Materials: An interdisciplinary integrative approach

A full-year survey-of-materials-science course as offered at Bowling Green State University for the past 5 years is described. The course has several unique features, including a modular, team-taught approach with a laboratory component. The laboratory segment is the most demanding portion of the course to set up, and alternatives are discussed in adapting equipment on hand to the course. The feasibility of offering a course in materials science in a nonengineering setting is discussed and some problems associated with offering the course in the "arts and sciences" context are examined. (C) 2001 American Association of Physics Teachers.