WR 121 Reading List
(View Complete Item Description)Reading list and schedule for introduction to composition.
Material Type: Syllabus
All resources in Open Oregon Educational Resources
Public Speaking Course Documents
(View Complete Item Description)Folder of documents includes syllabus, readings, activities, worksheets, and videos. COCC Catalog’s Course Description: “Emphasizes enhancing the relationship between speaker and audience through the content, organization and delivery of short oral presentations. Helps relieve student speech anxiety.” Comm111 offers basic instruction in public speaking. The ability to speak successfully in public will benefit your professional, academic, and social life. Much like good writing, good public speaking requires preparation, organization and structure. This course will provide you with the tools for presenting your thoughts and ideas to others, orally, as you practice speaking to your peers. This course will also enable you to become a more discerning consumer of speeches – including political oratory.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Syllabus
OER Syllabus for WR121
(View Complete Item Description)Course Description: Introduces academic writing as a means of inquiry. Employs critical reading, discussion and the writing process to explore ideas, develop cultural awareness and formulate positions. Emphasizes development of a variety of strategies to present evidence in support of a thesis.
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Open Women's Health Syllabus and Reading List
(View Complete Item Description)Course Description: This course examines selected health issues and their physical and emotional effects on women. Examples of topics include: body image, eating disorders, reproductive life, violence, menopause, cancer, depression, heart disease, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s and the politics of women’s health. Performance Based Learner Outcomes Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to: 1. Identify key health issues as they relate to women. 2. Access community resources as they relate to women’s health issues. 3. Differentiate women’s chronic conditions from a treatment and prevention perspective. 4. Identity the components and influences of psychological health from a gender perspective. 5. Contrast current and historical treatment of women in the health care system.
Material Type: Syllabus
WR 121—Academic Composition, Schedule and Readings
(View Complete Item Description)Syllabus of free/open course readings. Course description: WR 121 focuses on rhetorical reading, thinking, and writing as a means of inquiry. Students will gain fluency with key rhetorical concepts and utilize these in a flexible and collaborative writing process, reflecting on their writing process with the goal of developing metacognitive awareness. They will employ conventions, including formal citations, appropriate for a given writing task, attending to the constraints of audience, purpose, genre, and discourse community. Students will compose in two or more genres. They will produce 3000-3500 words of revised, final draft copy or an appropriate multimodal analog for this amount of text. If the focus is primarily multimodal, students will produce at least one essay that integrates research and demonstrates an understanding of the role of an assertive thesis in an academic essay of at least 1000 words.
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ED 651 Reading and resource list
(View Complete Item Description)Course description: A research-based course on the use of language for thinking, problem-solving and communicating across subject areas. Includes best-practice teaching strategies that will enable all students to become independent learners.
Material Type: Syllabus
Open WR 300 Workplace and Technical Writing Syllabus Documents
(View Complete Item Description)Folder of openly licensed course documents including syllabus and assignment prompts. Course description: Instruction and practice in professional workplace writing, with emphasis on genre, audience and collaboration.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Syllabus
Shakespeare: The Later Plays - Syllabus
(View Complete Item Description)Course description: Provides a sampling of Shakespeare’s contributions to the three primary genres of early modern theater with a focus on the later comedies, tragedies, histories, and non-dramatic poetry. Introduces the study of Shakespeare’s dramatic techniques, character development, historical and cultural setting, and language. Explores interpretations of Shakespeare’s works by contemporary filmmakers. Prerequisite: MTH 20 or equivalent placement test scores. Prerequisite/concurrent: WR 121. Audit available.
Material Type: Syllabus
BI 101 OER Syllabus and Lab Pack
(View Complete Item Description)Syllabus and lab manual to accompany course using OpenStax Concepts of Biology (https://openstax.org/details/books/concepts-biology). Course description: Centers on concepts of unity of living organisms including evolution, biochemistry, cell biology (morphology and physiology), genetics and development. Lab manual begins on p. 11.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Syllabus
CSE 624: Internet for Educators Reading & Resource List
(View Complete Item Description)Materials below are selected for a graduate level course, CSE 624: Internet for Educators. The course is intended for MS: Education students who require a course that gives them an overview of diverse, and primarily web-based, technologies. A second goal is to offer hands on experience working with web technologies and curating content directly relevant to graduates’ teaching/learning environments. Additionally, this course is meant to help address a sore point for many educators: understanding copyright and related issues. Thus determining which resources (books, movies, videos, etc.) they can use, as well as learning about alternative sources of content and resources, are key components of this course. Since different people teach this course, this collection of resources is meant to suggest a set of common resources for faculty to integrate into their courses while allowing them to personalize themes and emphases. Hopefully, faculty will also add materials to this content as well.
Material Type: Syllabus
WR 122 Syllabus – Argument, Research, & Multimodal Composition
(View Complete Item Description)Course Description WR 122 continues the focus of WR 121 in its review of rhetorical concepts and vocabulary, in the development of reading, thinking, and writing skills, along with metacognitive competencies understood through the lens of a rhetorical vocabulary. Specifically, students will identify, evaluate, and construct chains of reasoning, a process that includes an ability to distinguish assertion from evidence, recognize and evaluate assumptions, and select sources appropriate for a rhetorical task. Students will employ a flexible, collaborative, and appropriate composing process, working in multiple genres, and utilizing at least two modalities. Prerequisites: WR 121.
Material Type: Syllabus
BI 234: Microbiology
(View Complete Item Description)Syllabus for Microbiology course at Clackamas Community College. Course Description: An introductory microbiology lab course required for health science and science majors. Includes characteristics, physiology and growth requirements of microorganisms, interactions between humans and microorganisms, immunology, infection, and principles of microbial control. This course emphasizes critical thinking and analytical skills in a collaborative laboratory environment.
Material Type: Syllabus
Stress Management Syllabus
(View Complete Item Description)Openly licensed syllabus assigns low-cost textbook (The Upside of Stress by Kelly McGonigal, ISBN: 9781101982938) Course description: Course Description: The course is designed for students interested in a comprehensive approach to the management of stress. The class will examine the historical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, psychological, and physiological foundations of the stress concept. This broad understanding of stress will be the basis for the study of the role that stress plays in health and disease. Students will explore a wide variety of stress management/relaxation techniques. The course will include lectures, critical thinking exercises, class discussions, workbook activities, quizzes, exams, and practical applications of various stress management techniques.
Material Type: Syllabus
PS 201: Introduction to United States Government and Politics
(View Complete Item Description)Course documents for Introduction to United States Government and Politics. The following sections are included: 1) Syllabus for the course 2) Tentative schedule of activities for the course 3) Five Units of study with all reading and writing assignments linked on the activity sheets. Course Description: Political Science 201 examines the Constitution and its major themes: separation of powers, federalism, judicial review, checks and balances, limited government, and individual liberties. The course includes examination of the basic principles of American democracy, the philosophical and historical roots of the American political system, and the relationship between the major institutions of our government with each other and the people. The politics of American democracy will be explored through an analysis of political ideology, political parties, voting, special interest group behavior, and public opinion. Individual liberties and civil rights will be examined in the context of the evolving American nation.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Introduction To International Studies Syllabus
(View Complete Item Description)Course syllabus relies on library ebook, Shawn Smallman and Kimberley Brown’s Introduction to International Studies, (University Of North Carolina Press, 2015). Course Description: International Studies is a multidisciplinary study of the major geographical, political, economic, social and cultural issues that dominate the international agenda. This is an introductory course to international studies where the contemporary and historical relationship between countries and complex global forces are analyzed. Several global issues, such as migration, security, food, health, and climate are the major topics to study the increasing global interconnectedness and the political, economic, and cultural globalization. At the end of this course: Students will acquire the foundational knowledge in the field of international studies. Students will demonstrate an ability to think globally and use multidisciplinary perspectives to analyze global phenomena. Students will be challenged to think critically about their own lives and their connection to other cultures, places and peoples in the world.
Material Type: Syllabus
Course documents for Environmental Science 173: Geological Perspectives
(View Complete Item Description)Course outline and reading list; spreadsheet with list of readings by topic with licensing info for each. Course Description: Covers environmental topics that are primarily geological in nature. Includes geology basics, soil resources, hydrogeology, nonrenewable mineral and energy resources, perpetual energy resources, and solid waste. The associated laboratories will illustrate these topics and may include fieldwork. Upon completion of the course students should be able to: Express graphically, orally or in writing, basic elements of environmental earth-sciences. Identify and express geological interactions of humans and the environment. Utilize field and laboratory methods/technologies to measure and describe environmental factors. Demonstrate an understanding of geologic time scales and processes.
Material Type: Reading
Yoga Syllabus
(View Complete Item Description)Syllabus for two courses: Yoga for Wellness and Yoga All Levels. Both courses make use of a free online text: https://yoga.dasa.ncsu.edu/ Course Description: Appropriate for all levels. A dynamic, flow-style Vinyasa practice linking breath and movement with modifications for all levels offered. Focus will be on traditional postures for functional use and comfort in daily life as well as an introduction to a restorative, deep-stretching style of yoga. Learning Outcomes & Course Competencies: At the completion of this course, students should be able to: 1) Explain the relationship between human behavior and health. 2) Understand the basic concepts of the mind-body-spirit connection. 3) Have a basic awareness and understanding of the historical importance of yoga. 4) Understand the concepts of yoga off the mat. 5) Learn and demonstrate the basic use of yoga props. 6) Learn and demonstrate the basic use of restorative postures. 7) Understand and demonstrate the concept of “intention”. 8) Learn and demonstrate the importance of “safe” yoga postures. 9) Understand and demonstrate basic breathing techniques and how it relates to a meditative state. 10) Show respect for yourself and fellow classmates by contributing to an open, non-threatening, non-judgmental, ego free atmosphere. 11) Understand the concept of “being present”.
Material Type: Syllabus
Introduction to Archaeology Course Docs
(View Complete Item Description)Course readings and assignments for Introduction to Archaeology course. Readings are from the library ebook World Prehistory: a brief introduction by Brian Fagan and Nadia Durrani. Taylor and Francis 2016 9th ed. ISBN 9781315641133. Course Description Introduces archaeology as the anthropological study of humans in the past and the present through the examination of cultural materials and human remains. Considers archaeological theories and methods and ethical issues related to cultural resource management and excavation. Examines systems of power and social justice related to ancient societies and compares them wit h similar systems and issues in contemporary societies from an anthropological perspective. Prerequisites: WR 115, RD 115 and MTH 20 or equivalent placement test scores. Audit available. Intended Outcomes for the course Upon completion of the course students should be able to: Use an understanding of archaeological methods and theories to evaluate artifacts and other data. Describe the impact of human beings on the environment over time and in different ecological settings. Discuss ethical issues related to cultural resource management and the excavation and study of human remains associated with indigenous societies from an anthropological perspective. Examine systems of power and social justice related to ancient societies and compare them with similar systems of power and privilege in contemporary societies from an anthropological perspective.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment
Introduction to Composition Syllabus
(View Complete Item Description)My interest in re-designing my Writing 115 classes to utilize Open Educational Resources grew out of the reality that many students on this level are often challenged by a lack of money. This class is one more that they must take before they even start transfer-level writing. They are also challenged to pay for tuition, fees, and everyday living expenses. When a student chooses food over books because the books are unaffordable, their chances of success go down. I started my re-design with the textbook I had been using and chose readings from it. Since most are previously published pieces available on the Internet, it’s easy to locate them and provide a link to them. If I had a reading that wasn’t as readily available, I consulted my friendly neighborhood reference librarians. For readings on writing instruction and grammar, I relied on the titles from the Open Oregon project. My students have enjoyed these books for their readability, general usefulness, and portability. In addition to a course syllabus, I have included activities in this document that I developed to use in my writing classes. Please feel free to use any of them that fit the needs of your students. I would love a shout-out if you do, and I also welcome questions and suggestions.
Material Type: Syllabus
Psychology and Human Relations Course Outline
(View Complete Item Description)Course readings from openly licensed Saylor and Noba sources. Psychology and human relations focuses on practical applications of psychology to relationships. Topics include models for understanding individual and social behavior, self and social perception, emotional self-regulation, physical and mental health, addictions, attraction, relationship formation and maintenance, leaders and followers, stress, work, leisure time, sexuality, commitment, and brief introduction to the clinical aspects of human behavior. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Understand themes of personal growth, self concept, and self estee.|Know the interrelationship between physical health and mental health.|Manage personal decision making, motivation, and emotion.|Identify one's own capabilities as leader or follower.|Intergrate sexuality, love, and commitment.|Understand personal stressor and manage one's response to stress.|Know the factors and outcomes for addictive behaviors and how to seek help.
Material Type: Reading