The authors have developed and implemented a novel general education science course that examines scientific knowledge, laboratory experimentation, and science-related public policy through the lens of feminist science studies. They argue that this approach to teaching general science education is useful for improving science literacy. Goals for…

Reviews the work of the Commission on Undergraduate Education in the Biological Sciences (CUEBS) from 1964 to 1972. Suggests that now is the appropriate time to reassess their efforts, to build on their successes, and to use their experience to attack some of the continuing problems facing biology education. (21 references) (KR)