Survey courses in my department (“The Best-Laid Teaching Schemes,” The Chronicle, March 11) are different from most of our other courses in that they are meant to provide at least a nodding ...

“What’s the point of a survey course?” I’m not sure who asks that question more often — the students who have to take the class or the instructors who have to teach it. It’s no secret that most ...

Hope College has always had effective, energizing instruction as one main priority. It is this spirit that guides the desire to continuously develop the instructional skills of faculty and academic ...

A new set of science survey courses will debut next fall, with the goal of improving the introductions to various scientific fields in Yale’s undergraduate ...

The literature survey course is taught at most colleges and universities. Its content and pedagogy are debated frequently at disciplinary meetings and in faculty lounges. A new collection of essays ...

Co-administered departments work in partnership with IDP to create and manage online course evaluations. IDP creates the framework for the evaluations with department coordinators responsible for ...

For decades, Yale University’s art history survey course, covering the evolution of art from 1300 to today, has been one of the department’s most popular offerings. But the school is now eliminating ...