The origin of the NEXA Program at San Francisco State University is described. A historical summary is offered of the 'two-cultures' dilemma, whose origins are traced to the seventeenth century and whose consequences for the nineteenth and twentieth century experience are examined. (Author/MLW)

NEXA is a team-taught interdisciplinary, inter-school curriculum devoted to reuniting the sciences and the humanities. The development of the program and the curriculum itself are discussed, including the findings of a formal site-team evaluation. (Author/MLW)

The origin of the Science-Humanities Program (NEXA) at San Francisco State University, California, is described. The overall goal of NEXA was to provide a model for reconciliation between the two cultures, science and humanities (philosophy, literature, history, and the arts). The first objective was to establish a sense of collegiality and common…