Discusses the development, goals, syllabus and evaluation of a four semester hour credit human-centered college biology course for nonscience majors. Brief annotations of sub units of the course are provided. In the course, the use of science-related periodical articles is encouraged. (CP)

Describes a one-year interdisciplinary introductory science course presented at the University of Michigan, Dearborn, for nonscience majors. (SL)

An elective course aimed at giving tenth-grade students some experience with practical arithmetic problems is outlined. The two-week course is designed primarily for students who will be leaving at the end of the year and includes topics such as calculators; earning, spending, and saving money; tax; and buying a car. (MN)

A course is described which gives students experience in creating practical mathematical models of "real" problems, relating the mathematical solutions of the model to the original problem, and recognizing non-mathematical constraints on possible solution approaches. The students assume the role of industrial mathematicians while their tutors play…

Explains how to design a high school social studies course which employs film study to explain major social and political themes. Addresses of major film distributors and titles of 23 suggested films are included. For journal availability, see SO 505 902. (Author/DB)

Part two of a four part series of interviews with award-winning secondary physics teachers about their courses, instruction, methods, and students. (SL)

Describes the responses of both instructor and students, a group of homemakers and mothers, to a community services course on The Literature of Women. (JG)

A course entitled Mathematics and the Environment was developed to show the relevance of mathematics to contemporary problems and to increase awareness of the magnitude of environmental problems. (SD)

Describes an introductory geophysics course for physics majors. (SL)

This article presents a prospectus and bibliography for a course on "German Women Writers of the Twentieth Century" given at Stanford University in English. Selections are limited to authors available in English translation. (Author/TL)

An introductory biophysics course for science students who have previously taken two quarters of noncalculus physics is described. Material covered emphasizes the physical principles of sound, light, electricity, energy, and information. (Author/CP)

Describes a one week secondary level physics course which includes experiments carried out in the field. (SL)

Describes an innovative college geography course. The course increased student awareness of common landscape phenomena and stimulated recognition and comprehension of landscape components and their linkages in space and time. An outline shows lecture-discussion topics and reading assignments. (Author/AV)

"Exploring Female Images Through Movement," a course at Skidmore College, features activities that help students reexamine their attitudes toward their bodies, improve their self-image, and, through a combination of physical education and women's studies, experiment with new activities and ideas about themselves as women. (MB)

This article outlines a group of lesson plans for French instruction in the first and second years, covering allocation of time; materials; classroom activities; language lab use; and homework and classwork.