Sue Harley
sharley@weber.edu
ext. 7434
SL 409M
Kathryn MacKay
kmackay@weber.edu,
ext. 6782
SS 244
Course Schedule
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This class will be conducted in the style of a seminar. We will engage in
large-group discussion, do small-group work and occasionally we will provide
short lectures. Students
also will be asked to take turns at presenting and analyzing particular texts.
There will be some field trips. Participation in these activities is expected, so, therefore, is regular
attendance.
Learning Objectives:
- Students will hone their skills in reading,
writing, thinking, and presenting.
- Students will become knowledgeable about the
scholarship of the naturalists in the nineteenth century American West..
Texts:
- Moring, Early American Naturalists Exploring the American
West
- additional readings as assigned, including
scholarly articles and films
- American
Journeys contains more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts
of North American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada
in AD1000 to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years
later.
Activities in support of Learning:
2 analytical papers
15 points
each:
- scholarship in Science
- scholarship in History
Library Research Guide
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Observation
journal 25 points each time collected You should have a
minimum of 25 species (fauna and flora) described in this
journal by the end of semester. |
in-class discussion, free-writes,
informal presentations. Participation is highly
valued in this class. Students will assess their participation
in a
short paper (25
points.) |
Students are required to participate
in at least 2 of the following activities (at least one of which must be
focused on Lewis & Clark or John Wesley Powell):
All work should be documented in
observation journals.
- field trips. Students will be required to
submit a signed "Statement of Understanding" prior to the trips to one
of the class instructors. See:
Field Trips" in the PPM
- research/observation projects.
Students should approach this project as a "trip" through the
literature. Students should work 4-5 hours per day in researching
texts -- as much time as they would be spending in observation each
day of a field trip.
- alternatives to 1-day filed trips:
Grades:
Grades will be based on a percentage of the
points possible. 95% = A.
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