Crash Course in Science are a pioneering minimal synth trio from Philadelphia. Their inventive, noisy electropunk songs have been a significant influence on the electroclash scene and numerous left-field techno and electronic acts. They briefly existed for a few years during the late '70s and early '80s, and only released two EPs before disbanding. Decades later, after their music had developed a cult following, they re-formed and issued Near Marineland, a full-length recorded in 1981. A second album titled Situational Awareness appeared in 2017.