Course Syllabi
Posted February 04, 2006Having problems developing a syllabus for your class? Follow this link to a list of sample syllabi provided by science writing teachers around the country.
Several NASW members have kindly made their syllabi available. Some of the Web sites for the various graduate programs in science journalism may also link to syllabi of their faculty. Have a syllabus to add to this list? Send us email.
- Stephen Hart taught a science journalism class recently for the University of Arizona biology department.
- Steve Tally has taught at Purdue University.
- Tom Linden teaches three medical journalism courses at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Barry A. Palevitz and Michelle Momany teach "Popular Science Writing" at the University of Georgia. Class alternates between undergrad and graduate level. The Spring 2003 syllabus is online.
- Bruce Lewenstein of Cornell University teaches several courses on science writing and analyzing science communication:
- Science Writing for the Mass Media
- Communication in the Life Sciences
- Public Communication of Science and Technology
- Kelli Whitlock taught a course on covering science, medicine and the environment for magazines at Ohio University.
- From the Philadelphia Inquirer
- Gettysburg College offers a science writing course
Last revised: March 14, 2008
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