GRIMES_HON190_F14

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Northern Arizona University
University Honors Program
Honors 190: Seminar in Critical Reading and Writing, I
HON 190.6, Fall 2014
Contact Information:
Instructor: Beth Grimes, MA
Office Hours: 3:00-5:00pm, Tuesday and by appointment
Class Meeting Time: 4:00-5:15pm, MW
Office/Phone/Email: Bury Hall, Room 208, 523-3527
beth.grimes@nau.edu
Do not email me through Bb Learn. Send all emails to the address listed above.
Course GURUS (Guides to University Retention and Undergraduate Success):
Andie Puetz amp542@nau.edu and Alexis Rigoni amr485@nau.edu
Course Prerequisites: Admission to the Honors Program.
Course Description, General: Honors 190 is a reading- and writing-intensive course designed to
introduce you to a liberal studies education. An important part of this course is your acquisition of
specific skills: close (i.e., critical) reading, analytical writing, cogent speaking
(i.e., effective oral communication), attentive and active listening, and critical
thinking. The readings for this class, as well as the tasks required of you, have
been carefully chosen and arranged in order to make possible your attainment
as well as enhancement of these skills within a learning environment that
encourages your understanding and appreciation of key issues at the heart of a
liberal studies education. Your 190 instructors come from a variety of
disciplines and professions. They will help you define and explore these key
issues in a manner that reflects their unique training, specialties, and
perspectives.
This semester our class will consist of readings, films, activities, and written
responses that characterize an American identity through the natural world.
Our readings offer instances of personal relationships with nature and in turn,
the human relationships that manifest through such experiences. From authors such as Henry David
Thoreau, the celebrated godfather of ecology and environmentalism, to Edward Abbey (pictured at left)
also known as the “Thoreau of the American West,” our readings will illustrate not only the human
identity in association with nature, but also the understanding of a sense of place. Our readings and films
will also include the typically marginalized voices and/or histories of Native Americans, women, and
even animals. By thinking critically on our topics and outings we will work to understand how the ideas
of nature and “wilderness” are constructed landscapes that foster identities not only for our authors, but
also for ourselves.

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Student Learning Expectations/Outcomes for this Course, general:
By the end of this course, you will
§ Demonstrate improved and refined capabilities in essential lifelong skills, including close (critical)
reading, analytical writing, cogent speaking (effective oral communication), attentive and active
listening, and critical thinking;
§ Recognize the complexities of the human condition from a variety of perspectives—literary,
historical, cultural, moral, and social—and understand the traditions and legacies that have created the
dynamics and tensions that shape the world;
§ Understand the individual's responsibilities and connections to local, national, and global
communities and environments; and
§ Appreciate the role that you play as a member of the Honors, NAU, and Flagstaff communities, and
as a citizen of the 21st
century.
Paper Formatting:
• 1-inch margins.
• Add page numbers in the bottom right.
• Times New Roman font, 12pt.
• Content double-spaced.
• Name, date, HON190-6, and the name of the assignment. Example below.
o Beth Grimes
9/7/14
HON190-6
Short Writing #1
Make sure to save all work as .doc or .docx to eliminate problems with Bb Learn uploads.
Course Structure/Approach, general:
In this course, your readings, writings, and class discussions will
address, both broadly as well as specifically, the theme of the
human condition as it is expressed through four contexts:
personal, social, cultural, and global. Your exploration of the
human condition within these four contexts will develop your
understanding of how this concept shapes, and is shaped by, key
issues and elements that both define our very humanity and
render it more complex: e.g., key issues and elements such as
diversity, sustainability, an awareness of other cultures, social
and political organizations or movements, the arts, literature,
science, religion, the environment, philosophy, technology,
relationships, communication, and communities, to list a few.
This class will utilize a wonderful selection of literature and/or
films to provide a window into the diversity and complexity of
the human condition as these aspects occur across time and space, and within communities and cultures.
By providing you with an opportunity to explore the complexity of the human condition through many
venues and through its relationship to other key concepts, this course will enable you to participate in an
on-going dialogue that challenges you to grow as writers, thinkers, and communicators. Through this
dialogue and your acquired skills, you will discover the ways in which your lives, knowledge, aspirations,
and values intersect with, or diverge from, others’, and the ways in which these elements can help shape
your citizenship in your local and global communities.
Steven Mather and Horace Albright meet with Blackfeet
Indians from Glacier National Park, 1915. Marian Albright
Schenck-The Collections of Horace Albright. www.pbs.org.

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As a student enrolled in this Honors class, you have the privilege of entering this
building to attend class. This privilege is granted to attend class only, and is available
30 minutes prior to class time. Should you have problems accessing the building with
your NAU ID card, please consult with an Honors Program staff member.
Common Requirements for All Sections of HON 190:
1. If, within the first two-three weeks of classes, your instructor deems that you need extra writing
instruction, you will be required to attend mandatory tutoring sessions with tutors in the Honors
Program writing center.
2. You will read the syllabus carefully and familiarize yourselves with the HON 190 attendance
policy.
3. All students will read a selection of essays on education.
4. You will read materials – books, essays, articles, chapters, etc. – that cover a broad chronological
range and a number of important themes. You may also be required to view and analyze films or
other visual media. Individual instructors will tailor the reading and viewing materials according
to these guidelines as well as to their specific needs in each section of HON 190.
5. You will write a 3-page paper during the first 2 weeks of classes on the “NAUreads” text, which
your instructors will use to help assess your writing ability and skills early in the semester. You
will revise this paper.
6. You will learn critical reading skills, especially during the first few weeks of classes.
7. You will complete an incrementally-designed set of writing assignments including the following:
summary (1-2pp.), analysis (2-3pp.), synthesis (3-4pp.), proposal (1-2pp.), annotated
bibliography (5-6 entries minimum. 3-4 pp.), zero draft, outline (1-2pp.), research paper rough
draft (5-7pp.), and research paper final draft (6-8 pp.).
8. You will revise the summary paper, analysis paper, synthesis paper, and research paper rough
draft.
9. You will engage in peer reviews of the formal written work required by your instructors.
10. You will be assessed on all 7 areas of composition – introduction/thesis, paragraph development,
logic/analysis/organization, supporting evidence, and conclusion – through a variety of
mechanisms, including your writing assignments and any exercises or workshops that your
instructors deem appropriate.
11. You will give a 10-minute oral report on your research paper topic upon which you and your
instructor have agreed.
12. You will write a 2-3 pp. “Self Statement” that assesses how well you did in this course: what you
learned about the subject matter and about yourself; what effort you put into the class; what you
succeeded in accomplishing; what you would like to improve, and so on.
13. You are expected to come to every class prepared and ready to participate thoughtfully and
intelligently in all class discussions.

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Textbooks and Required Materials:
All of you will purchase the books required for your specific section of HON 190. You will also purchase
a writing manual as specified by your instructors. Print books should be purchased through
Amazon.com or another online source. (Print books are used over e-books because of quick
reference and in class discussion needs.) This makes costs
significantly lower than at the bookstores. Do not wait to
order your books.
*As a student, by providing your information for verification,
you can qualify for free 2-Day Shipping through Amazon (this
does not apply to independent sellers).
You can also check with Bookman’s on Milton Road in
Flagstaff as to whether they have any of these titles. Used
books and library books are encouraged. Additional materials
will be available in Bb Learn as outlined by the syllabus
schedule.
Finally, you will purchase the “NAUreads” text if you haven’t
already received a copy through Summer Orientation.
REQUIRED BOOKS (bring your books to class when listed on the syllabus schedule):
1) Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness.
ISBN: 978-0345326492
http://www.amazon.com/Desert-Solitaire-Edward-
Abbey/dp/0671695886/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1376957238&sr=1-
1&keywords=desert+solitaire
New Paperback: $10 plus shipping
Used Paperback: $3 plus shipping
2) Allison, Jay and Gediman, Dan. This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable
Men and Women.
(NAUreads: First Year Common Reading Selection)
ISBN: 978-0805086584
http://www.amazon.com/This-Believe-Personal-Philosophies-Remarkable-
ebook/dp/B000UZNSBS/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407799452&sr=1-
1&keywords=this+i+believe+the+personal+philosophies+of+remarkable+men+and+women
Used Paperback $2 plus shipping
3) Hacker, Diana. A Pocket Style Manual. 6th
edition.
ISBN: 978-0312542542
http://www.amazon.com/Pocket-Style-Manual-Diana-
Hacker/dp/0312542542/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1376957153&s
r=1-1&keywords=diana+hacker+pocket+style+manual
New Spiral Bound: $28 plus shipping
Used Spiral Bound: $25 plus shipping
Muench, Joseph. Wupatki National Monument.
Entrance sign to Wupatki Monument on US 89.
Car Joe. 1950-1970. NAU Cline Library Special
Collections.

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4) Maclean, Norman. A River Runs Through It.
ISBN: 978-0226500669
http://www.amazon.com/River-Through-Stories-Twenty-fifth-
Anniversary/dp/0226500667/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1376956836&sr=
1-1&keywords=a+river+runs+through+it
5) Spence, Mark. Dispossessing the Wilderness: Indian Removal and the Making of National Parks.
ISBN: 978-0195142433
http://www.amazon.com/Dispossessing-Wilderness-Indian-Removal-
National/dp/0195142438/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1376957106&sr=1-
1&keywords=disposessing+the+wilderness
Recommended readings/materials/references:
Abbey, Edward. The Monkey Wrench Gang.
Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring.
Cronon, William. Changes In the Land.
Krakauer, Jon. Into the Wild.
Leopold, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac.
Neihart, John. Black Elk Speaks.
Strayed, Cheryl. Wild.
Sundeen, Mark. The Man Who Quit Money.
Anything by Terry Tempest Williams
Resources:
• The Honors Program has teamed up with Cline Library to create an extremely useful website that
will be our main hub for “Library Module Instruction,” This site will provide a number of
resources for our course. It is highly recommended that you bookmark it as soon as possible as
we will use it repeatedly throughout the semester. http://azhin.org/NAU-ClineLibrary-Hon190
• Additionally, the OWL Purdue website can be helpful in composition and rules relating to
grammar. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

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Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes:
The goals and objectives listed above will be assessed and/or graded in the following manner:
1. 5% of total grade: 3pp. paper on “NAUreads” text (25 points);
2. 5% of total grade: 1-2pp. “summary” assignment (25 points);
3. 5% of total grade: 2-3pp. “analysis” assignment (25 points);
4. 10% of total grade: 3-4pp. “synthesis” assignment (50 points);
5. 10% of total grade: a 1-2pp. “research proposal” and 3-4pp., 5-6 entry “annotated bibliography”
assignment (50 points);
6. 0% of total grade: “Zero” draft;
7. 5% of total grade: 1-2pp. “Research Paper Outline” assignment (25 points);
8. 10% of total grade: 5-7pp. rough draft of research paper (50 points);
9. 10% of total grade: Revisions of the “summary” paper, the “analysis” paper, the “synthesis”
paper, and the “research paper rough draft” paper (50 points);
10. 15% of total grade: 6-8pp. final draft of research paper (including submission of checklist, peer
review sheets, zero draft, evidence of revision, etc.) (75 points);
11. 5% of total grade: a 2-3pp. Self Statement that discusses your personal perspective of your
strengths and weaknesses in the class, the effort you expended on class assignments, etc. (25
points);
12. 10% of total grade: 1 oral report, 8 minutes long (50 points); AND
13. 10% of total grade: Participation: this portion of your grade will include some or all of the
following: class attendance; active and informed class discussions; active and informed
participation in study groups; write-ups of your study group meetings; on-time submission
of both short and longer writing assignments; diligent attention to peer reviews of essays;
and an awareness of and respect for differing opinions. Individual instructors will specify
these and other requirements for this aspect of your grade. (50 points)
TOTAL: 100% or 500 points.
Grade Breakdown:
450-500 points (A)
400-449 points (B)
350-399 points (C)
300-349 points (D)
250-299 points (F)
Extra Credit: 70 points possible.
You have multiple opportunities for extra credit throughout the course, which are outlined here and in the
course schedule. Dates for completion are firm, and there are no points awarded for late or incomplete
attempts. To gain full points for the Quiet Ego study, you must complete each questionnaire and
assignment. Once the September 5th
deadline passes for the Pre-Study Questionnaire, there are no
further opportunities to become part of the study for extra credit. Non-completion of extra credit
does not penalize your final grade and is not calculated into the grade breakdown above.
1. Quiet Ego Pre-Study Questionnaire DUE: 9/5 at 5pm 10 points
2. Quiet Ego Assignment #1 DUE: 9/12 at 5pm 10 points
4. This I Believe Author Event DUE: 10/1 in class 10 points
7. Quiet Ego Post-Study Questionnaire DUE: 11/14 at 5pm 10 points

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Course Policies:
Attendance: Seminars such as this are joint enterprises and it is crucial that we come to speak, to listen,
and to contribute. Students who learn the most do so, among other reasons, because they participate and
involve themselves consistently and earnestly in class discussions with their instructor and with other
students. Therefore, attendance is extremely important, and students who miss class will be penalized
as follows:
If a student has 3 absences, their participation grade will be lowered by 10 points;
if a student has more than 3 absences, his or her final grade will be lowered a full letter grade.
Academic Dishonesty: Academic dishonesty in all forms violates the basic principles of integrity and thus
impedes learning. More specifically, academic dishonesty is a form of misconduct that is subject to
disciplinary action under the Student Code of Conduct and includes the following: cheating, fabrication,
fraud, facilitating academic dishonesty, and plagiarism. Academic dishonesty, as defined in the Student
Handbook, will not be tolerated in this class, and will be handled in the manner prescribed by this
handbook.
Plagiarism, handing in written work which is not your own, is a form of stealing. Other people (your
teachers, your fellow students, a tutor in the writing lab) may give you suggestions for improving a piece
of written work, but the work itself must be yours. It should not be, for example, a piece of writing found
on the Internet and slightly rewritten (paraphrased) and submitted for credit. Do not cut and paste from
Wikipedia. If you turn in a paper that someone else has written or copy anything without proper
documentation and claim that it is your own, then you risk failing the course or even expulsion from the
University. If you are unsure about your documentation ask before you turn something in. Plagiarized
papers/exams/etc. will result in an F grade.
E-mail: I do not accept work via e-mail unless directed.
Late Work: Late work is not accepted for credit. No make-ups are allowed.
University policies: Visit the University website for the Office of Affirmative Action and Equal
Employment Opportunities for the policies of Safe Working and Learning Environment, Students with
Disabilities, Research Integrity, Sensitive Course Materials, Classroom Disruption Policy, and Academic
Integrity policies. http://www4.nau.edu/avpaa/policy1.html
Emergency Textbook Loan Program: To help students acquire the materials they need to be successful in
class, NAU has partnered with Follett to create the Emergency Textbook Loan program. The program is
administered by the NAU LEADS Center. The program assists students with unmet financial need in
obtaining required textbook(s) and other course materials. Students must apply and meet eligibility
criteria before textbooks are purchased on their behalf. Textbooks must be returned at the end of the term
in which the textbooks were loaned. More information can be found online: http://nau.edu/LEADS-
Center/Textbook-Loan-Program/

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Course Schedule/Outline:
*Note that while the aim is to stick to the timetable below, the instructor may change content for scheduling
purposes.
*Revision due dates will be assigned when papers are returned.
Date
Agenda & Readings
(Readings are due on the day
in which they fall.)
Composition,
Close Reading,
& Library
Module
Instruction
Assignments & Formal Writing Assignments
WEEK ONE
M 8/25 Getting to know everyone!
Syllabus, Intro, Expectations,
& Goals.
The point of critical reading
and thinking.
In class: William Cronon’s “Only Connect.”
In class: 3-question note card for “Only
Connect.”
3pp. “NAUreads paper”, assigned in class.
W 8/27 Discussion of NAUreads
book: This I Believe.
“Close Reading”
exercise.
What is a thesis?
WEEK TWO
M 9/1 Labor Day, no class. Work on your NAUreads paper.
W 9/3 NAUreads paper peer reviews.
Bb Learn: Cronon, “The
Trouble With Wilderness; or,
Getting Back to the Wrong
Nature.”
Library Module
overview from the
GURUS.
Bring at least 1 page of your NAUreads paper
to class.
DUE: 3pp. “NAUreads paper”. Saturday, 9/6
@ 11:59pm, Bb Learn.
In class completion: 3-question note card for
“The Trouble With Wilderness.”
1-2pp. “Summary” paper, assigned in class.
Friday 9/5 Quiet Ego Pre-Study
Questionnaire
Dr. Wayment has sent you an email regarding
the Quiet Ego study and completion. The Quiet
Ego Pre-Study Questionnaire is due by 5pm
today.
WEEK THREE
M 9/8 Dr. Heidi Wayment—Quiet
Ego.
Bb Learn: Walden,
“Economy” and “Where I
Live, and What I Lived For.”
30 minutes with
Dr. Wayment
“Mechanics”
exercise.
DUE: 3-question note card for “Economy”
and “Where I Live, and What I Lived For.”
W 9/10 Bb Learn: Walden, “Higher
Laws” and “Brute Neighbors.”
“Introduction and
Thesis” exercise.
DUE: 1-2pp. “Summary” paper. Saturday,
9/13 @ 11:59pm, Bb Learn.
Friday 9/12 Quiet Ego Assignment #1 The Quiet Ego Assignment #1 is due by 5pm
today.
WEEK FOUR

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M 9/15 Desert Solitaire, pp. ix-80. “Introduction and
Thesis” exercise
cont.
2-3pp. “Analysis” paper, assigned in class.
W 9/17 Desert Solitaire, pp. 80-160. “Supporting
Evidence”
exercise.
DUE: 3-question note card for Abbey pp. 80-
160.
today.
WEEK FIVE
M 9/22 Desert Solitaire, pp. 161-245. 3-4pp. “Synthesis” paper, assigned in class.
W 9/24 Desert Solitaire, pp. 246-337. DUE: 2-3pp. “Analysis” paper. Saturday,
9/27 @ 11:59pm, Bb Learn.
WEEK SIX
M 9/29 Dispossessing the Wilderness,
Introduction, & pp. 1-75.
Annotated
Bibliography
instruction.
1-2pp. “Proposal”, assigned in class.
Tues 9/30 NAUreads author, Dan
Gediman at Ardrey
Auditorium tonight!
Extra Credit (20pts) for attending the
NAUreads author event. Attach your ticket
stub to a 1 page response. DUE: In class,
Wednesday, 10/1.
W 10/1 Dispossessing the Wilderness,
pp. 76-140.
DUE: 3-question note card for Spence.
DUE: Extra Credit for This I Believe event.
“Annotated Bibliography”, assigned in class.
October 4
(SATURDAY!)
Field Trip!!!
Leaving Honors/Cowden
parking lot at 10am.
Wupatki National Monument.
Bring your lunch, water, and camera.
Reflection paper assigned.
WEEK SEVEN
M 10/6 Bb Learn: Silko, “Landscape,
History, and the Pueblo
Imagination.”
In class watch, “Ken Burns”
The National Parks: America’s
Best Idea, Episode I: Scripture
of Nature.”
“Paragraphing”
exercise.
DUE: 1-2pp. “Proposal”, due in class.
W 10/8 “Ken Burns” The National
Parks: America’s Best Idea,
Episode II: The Last Refuge.”
DUE: 3-4pp. “Synthesis” paper.
Saturday, 10/11 @ 11:59pm, Bb Learn.
today.
WEEK EIGHT
M 10/13 Midway: In class composition.
Peer reviews.
In class reflection paper.
DUE: Wupatki reflection paper. Bring to
class.
W 10/15 A River Runs Through It, pp.
ix-104.
DUE: 3-question note card for Maclean.
WEEK NINE
M 10/20 Film: “A River Runs Through
It.”
“Outline”, assigned in class.
W 10/22 Film: “A River Runs Through
It.”

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WEEK TEN
M 10/27 No class. Work on your
outline and other assignments.
DUE: 3-4pp. “Annotated Bibliography.”
Monday 10/27 @ 11:59pm, Bb Learn.
W 10/29 Bb Learn: Irving, “The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
Film: “Sleepy Hollow.”
The outdoors and
horror, fear, etc.
Cultural
constructs.
DUE: 3-question note card for Irving.
today.
WEEK ELEVEN
M 11/3
Peer Reviews of Outline.
“Logic, Analysis,
Organization”
exercise.
DUE: 1-2pp. “Outline”, due in class.
Self Statement, assigned in class.
W 11/5 In class composition.
Presentation information.
“Style and Voice”
and “Conclusion”
exercise.
“Zero Draft”, in class completion.
WEEK TWELVE
M 11/10 Veteran’s Day is Tuesday, so
no class today. Spend this
time wisely by working on
your papers!
W 11/12 Film: “127 Hours.”
Friday 11/14 Quiet Ego Post Study
Questionnaire
The Quiet Ego Post-Study Questionnaire is due
by 5pm today.
WEEK THIRTEEN
M 11/17 Dr. Heidi Wayment—Quiet
Ego wrap up.
Film: “127 Hours.”
W 11/19 Reflections, clean up, final
work.
DUE: 5-7pp. rough draft of research paper.
WEEK FOURTEEN
M 11/24 Research Presentations.
W 11/26 Day before Thanksgiving, no
class.
WEEK FIFTEEN
M 12/1 Research Presentations.
W 12/3 Research Presentations. DUE: Self Statement, due in class.
DUE: 6-8pp. final draft of research paper,
WEEK SIXTEEN

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