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Zander, Arlen R. – American Journal of Physics, 1975
Describes the objectives, structure, and evaluation of an upper level, limited enrollment, elective course taught by a team of a physicist, a psychologist, and a literary scholar. Reports experience with the course since first taught in the Spring of 1972. (GH)
Descriptors: College Science, Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach

Hallett, Linda Rahm; Kalman, Calvin S. – American Journal of Physics, 1975
Discusses a two-semester college course focusing on the idea that developments in the sciences and the arts together reveal a constant process of mutual influence and cross-fertilization. The course develops this thesis using examples from physics, art, literature, and philosophy from Greek times to the present day. (Author/MLH)
Descriptors: College Science, Course Descriptions, Curriculum, Higher Education

Giancoli, Douglas C. – American Journal of Physics, 1971
Describes an interdisciplinary course for advanced undergraduates in the physical and biological sciences. The goal is to understand a living cell from the most basic standpoint possible. The ideas of physics, chemistry, and molecular biology are all essential to the course, which leads to a unified view of the sciences. (PR)
Descriptors: Biology, Biophysics, Chemistry, College Science

Lerner, Lawrence S.; Gosselin, Edward A. – American Journal of Physics, 1975
Describes a course for college seniors, science majors and non-majors, designed to trace the development of modern science as part of western culture. Reports three years of experience. An outline of the course and a reading list are included. (GH)
Descriptors: College Science, Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Instruction

Sokoloff, David R.; Holloway, Walter M., Jr. – American Journal of Physics, 1977
Describes a one-year interdisciplinary introductory science course presented at the University of Michigan, Dearborn, for nonscience majors. (SL)
Descriptors: College Science, Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach

Horwitz, Barry – American Journal of Physics, 1974
Discusses the nature and structure of an interdisciplinary course with emphasis on the problem of how the nervous system receives, processes, and transmits information. Included is a description of the course teaching to junior and senior physics and biology majors. (CC)
Descriptors: College Science, Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Curriculum Development

Leacock, Robert A.; Sharlin, Harold I. – American Journal of Physics, 1977
Describes an interdisciplinary course on physics and history. The major goal of the course is to examine and compare history and physics in order to illuminate the implicit assumptions underlying the two disciplines. (MLH)
Descriptors: College Science, Course Descriptions, Curriculum, Higher Education

Schroeer, Dietrich; Spencer, Charles – American Journal of Physics, 1976
The goals, teaching methods, and requirements of an undergraduate physics-and-society course are presented and related to the courses content and survey approach. The problems, frustrations, and rewards experienced in developing and teaching the course are shared. (Author/CP)
Descriptors: College Science, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Higher Education

Gordon, R. A.; And Others – American Journal of Physics, 1979
An interdisciplinary laboratory course is described in which the experimental methodology of physics is applied to problems of potential research interest to the nonphysicist. Special attention is given to those practical considerations which determine the structure and content of such a course with particular emphasis on the unique pedagogical…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, College Science, Course Content, Course Descriptions

Schwartz, Joseph; Ragir, Sonia – American Journal of Physics, 1974
Discusses an interdisciplinary course offered to senior students in physical, biological, and social sciences, with emphases on explaining the character of scientific work and the mechanisms underlying biological evolution. Included is a bibliography of available materials. (CC)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Biological Sciences, College Science, Course Descriptions

Laws, Priscilla W. – American Journal of Physics, 1973
Describes interdisciplinary team teaching of an environmental studies course at Dickinson College which involves a physicist, a philosopher, an anthropologist, a theologian, and 15 community members. Physical scientist's roles and students' responses to the course are discussed. (CC)
Descriptors: College Science, Community Involvement, Course Descriptions, Environmental Education

Forbes, P. W. – American Journal of Physics, 1973
Describes the conduct of a self-contained course designed for biology, chemistry, and physics majors, particularly liberal arts seniors, with introductory physics and biology or chemistry as its prerequisites. (CC)
Descriptors: College Science, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Instructional Materials