A proposed course featuring the teaching of chemistry to nonscience majors in the context of detective fiction is described. (MSE)

Brooklyn College faculty members in English and chemistry guest teach in each other's core curriculum class, linking scientific and social literacy in traditionally separate courses, creating an arena in which non-science majors can effectively learn science. (MSE)

If science can be taught in a way that makes it accessible to the nonmajor, student fear of science would decrease. The topic of memory allows for an interdisciplinary analysis because films can be selected to complement the science. A course at Brooklyn College is described. (MLW)

Describes an interdisciplinary program consisting of two courses. The first course deals with the chemistry of drugs and poisons; the second course focuses on fictional works in which these drugs and poisons are central to the plots. (SK)