the day-to-day work of provision…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Higher Education, Administrator Role
Romero-Hall, Enilda; Li, Linlin – Journal of Teaching and Learning, 2020
The purpose of this syllabus analysis was to explore the structure of courses focused on social media and geared towards education professionals. Fourteen course syllabi from institutions located within the United States (U.S.) were analyzed as part of this investigation. The results of the analysis revealed a total of 46 unique topic themes…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Social Media, Teaching Methods, Learning Experience
Galleli, Barbara; Teles, Noah Emanuel Brito; Freitas-Martins, Mateus Santos; Semprebon, Elder; Hourneaux Junior, Flavio – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to analyse the insertion of Sustainability in Management undergraduate courses in Brazilian higher education institutions (HEIs). Design/methodology/approach: Through content analysis, the authors have mapped the curricular grids of the Management courses simultaneously best classified in an independent national ranking…
Descriptors: Management Development, Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Undergraduate Students
Trebiocchi, Chiara – NECTFL Review, 2022
Post-communicative methodologies nowadays provide instructors with multiple curricular models to reimagine their syllabi, design creative assignments, and prepare their lessons. Yet, challenging topics are still often avoided, fearing students' limited language proficiency. Conversely, compelling content--carefully presented and pedagogically…
Descriptors: Italian, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Course Descriptions
