Describes the sharing of authority that occurred during a collaboratively taught course for basic writing students, supported by real-time computer exchanges. Discusses the computer classroom, curriculum, assignments, collaborative teaching, and student responses to the course. (SR)

Presents a master syllabus describing a communication course designed to (1) maintain a hands-on internship experience for students; (2) provide a method for integrating theoretical principles into "real-world" settings; and (3) offer an avenue for faculty supervisors to receive credit for time spent teaching and administering…

Proposes a course in business communication that includes international or global perspectives in its philosophy, content, and assignments. Includes a syllabus, a scheme describing how the course is taught, a communication audit plan, a capstone project, and a sample reading list. (SR)

A variety of units (e.g., word, structure, notion, function, and situation) are used in synthetic syllabi, but task has recently appeared as the unit of analysis in three primarily analytic, Type B alternatives: procedural, process, and task syllabi. Descriptions and limitations of each are presented. (138 references) (Author/LB)

Proposes a three-course sequence of research courses for master's degree programs in journalism, to better prepare journalism graduate students to understand quantitative research. (SR)

Describes strategies used in teaching Black women's studies courses to predominantly White classes at Denison University. Provides suggestions on the selection and sequence of texts, especially novels, that merge Black and female concerns and promote exploration of the issues of race, gender, and class. (DM)

Shares an alternative (and tested) approach to teaching the small group communication course, which includes discussions of race, gender, and class as important communication variables within various social and interpersonal communication. (SR)

Offers an outline of the social studies methods course taught at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. (SR)

Outlines the structure and approach of a high school course in theater history. Includes suggestions of plays for scene work, ideas for interdisciplinary lesson plans from selected periods, and a list of books for additional reading. (SR)

Presents a language syllabus containing approximately 120 items that represents an easily achievable goal for people wishing to visit a foreign country for a month or more. Advice for learning the items in the syllabus is provided. (15 references) (GLR)

Presents an example of an enrichment course that focuses on the linkage of education and practice (in the field of social work) through creative methods involving poetry and music. Notes implications for further application and research. (RS)

Considers advantages and disadvantages of four different sociopolitical approaches to multicultural studies: corporate, liberal, essentialist, and radical democratic. Suggests the use of a radical democratic perspective because this approach acknowledges the need for changes in the power structures of society. Offers suggestions for designing a…

Describes a course that focuses on the struggles of women through the centuries to get education, and how much women in the United States have achieved in the last 100 years. Contains 58 references. (ASK)

Explains the philosophy and practice of a mathematics study-skills course through the narrative of a fictional student. Provides a rich description of the experience, and numerous footnotes provide the ideas and justification behind the design of the course. Contains 15 references. (Author/ASK)

Linking courses from three disciplines (biology, philosophy, and psychology) around a common theme, five faculty members at Carleton College (Minnesota) planned, implemented, and evaluated a course for first-year students. Analysis of student responses to the course leads to discussion of the effectiveness of such linkages and the importance of…