Describes a forensic-oriented, college-level course in consumer chemistry. Includes course goals, topical outline, and list of chemical ingredients in consumer products useful for student research projects. The first section of the course focuses on mathematics since students in introductory courses may fear doing the most rudimentary mathematical…

Provides background information on and a brief description of the content and aims of the AO syllabus in electronics. The syllabus is divided into six sections: (1) measurement/instruments; (2) materials, devices, and transducers; (3) digital electronics; (4) analog electronics; (5) electronic systems; and (6) electronics impact on…

Describes a unit of instruction that involves the rhetorical situation of an in-class corporation to give students experience in abstract and report writing. (AEA)

The use of continuous simulation is promoted as a teaching tool in the undergraduate curriculum. Simulation, advances in continuous simulation, an approach to teaching system dynamics, computer languages deemed suitable for continuous simulation, and an outline of a prototypic first course in continuous simulation are presented. (MP)

Describes the descriptive inorganic chemistry component of a second year course in intermediate general chemistry at Sir Wilfred Grenfall College (Canada). Includes course content, listing of audiovisual aids, and discussion of textbooks used. (Author/JN)

Details are given of a university course that utilizes computer programing to help students explore aspects of number theory. The course is thought to provide acceleration of the discovery process to the point where pupils can study a full range of topics. (MP)

Describes the elements of data processing documentation, presents and discusses a model syllabus for a course that takes into account each element of data processing documentation, and examines the requisite knowledge for teaching such a course. (HOD)

Describes a three-credit elective course at Notre Dame, Design of Environmental Health Control Systems, offered to senior civil engineering students and graduate students in health engineering. (CS)

A seven-week sequence of one-hour sessions of practice in assertiveness skills is elaborated. The mini-course is designed for the personal and professional development of senior baccalaureate nursing students. (SK)

Describes senior research project centered around three facets of wine made from locally grown grapes: methods of deacidification, effect of pectic enzyme use during vinification, and qualitative/quantitative composition of total phenols of wines. Includes student participation (1975-1980) in and outcomes of the program, and laboratory techniques…

Describes an experimental course in content area writing in engineering taught at Triton College (Illinois). (HTH)

Provides a comprehensive course syllabus for a semester course in environmental history which investigates human attitudes toward nature and the response they evoke to environmental issues. Includes weekly topics, reading assignments, course format and requirements, and essay topics. (Author/DC)

Presents a course which addresses the social, cultural, scientific, and clinical aspects of the historical development of the medical professions in the United States. Includes course format, explanation of exams and grades, and listing of weekly topics, reading assignments, and discussion questions. (DC)

Describes a college course which uses a national approach to the teaching of international politics. Students are grouped into "country teams." Each country team publishes an analysis of its nation's foreign policy. Country teams participate in other activities including press conference simulations and an inter-nation simulation. (RM)

Describes an advanced college course dealing with urban public policy in the United States. It assumes previous student work in political science and urban life. (RM)