Describes a course in economics for journalists offered at the University of Oregon and discusses some of the limitations of such a course. (RB)

Describes a prototypical course in concrete poetry offered at Princeton University. (RB)

This is the course outline for apprenticeship requirements for a water well driller in Alberta. A graduate of Water Well Driller apprenticeship training is a journeyman who, through skill and knowledge, is capable of operating the machines used to produce bore holes. They will be able to complete a bore hole into a finished productive well,…

A professor who teaches an American Studies course at the University of Idaho contends that she has her work cut out for her. According to the professor, Idaho's conservative political climate has led to her learning to negotiate. This paper first describes the development of an American Studies core course that began in the 1980s and continues…

The expansion in the fields of optical engineering and optoelectronics has made it essential to introduce optical engineering concepts into undergraduate courses and curricula. Because of limits on the number of course requirements for the BS degree, it is not clear how these topics should be introduced without replacing some of the traditional…

A course of study for teaching duplicating machines in a typewriting class is described. (SC)

A course entitled "Mid-life Alternatives for Over-Forty Males" offered by a metropolitan area university continuing education agency failed to draw enough respondents to justify teaching the course. Reasons for its failure are discussed. (AG)

A federal grant to the Missouri State Committee for the Humanities began a program aimed at emphasizing the human quality of existence, the beliefs and values by which man lends meaning to his daily existence. It has grown, through the county extension offices, to statewide proportions, providing curriculum guides, model programs, and improving…

Describes a large introductory physics course, that follows an individual mode without any class meetings, is laboratory centered and multilevel. After finishing a subtopic the student reports to his faculty examiner to take a written-oral proficiency exam. (DF)

The purpose of this report is to publicize some worthwhile experiences enjoyed by the author in a small school with a limited budget. (DF)

A program designed for nonscience majors around two approaches: basic concept of modern physics and the physics of urban and environmental problems. The first semester was intended to familiarize students with the philosophy of physics and its relation to human thought; the second semester dealt with the impact of physics and technology on modern…

Short courses are outlined as the offerings of one rural school district in Pennsylvania. (JB)

A brief description of an interdisciplinary instructional program conducted at Antioch College which combines engineering, art and the social sciences. (AK)