Describes a new journalism course offered at Fordham University (New York) that uses four devices: scene-by-scene construction, realistic dialog, third-person point of view, and symbolic recording of entire events. (HOD)

Illustrates how business communication courses fit into tertiary business studies programs generally and recounts the evolution of such courses at Nepean College of Advanced Education in Sydney, Australia. (AEA)

Describes the structure and content of a course in business and technical writing offered in the workplace. (AEA)

Describes a graduate-level course in physical-organic chemistry in which students learn to solve problems using computer programs available through the Quantum Chemistry Program Exchange. Includes condensed syllabus and time line showing where various computational programs are introduced. (Author/JN)

Describes a nine-month planning course offered by Belgium's West Flanders Economic Study Office for Indonesian government officials involved in regional planning services. (Author/WB)

Describes a unit of study on China for use with students in the middle grades. Students research topics such as Chinese transportation and sports, reproduce Chinese characters, construct a relief map of China, prepare Chinese food, and solve a Chinese puzzle. (RM)

Describes high school social studies course in western civilization with an urban emphasis. Suggests that since 85 percent of the population lives in cities, few Americans can escape the reality of urban living or the influence of urban phenomena in their lives. (Author/KC)

Briefly presents a rationale for including chamber music performance in the high school music curriculum. Describes a pilot independent study course in which students could earn credit through string quartet performance. The course syllabus, scheduling, and contract grading system are discussed. (SJL)

Describes an environmental-based staff development program which supports and works with teachers to improve their instructional programs through more and better use of natural, social, and built environments. Includes principles central to the program's approach and program's four major steps (initial training; pre-planning sessions; full-day…

Presents procedure for designing a course in directed conversation in a second language, including choosing topics and developing workbooks that become the psychologically accepted replacement for an official text and a tool for the teacher. Gives two sample units. (Author/BK)

Describes "Biology of Mankind," a first-year biology course offered at the University of New South Wales in which biological principles are taught in the context of the evolution of man in relation to his environment. Outlined are aims, course content, and course evaluation methods. (CS)

Describes a 16-week engineering and philosophy course which focuses on topics such as attitudes toward technology, values and ethics, ethical dilemmas for scientists and engineers, technological growth, and policy formation. Lists weekly topics, required and recommended readings, and topics for student papers. (DC)

Describes a college course which examines the organizational and behavioral characteristics of trial courts in the American judicial process. A major course objective is to help students understand the trial court process as a political process by showing how trial court organizations are involved in the allocation of social values. (RM)

Describes and evaluates a college level course designed to cover basic theory on the development of social movements and revolutions and to provide case studies from the United States and around the world through the use of documentary films. (RM)

Describes a non-credit, remedial mathematics course for introductory chemistry students taught before the beginning of a regular semester. Recommendations to take the course, to review mathematics, or indicating that further review is not necessary are based on the results of a test mailed to students before the beginning of the semester. (SK)