"College Music Symposium" is published annually in one volume. This issue is devoted to four areas of music. "Musicology" contains five articles: "Communicating Musicology: A Personal View" (L. Lockwood); "'Music History' as a Set of Problems: 'Musicology' for Undergraduate Music Majors" (J. Hepokoski);…

The 14 course outlines in this paper represent the culmination of a 2-year project by the Broadcast Education Association's Courses and Curricula Committee. They were selected for outlining based upon either the frequency with which they were included in the curriculum of institutions offering comprehensive programs in broadcast education or the…

This paper prepared at the request of the South African Institute for Librarianship and Information Science develops a scientific definition for librarianship and guidelines for librarians based on that definition. An abridged version of the author's doctoral dissertation, the paper shows that a definition of librarianship is essential for the…

Maturity models are successfully used by organizations attempting to improve their processes, products, and delivery. As more faculty include online course design and teaching, a maturity model of online course design may serve as a tool in planning and assessing their courses for improvement based on best practices. This article presents such a…

The question in a growing number of colleges is not what curricular changes ought to be made but what must be done to survive institutionally and individually. (Author)

This bulletin states the educational objectives of the Montgomery County, Maryland, public schools and outlines specific goals in the health education program for students from kindergarten through the twelfth grade. (JD)

In 1976, the School District of Oconee County, South Carolina was awarded a federal grant to identify and serve children (3 to 6 years old) who were termed gifted and talented by ranking in the upper 2% of the population. A curriculum was devised to meet the needs of the gifted and talented student. The curriculum moved the child through a…

The objective of studies of academic programs and their curricula is twofold and mutually dependent. The principal purpose is the development of quality programs. A corollary of this objective is the evaluation of existing or proposed programs. Both objectives of this type of educational studies thus depend on the development of program models.…

This module cluster is designed to facilitate successful, self-paced learning by familiarizing the student with social studies and its goals. The student is asked: (a) to gain skill in dealing with the elements that have become essential in planning an instructional sequence that speaks to the criticisms of the past and recognizes the problems and…

This document is a collection of three essays that deal with the pamphlet "A Search for Valid Content for Curriculum Courses" (ED 040 129). The essay by Marian Martinello (University of Florida) is a review. Martinello finds that the pamphlet lacks continuity and a unifying theme and ultimately that it provides little direct assistance in dealing…

The author makes several prefatory observations on the hodgepodge nature of current social studies programs, and the lack of a functional (as opposed to descriptive) statement of the means and ends of social studies education. The following functional definition, developed by the staff of the Marin Social Studies Project, is offered: The social…