This report deals with the developmental history of the Intermediate Science Curriculum Study (ISCS). Description of the project and its origins as well as summative evaluation are briefly discussed. Diffusion of the project and subsequent adoption are treated and its future potential evaluated. (CP)

A description of the degree program, Master of Science in Information Science (Documentation), given by the School of Library Service, UCLA is reported. The program is designed to provide students with both a common core of technical knowledge and directions for specialized, individual research work. The major emphasis is on information system…

Responding to the demands of the Clean Air Act of 1970, the Manpower Development Staff of the Office of Air Programs has acted to provide more and better-trained practitioners in the field of air pollution control. Numerous courses are conducted through the Institute for Air Pollution Training, while university training programs are administered…

As a supplement to the principal reports of the U. S. Naval Academy Self-Paced Physics (ED 062 123 - ED 062 125), the course objectives, structure, and sequence are discussed in this document to provide an overview of the program's development and operation. Following a description of goals, characteristics, content, systems approach, media…

The design of a program utilizing individualized instructional objectives (with 150 students per semester) in an undergraduate reading methods course is described. The program incorporates individualized instruction, team teaching, and the extensive use of multimedia. Students attend one mass lecture and two seminars each week. The required…

An outline for a nine-week course called "Humanities of Art and Music" is provided. The course is an audio and visual presentation of some of the works of music, art, architectural development and homey philosophy from Caveman through the present day. The course objectives are: (1) to give the student a background of some of the folk…

This booklet describes the language arts course "Media, Minds, and Masses," written for the Dade County, Fla., public schools. Topics for the course include the workings of contemporary radio, television, newspapers, magazines, and movies; the present status and power of media; the history and development of media; and the influences of…

These materials, used in a self-paced course in engineering descriptive geometry for freshman and sophomore college-level students, cover three modules: basic spatial relationships; intersections, parallelism, and perpendicularity; and graphic analysis and development. Each module contains five instructional units. Each unit includes a rationale,…

Many medical and professional schools are now including courses in human sexuality in their curricula. This paper describes a course in sex counseling principles which focuses on the content and process of sex counseling. The course is designed to impart information about human sexual function and dysfunction, and to provide some exposure to the…

This document describes the planning and implementation of an interdisciplinary humanities program at Golden West College. A planning committee sought input from faculty and students in order to determine what needs were not being met by current general education requirements and to determine how an integrated program could be developed involving…

A 10-week seminar in self-control for 25 selected junior and senior psychology majors at the College of Wooster is described. The seminar was developed in response to increasing popularity of behavior modification and an interest in exploring applications of a science of behavior. The didactic aspect of the course was complemented by an applied…

A course for senior nursing students focuses on the health problems and belief systems of minority clients and how these affect their health care. Based on a holistic and epidemiological approach to health care, the seven week course includes theory and clinical practice which students found stimulating and useful. (Author/MS)

An inservice learning format is described which requires both a standard for performance and a tool to measure performance objectively. Its use can shift the nursing inservice education emphasis from transmission and acquisition of knowledge to acquisition and application of skills and knowledge. (Author/MS)

The use of a telemedicine system (live, color microwave television transmission with two-way auditory and visual communication capability) to teach a course in critical care nursing from an urban university medical center to staff members in rural southeastern Ohio hospitals is described. (MS)

A structured course for teaching interviewing is described which focuses on the interaction between the patient and the practitioner. The course focuses on relationship, communication, and feelings, and theoretical material is described behaviorally in checklist form. Different methods are used to help students apply skills in clinical situations.…