Silverman,
Hughes and Weinbroer. Rules of Thumb. Boston: McGraw Hill. The
latest edition is best because it includes the changes for 2009. AKA ROT
Please choose one of the books from the Whole text booklist
You do not have to get your science fiction novel right away, but ne
aware that the CSUN bookstore does not carry all these books, so you may
go to a brick and mortar bookstore or order your choice online. We will
discuss choices and preferences online.
Education: the Idea of a University
In discussion and preparation for the first paper, the class will read
the following article from the Reading the World: Ideas that
Matter Be sure to read the introduction the the education section
section (pp 3-4)
- Douglass, Frederick. "Learning to Read." (24-30)
- Newman, John Henry. "Knowledge Its Own End." (31-39)
- Nussbaum, Martha. "Education for Profit, Education for Democracy."
(61-70)
- Choose one article from education section.
American Cultural Myths:
The class will choose 4 readings from one section of the Ideas That
Matter
text. Once the class has chosen a section, we will then choose
four articles from that section. Everyone may
vote for up to four, and the class will vote for the final
selections by Sept 29.
Last year students chose the following article from a different text. Just
to give you an idea of the different topics we discussed for the research
paper.
- Pinzon. "The Real Story of the Superheroes." (511) My choice.
The following articles were chosen by the last class.
- Jefferson. "Declaration of Independence"
- Douglass. "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"
- Kingsolver. "And Our Flag Was Still There"
- Stephanie Coontz "The Way We Wish We Were"
Science:
- Student choice of science fiction novel
- Mayr (HO)
- Le Guin (HO)
- One article from science section in IDEAS text
- NPR Science blog
Others readings may be assigned as class progresses.
Last revised Sept '18