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)

Discusses a demonstration in which the near and far focusing distances of a student volunteer are measured and his or her glasses prescription is computed. (HM)

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)

Presents data on reasoning abilities of science and non-science majors at one private, liberal arts university. Indicates that most students taking physics are formal operational or into transition to formal reasoning and that six concrete operational students dropped the course. (JN)

The innovations include: an inquiry-oriented physical science course for prospective elementary teachers; a self-paced introductory physics course for biological science majors and premeds; a liberal arts physics major which emphasizes the historical and social side of physics; a program in which physics students have the opportunity to produce…

Outlines an optics course, designed for science and nonscience majors, which emphasizes phenomena rather than mathematics. Indicates that the new curriculum permits liberal arts students to learn physics as well as the relationship of physics to society. (CC)

Discusses the course content and teaching techniques of two one-quarter descriptive physics courses which have been particularly successful. Reports on large enrollments and positive reception by students and faculty. (MLH)

Describes an elementary one-semester course in the physics of sound and light with an emphasis on applications in art, music, photography, and theater. (MLH)

Described is an astronomy program at Moorhead State College (Minnesota) for liberal arts students. Facilities and equipment and factors related to the program's success are discussed. Suggestions to others who may want to develop such programs are given. (Author/RH)

Describes a liberal arts physics course for all majors interested in holography or to satisfy the general education requirements. An outline of the course and some experience of offering it are given. (Author/GA)

Gives an outline of a physics course for fine arts students majoring in photography and for other nonscience students interested in photography. (MLH)

Discusses the effects that participation in a three-two, liberal arts-engineering program has had on a physics department at a liberal arts college. Among the effects are an increase in the number of physics majors and increased enrollments in physics department courses. (MLH)

A one-quarter, noncalculus, no-laboratory course entitled Aims and Rules in Physics'' is reported. The student population ranges from humanities freshmen to physics seniors. The course analyzes a few discoveries and inventions of prerelativistic physics in the light of physicists' and philosophers' views. (Author/DF)

Presents a consistent description and analysis of a martial arts demonstration. Develops the physics associated with striking and breaking a bone or board from an energy point of view. (MLH)

A course based on the science used in science fiction stories is described wherein the students read the stories and discuss the physics content. A partial list of the books read is included along with the background theme and appropriate references. (DF)