1. Introduction
2. Feller, Stolow, Jones, and Ruheman: Traditional methods and concerns
3. Solubility, Solvents, Surfactants
4. Toxicity and Green substitutions
5. Traditional poultices: Clays
6. Traditional poultices: Peels and PVAc
7. Alginate hydrocolloids
8. Chelating agents, pH and conductivity
9. Chelating agents, practice
10. Wolbers: Carbopol
11. Agar agar and Agarose I
12. Agar agar and Agarose II
13. Gellan gum I
14. Gellan gum II
15. Laponite-RD
16. PVOH freeze-thaw
17. Masks, cyclododecane, menthol, D4/5
18. New directions
19. Review and discussion
(Note: Actual course content may differ from above based on student interests)