SOC232 Course Schedule

Death and Dying: Culture and Issues Introduces the institution of death in the United States. Includes a broad multicultural, interdisciplinary approach, including sociological, psychological, historical, ethical, cultural, and religious approaches to death, dying, and bereavement across the lifespan. Recommend: SOC 204, 205, or instructor permission. Prerequisites: WR 115, RD 115 and MTH 20 or equivalent placement test scores. Audit available. This course intensely examines the processes and cultural influences on death and dying. It is appropriate for those who have an interest in these issues, works (or desires to work) in the health care field. This course is a core course of the Gerontology Certificate/Degree Program. Students successfully completing this course will be able to do the following: · Analyze and compare the changing social, psychological, cultural, religious, spiritual, ethical and historical changing patterns of death beliefs and traditions related to varying modes of death, across the lifespan · Describe the physiology of death and dying, compare the effectiveness of the medical model of dying and palliative model of dying on end of life care from an individual, family, and cultural perspective, and assess the impact of legalities and legal instruments on end of life decision making for individuals and families from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds. · Explore individual and family grief and bereavement issues through an understanding of theories, models of coping, spiritual, religious, and cultural beliefs, and end of life practices and institutions, including care facilities, burial practices ,funeral homes, crematoriums, and cemeteries.

Material Type: Syllabus

Author: Michael Faber

WR 115 Syllabus

Introduces college level skills in reading critically, exploring ideas, and writing. Covers composing essays which support a thesis through structure appropriate to both thesis and reader and revision for clarity and correctness. This syllabus includes open and free materials.

Material Type: Syllabus

Authors: Erica Braverman, George Zamzow

General Chemistry I

Atomic structure, chemical compounds, chemical equations and reaction stoichiometry, reactions in aqueous solution (including acid/base, redox, and precipitation reactions) gas laws and kinetic-molecular theory, and thermochemistry. Emphasis on engineering applications. PDF available: https://oregontech-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/addie_clark_oit_edu/EQ7UKfEXTJxNnhYUHRgaZZ8ByCrmXpLkzzVhHYAfZ2WxXg?e=mdgjCe Purchase print copy: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/general-chemistry-i/24499732 Additional course materials: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12BDS4gq0O3dowv45AAG0xEe6qdIFIeB3?usp=sharing

Material Type: Full Course, Textbook

Authors: Adelaide E Clark, Seth Anthony

Intermediate Algebra

Students will study polynomials and factoring; roots; radical and rational expressions and equations; functions and their graphs; quadratic equations, complex numbers and parabolas. Applications in these areas will be covered. Use of graphing utilities will also be explored.

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Gary Parker

Elementary Algebra

This book is designed for MTH070, Elementary Algebra, at BMCC. The student will study and demonstrate knowledge of basic algebraic notation, linear equations and inequalities, graphing, linear systems, exponents, polynomials, and related application problems.

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Gary Parker

Introduction to Women's Studies

This course is an introduction to intersectionality and social justice. I’m starting from a beginner perspective assuming that folks are coming into these ideas for the first time. The course begins with some of the typical patterns that people experience when they’re confronting their privilege for the first time, including resistance, fragility, guilt and shame. I encourage folks to always stay focused on their privileged identities, whichever those are. Since it’s an introductory course, there’s a lot of interesting ideas, but we don’t delve deep into any of them. We explore some of the similar patterns that different oppressions face, like victim blaming, competition, internalization, issues around visibility, disclosure, inheritability and familial relationships. We analyze economic systems around work and employment and question the structures and systems that shape our lives. I encourage students to develop their humility, ally and activism skills. We wrap up with hope for how to reimagine a better society. The course uses a flipped-classroom methodology that centers student conversations during class time.

Material Type: Full Course

Author: Jimena Alvarado

Math Literacy in a Global Context, Revised for Lane Community College

Course description: This course provides algebra, quantitative reasoning, and problem solving skills needed in Math 105, 106, 107, and in other college courses in programs not requiring calculus. 10 week course packet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EScCoQ0KactMn_oOWJ8RB5l5rG_C7VRNs6uZ51Dok3o/edit?usp=sharing

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Paula Thonney

Early American Literature: 1600-1865 Reading List

Course Description Introduces the literature of the land which is now the United States from before European contact through the mid-nineteenth century. Revolves around written manifestations of the various interests, preoccupations, and experiences of the peoples creating and recreating American culture. Considers various literary forms, canonized (such as novel, narrative poem), popular (such as the serialized tale, verse) and unpublished (the jeremiad, Native American oratory, the slave narrative, diary). Prerequisite/concurrent: WR 121. Audit available. Intended Outcomes Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Identify and discuss strengths, limitations and cultural assumptions of the various literary forms practiced in America from its earliest days through the mid 1800s. Identify and discuss the roles of gender, class, race, ethnicity, and geography played in creating early American literature. Identify and address the issues, conflicts, preoccupations, and themes of early American literature. Identify and discuss aesthetic aspects of American literature, including plot, setting, character, dialect, oral storytelling, diction, metaphor and allegory. Use literary texts to examine the historical, rhetorical, and cultural contexts in which they were composed. Use literary theory to analyze early American texts.

Material Type: Reading

Open Metacognition

Our goals From the beginning, this was conceived as an ongoing project. This website will be used in our courses and will continue to be developed by students. The goal is for people to learn about metacognition and its role in learning. We believe that learning can happen the most effectively when learners engage with open educational resources not just as passive consumers of information, but as active participants in meaningful knowledge creation. Why metacognition? Developing metacognitive awareness is shown to contribute to learning transfer, helping learners to use their knowledge and apply what they've learned in new contexts. As English teachers, we know that metacognitive awareness and the open discussion of metacognitive processes helps learners to develop and refine skills in reading, writing, and researching. Metacognition is something we all do in countless contexts, so it's something that anyone can meaningfully engage in discussing and learning. Please join us! We hope that other instructors will encourage their students to engage with these OER in the spirit of open pedagogy. We selected metacognition as a topic from the perspective of English teachers, knowing its integral role in working with language. We believe that metacognitive awareness is crucial to any type of learning. In particular, learners focused on study skills and college success benefit greatly from metacognitive awareness. Learners of psychology and education would also have much to gain from engaging with this topic. If you're an instructor who would like to use this site in your courses, please email us at george.zamzow@pcc.edu

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Student Guide

Authors: Erica Braverman, George Zamzow

Composition course cartridges

English Composition I Covers a range of rhetorical situations and genres of writing, centering on argument. Students learn to read and analyze others’ writing and then respond with their own views, showing an awareness of their purpose and audience. The class culminates in a short argumentative research paper. English Composition II Focuses on scholarly investigation and the proper use of sources and documentation. Major emphasis is on writing research papers that are acceptable by APA standards.

Material Type: Full Course

Author: Vincent E. Lasnik

Human Relations in Business Canvas course shell

This course is designed to teach skills for dealing with people, for communicating with others in business and professional environments. This course will provide a background against which the student may evaluate or compare his or her own goals, soft skills, values, and intelligence viewpoints. This course contains weekly assignments, group discussions, and quizzes. There is a team project and a final research paper.

Material Type: Full Course

Authors: Rockal Newtson, Velda Arnaud

Survey of American Literature from 1865 to present - Syllabus

Introduces the literature of the land which is now the United States from mid-nineteenth century to the present. Revolves around written manifestations of the various interests, preoccupations, and experiences of the peoples creating and recreating American culture. Considers various literary forms, canonized (such as novel, narrative poem), popular (such as the serialized tale, verse) and unpublished (the jeremiad, Native American oratory, the slave narrative, diary).

Material Type: Syllabus

Author: Leigh Hancock

Beginning Chinese

Textbook for a year-long Beginning Chinese course. Chapters are available in word and pdf files.

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Lin Hong

Intro to Viking History Readings List

Reading list of open and library resources. Course Description Introduces Viking history, culture, and society through mythology, art, sagas, warfare, politics, and conversion to Christianity. Examines Viking influence on North America, the British Isles, Continental Europe, and Russia. Covers modern conceptions of the Vikings through contemporary popular culture. 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: Articulate and interpret an understanding of key historical facts and events in Scandinavian history during the Viking Age. Identify the influence of culturally-based practices, values, and beliefs to analyze how historically-defined meanings of difference affect human behavior. Identify and investigate historical theses, evaluate information and its sources, and use appropriate reasoning to construct evidence-based arguments on historical issues. Construct a well-organized historical argument using effective, appropriate, and accurate language.

Material Type: Syllabus

Author: Terri Barnes

ESL College Transition: Listening & Speaking

We created this site to share the lesson plans and other materials that we use in this Listening/Speaking Level F class with other ESL teachers -- click around and use what works for you! This is a 10-week course at LCC, but you can pick and choose from the 8 chapters for a shorter or longer term. The chapters can be covered in any order. Lane Community College's Intensive English Language Program offers 6 levels (A=beginner, F=college transition). This site was designed for Listening/Speaking Level F, which is a class that teaches listening and note-taking strategies focused especially on lecture listening, as well as presentation, pronunciation, conversation, and academic discussion skills. LCC ESL Students in Level F take three separate intensive classes (Writing, Listening/Speaking, and Reading for a total of 20 in-class contact hours per week). Prior to the re-imagining of this class and the creation of this site, each Level F class had a different textbook with different thematic progressions. Students experienced cognitive overload with the demand to learn the vocabulary, concepts, and skills of the three separate classes. In addition, students in our department are often from marginalized backgrounds and can find it financially difficult to purchase the three separate textbooks. In order to lessen students' financial and cognitive burdens and create more connections between the three classes, we used the topics from the Reading textbook (Academic Encounters Level 4: Reading and Writing, 2nd edition, Cambridge 2014) to find freely-available authentic videos or recorded audio for the Listening/Speaking class. Over the past year, students have expressed appreciation for the reduced cost of taking the course. In addition, they have shown increased interest and engagement in the course due to the authentic, real-life materials and complementary nature of the three Level F classes.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Annick Todd, Colleen Shields, Dave Schenderlein, Jen Sacklin, Maggie Mitteis

Introduction to Queer Studies

Focuses on the lives and contributions of queer people in cultural, historical, and social context, including identities such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, sexual, pansexual and gender non-binary. Uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore the complex social constructions of sex, sexuality, race, class, gender identity and gender expression. Explores the institutional and cultural factors that create and maintain systems of oppression. This course is taught from an intersectional feminist perspective. This means that we’ll explore all the different identities that queer people can take; addressing racism, ageism, ableism, heterosexism, cissexism and many other forms of power inequality and oppression. Provides a framework to connect personal experience with contemporary social and political issues.

Material Type: Full Course

Author: Jimena Alvarado

Technical Writing Textbook OER

This OER textbook is a remix of existing open material. The text was assembled by Adam Karnes, English adjunct at Linn-Benton Community College

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Adam Karnes

Intercultural Communication OER

Excel spreadsheet of Intercultural Communication OER Resources created by Cheri Kendrick and Jennifer Colton-Jones. Readings are arranged by week in Canvas and changed each term depending on the speaker and field trip schedule for the term. Catalog course description: An introductory course that focuses on the impact of culture on the communication process. Emphasis is placed on both understanding cultural diversity and enhancing communication effectiveness in various intercultural contexts.

Material Type: Reading

Authors: Cheri Kendrick, Jennifer Colton-Jones

Physical Geography assessments

In-house assessments designed for use with a revised edition of Lumen Learning's Physical Geography textbook (https://courses.lumenlearning.com/chemeketa-geophysical/). Catalog course description: Focuses on the physical subsystems of the earth (atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere), with emphasis on human-environment relations. Includes basic map skills, latitude/longitude, weather, climate, biogeography, volcanism, erosion, and desert landscapes.

Material Type: Assessment, Textbook

Women’s Studies 202: Activists Working for Social Change

Openly licensed syllabus and schedule for WS 202. Course Description: This course examines how women and men have worked to empower their communities and to improve the conditions of their lives. Explores ways that feminist theories have shaped the goals and strategies of social change efforts. Offers an in‐depth look at selected topic areas, connects analysis and personal experience, and prepares students to become effective change agents. Prerequisite: MTH 20 or equivalent placement test scores. Prerequisite/concurrent: WR 121. Audit available.

Material Type: Syllabus

Author: Mandy Webster