Discusses the relevance or validity of an interdisciplinary approach to teaching the history of science. Describes a course in the history of medicine acceptable for college credit either as history or biology. References are cited. (EB)

Describes an interdisciplinary course, Images of Creation in Science and Poetry, which was designed for science, humanities, and social studies majors. Explains the chronological time lines that serve as the course's organizing themes. Includes an outline, the table of contents of the class manual, and student reactions to the program. (ML)

Describes a one-semester course designed to examine the relationship between science and technology in Western civilization during the period between the earliest organized social life and the inception of the Industrial Revolution. Includes a list of readings, schedule of topics and assignments, and student requirements. (TW)

Describes a one-semester course designed to examine the relationship between science and technology in Western civilization during the 19th and 20th centuries. Includes a list of required readings, the schedule of topics and assignments, and a description of the student requirements. (TW)

Provides the syllabus for an undergraduate course on "Technology and Society" offered at the University of Missouri (Kansas City). Includes a general description of the course goals, required media log, and student mini-projects. Contains the list of assigned readings and a weekly breakdown of topics and assignments. (TW)

Provides the syllabus for a graduate course in communication technologies and social change offered at the University of California (Annenberg School of Communications). Includes a course overview, a list of readings, and a weekly breakdown of topics and assignments. Addresses the preindustrial, industrial and information societies. (TW)

Profiles the Contemporary Liberal Arts Core Curriculum of Polytechnic University (New York). Provides the course syllabi for the four-course science, technology, and society sequence, which includes "Technology and Society in Historical Perspectives,""Introduction to Behavioral Science,""Ethics and Technology," and…

Presents an account of developments in an environmental education course for practicing teachers in Australia. Reports on some of the changes that have taken place in the course and the cyclic revision patterns that have occurred between the course's theoretical rationale and its practical embodiment. (TW)