Michael McAlear, chair and associate professor of molecular biology and biochemistry, encourages Wesleyan faculty to consider teaching a CPE course. McAlear taught “Chemistry and Biology in the Modern World: A survey of Drugs and Disease” in 2010. “Some of the men didn’t know what a molecule was, so it made me consider and present the material from a different perspective,” he says. “I found the CPE class to be the most rewarding and challenging course that I have ever taught.”