Lyman Briggs
Science and Technology Studies LBS 133 Section 7

Instructor: Jody Ross
Office: W28 Holmes Hall (C 219 Fee)
E-mail Address: rossjoan@pilot.msu.edu
Phone: 3-4599 (Fee Office 2-1066)


Weekly E-mail Assignments

Week 1 (Student Responses)
Week 2 (Student Responses)
Week 3 (Student Responses)
Week 4 (Student Responses)
Week 5 (Student Responses)
Week 6 (Student Responses)
Week 7 (Student Responses)
Week 8 (Student Responses)
Week 9 (Student Responses)
Week 10 (Student Responses)
Week 11 (Student Responses)
Week 12 (Student Responses)
Week 13
Week 14


Formal Essay No. 3

Kathy's Essay
Rob's Essay

Formal Essay No. 2

Read the assignment

Joan's Essay

Formal Essay No. 1

These essays represent the first formal essays of the semester. The students used material contained in their reading journals, e-mail discussions, and class discussions to write an essay focused on Michael Zimmerman's Science, Nonscience, and Nonsense. The essays have not been edited. They reflect the three student's best efforts to integrate many materials in a coherent, analytical fashion.

Rob's Essay
Joan's Essay
Amanda's Essay

Student Responses to Readings

These are student critical reading journal responses. They have not been edited. They reflect student interaction with the first one hundred pages of Michael Zimmerman's book Science, Nonscience and Nonsense. Please feel free to respond.

Joan's Response, and Michael Zimmerman's Reply.
Eric's Response, and Michael Zimmerman's Reply.

Here are responses to the last half of the book.

Lee Ann's Response, and Michael Zimmerman's Reply.
Maia's Response, and Michael Zimmerman's Reply.

And to Kirkpatrick Sale's book The Green Revolution. Please feel free to respond.

Lee Ann's Response
Amanda's Response
Joan's Response
Adam's Response

And to Lewontin's book Biology as Ideology.

Amy's Response
Eric's Response
Kathy's Response
Markeeta's Response
LeeAnn's Response


Class Discussions

About the Writing Process


Course Information
Required books & supplies, and course procedures
Course Syllabus
A tentative outline of assignments and lecture topics
Links to Other Sites
Web sites relevant to the course material from a variety of sources