Introductory Science Moves Beyond 'Rocks for Jocks'

Courses for nonmajors get increased attention

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

Four hundred years have passed since Galileo helped prove that the Earth orbits the Sun once a year. But today more than one-third of adult Americans do not know this basic science concept.

In a survey last year, four-fifths of respondents couldn't correctly define "molecule."...