Required Texts

Lunsford, Andrea and John Ruszkiewicz. The Presence of Others: Voices and Images that Call for Response. 5th ed. New York: St. Martin's, 2008. (ISBN: 13:978-0-312-46439-4). If you are ordering online, be sure to get the 5th edition AKA POO

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. These novels are readily available in most bookstores or online. They have not been ordered for the class through Moorpark's bookstore.

Education: the Idea of a University

• Newman, John Henry "The Idea of a University"
• Rose, Mike. "Lives on the Boundary."
• Student Choice from education section in POO

American Cultural Myths: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

1C-A class choices

• Udovitch. "A Secret Society of the Starving" (556).
• Coontz. "The Way We Wish We Were" (568).
• Lemann. "In the Ruins" (586).
• Kingsolver: "And Our Flag Was Still There" (604).

1C-B class choices

• Jefferson. "Declaration of Independence" (492).
• Douglass. "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" (497).
• Atwood. "A Letter to America" (510).
• Brooks. "One Nation, Slightly Divisable" (525).

Science: O Brave New World

• Bishop. "Enemies of Promise" (304)
• Grady. "Struggling Back From War's Once Deadly Wounds" (331).
• Science Blog TBA

Others readings may be assigned in class.

Revised Jan 2017