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Women’s Studies 202: Activists Working for Social Change

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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

Human Anatomy and Physiology course shells

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Canvas Commons course shells for A&P sequence. BI 231: One of three courses within the human anatomy and physiology sequence that need not be taken in order. This course provides students with the opportunity to study the structure and function of the human body from a systematic perspective, while emphasizing homeostasis, organ system interaction, and complementarity of structure and function. Specific topics include: the integumentary, skeletal, cardiovascular and lymphatic systems. Laboratory sessions include dissecting animal specimens, conducting physiological experiments, examining case studies, using the compound microscope, and studying anatomical models. BI 232: One of three courses within the human anatomy and physiology sequence that need not be taken in order. This course provides students with the opportunity to study the structure and function of the human body from a systematic perspective, while emphasizing homeostasis, organ system interaction, and complementarity of structure and function. Specific topics include: the muscular and nervous systems, special senses, and the endocrine system. Laboratory sessions include dissecting animal specimens, conducting physiological experiments, examining case studies,using the compound microscope, and studying anatomical models. BI 233: One of three courses within the human anatomy and physiology sequence that need not be taken in order. This course provides students with the opportunity to study the structure and function of the human body from a systematic perspective, while emphasizing homeostasis, organ system interaction, and complementarity of structure and function. Specific topics include: the respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems. Laboratory sessions include dissecting animal specimens, conducting physiological experiments, examining case studies, using the compound microscope, and studying anatomical models.

Material Type: Full Course

Authors: Kristen Oja, Michelle Miller

Growing Math Roots: A Standards-Based Curriculum For Middle Level Adult Learners

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This Open Education Resource (OER) book represents the beginnings of a larger work (to be appended and strengthened through cooperative efforts of instructors active within the Open Education community) to provide adult basic educators with resources to meet the needs of their students. It may be used in its entirety or individual lessons may be chosen, remixed, modified, and/or recompiled. Some of the lessons have an Instructor section that directly links the lessons with the mathematical standards for content and practice found in the College and Career Readiness Standards for Adults. Other lessons have those standards deeply embedded, if not specifically and individually stated. Both Lori Lundine and Donna Parrish are long-time instructors in the Adult Basic Education Department of Rogue Community College and have taught many years in public secondary schools. They have worked extensively on the Oregon Adult College and Career Readiness Standards and currently serve as math consultants for Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission.

Material Type: Textbook

Authors: Donna Parrish, Lori Lundine

Personal and Social Frameworks for Nutrition and Healthy Aging: Course website

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Provides an overview of the impact of nutrition on aging and the impact of aging on nutrient needs. Examines food access, procurement, preparation, and enjoyment using a socio-ecological framework of health and wellness. Evaluates age-associated psycho-social, economic, and environmental influences on individual food security and institutional program delivery. Emphasizes nutrition and food for healthy aging. Learning Outcomes Use an understanding of the relationship between nutrition and aging to identify challenges to healthy aging. Create effective wellness promotion strategies that account for psycho-social, economic, and environmental influences on individuals and communities. Apply knowledge of clinical, community, and commercial resources to promote the nutritional well-being of older adults.

Material Type: Full Course

Authors: Debra Lippoldt, Jennifer Sasser, Kate Malone Kimmich, Radha Moghe, Rondi Schei, Sara Seely, Tanya Littrell

Customized OpenStax Biology

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Clackamas Community College customized the OpenStax Biology textbook and moved it into Odigia for BI 101. Catalog description: An inquiry-based laboratory course focusing on cellular biology, genetics, epigenetics, biotechnology and natural selection. Class uses student centered activities in a collaborative learning environment to enhance appreciation of the biological world.

Material Type: Textbook

Authors: Ernest "Tory" Blackwell, Lillian Mayer, openstax, Polly Schulz

Intercultural Communication for the Community College

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In the quest to explore the multiple facets of intercultural communication, this book is divided into three general areas: foundations, elements, and contexts. The foundations cover the basic principles associated with communication studies and culture. The elements move beyond the basics into self, identities, verbal, and nonverbal process associated with communication and culture. Contexts explore all the different environments such as media, business, and education, in which intercultural communication occurs.

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Karen Krumrey

Western Civilization: A Concise History - Volume 3

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Western Civilization: A Concise History​ is an Open Educational Resource textbook covering the history of Western Civilization from approximately 8,000 BCE to 2017 CE. It is available in three volumes covering the following time periods and topics: Volume 1: from the origins of civilization in Mesopotamia c. 8,000 BCE through the early Middle Ages in Europe c. 1,000 CE. Volume 1 covers topics including Mesopotamia,Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, the Islamic caliphates, and the early European Middle Ages. Volume 2: from the early Middle Ages to the French Revolution in 1789 CE. Volume 2covers topics including the High Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the European conquest of the Americas, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment. Volume 3: from the Napoleonic era to the recent past. Volume 3 covers topics including the Industrial Revolution, the politics of Europe in the nineteenth century, modern European imperialism, the world wars, fascism, Nazism, and the Holocaust, the postwar era, the Cold War, and recent developments in economics and politics.

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Christopher Brooks

Western Civilization: A Concise History - Volume 2

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Western Civilization: A Concise History​ is an Open Educational Resource textbook covering the history of Western Civilization from approximately 8,000 BCE to 2017 CE. It is available in three volumes covering the following time periods and topics: Volume 1: from the origins of civilization in Mesopotamia c. 8,000 BCE through the early Middle Ages in Europe c. 1,000 CE. Volume 1 covers topics including Mesopotamia,Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, the Islamic caliphates, and the early European Middle Ages. Volume 2: from the early Middle Ages to the French Revolution in 1789 CE. Volume 2covers topics including the High Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the European conquest of the Americas, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment. Volume 3: from the Napoleonic era to the recent past. Volume 3 covers topics including the Industrial Revolution, the politics of Europe in the nineteenth century, modern European imperialism, the world wars, fascism, Nazism, and the Holocaust, the postwar era, the Cold War, and recent developments in economics and politics.

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Christopher Brooks

Western Civilization: A Concise History - Volume 1

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A three-volume textbook covering the history of Western Civilization from c. 8000 BCE to the recent past. Written to be compatible with most existing Western Civilization courses at American colleges and universities, Western Civilization: A Concise History rejects the triumphalist narrative of western progress while still providing an essential overview of the histories of the ancient Mediterranean, Europe, and the global connections of the modern era. The "version 2.5" edition was released in September 2021 and further revisions are planned by the author.

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Christopher Brooks

Creative Writing: Fiction Syllabus

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In Writing 241/244, we will concentrate on the study and writing of realistic short fiction, with the purpose of stimulating your creativity, enhancing your analytical abilities, and improving your writing. Students write sketches and stories for class discussion and analysis, usually in the form of small group workshops. Students will also analyze professional stories to understand narrative tools, structural components, and stylistic choices through written analysis and small group discussion.

Material Type: Syllabus

Author: Porter Raper

Hospitality & Tourism Industry Canvas course shell

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Course Description This course introduces the hospitality industry as a single, interrelated industry composed of food and beverage, travel and tourism, lodging, meeting and planning events, recreation and leisure, recreational entertainment, and eco and heritage tourism. Course Objectives The student will: • Identify the characteristics of the hospitality industry • Explain the various components of tourism • Discuss the hotel business development and classifications • Discuss hotel and rooms division operation • Explain hotel operations and food and beverage division • Discuss various aspects of the recreation/leisure industry as it relates to tourism • Explain the difference between meetings, expositions, and conventions

Material Type: Full Course

Author: Velda Arnaud

Customer Service Management I Canvas course shell

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Course Description This course provides an in-depth study of the methods and techniques employed by the hospitality and tourism industry to accomplish effective and efficient customer service operation. Includes combined discussions of management theory, systems, decision-making, and leadership directly relevant to any profession with emphasis on the hospitality industry. Also covers the business facets of human resource management, finance, ethics, and total quality management with a business environment. Course Learning Outcomes At the end of this course, students will be able to: · Explain the elements of a service culture and what separates average and excellent customer service · Identify consumer behaviors and needs as they relate to customer decisions · Identify factors that help better serve a diverse customer base · Describe how to build and maintain trust as related to quality service

Material Type: Full Course

Author: Velda Arnaud

Analytical and Argumentative Writing Syllabus

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WR122 continues the focus of WR 121 on academic writing as a means of inquiry with added emphasis on persuasion and argument supported by external research; it also uses critical reading, discussion and the writing process to explore ideas, develop cultural awareness and formulate original positions. The course emphasizes development of writing and critical thinking through logical reasoning, rhetorical control, independent research, and information literacy.

Material Type: Syllabus

Author: Porter Raper

CH100: Everyday Chemistry (Southeast)

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Introduces chemistry related topics pertaining to everyday life. Includes topics such as renewable energy, clean air and water and global climate change using a relatively nonmathematical approach. Includes atomic/molecular structure, the periodic table, chemical bonding, intermolecular forces, chemical reactions, acids/bases and the social and environmental role of chemistry. Recommended for non-science majors to fulfill the Gen Ed science with lab requirement.

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Luke Miller

Human Nutrition (FN 225) Online 10 Week Course

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Folder of openly licensed course materials for Human Nutrition course, including in-depth introduction to the science of nutrition, stressing characteristics of nutrients and their food sources. Examines digestion, absorption and metabolism of nutrients. Includes individualized diet analysis and current-interest topics including weight management and some disease therapies. Emphasis is placed on use of scientific research criteria for evaluation of current nutrition articles.

Material Type: Full Course, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Kimber Mattox

AHSS Front Matter

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Description: This is the online, interactive version of OpenIntro's Advanced High School Statistics (https://www.openintro.org/book/ahss/). It was developed by Emiliano Vega and Ralf Youtz of Portland Community College using PreTeXt. Advanced High School Statistics covers a first course in statistics, providing an introduction to applied statistics that is clear, concise, and accessible. This book was written to align with the AP© Statistics Course Description, but it's also popular in non-AP courses and community colleges. We hope readers will take away three ideas from this book in addition to forming a foundation of statistical thinking and methods: 1. Statistics is an applied field with a wide range of practical applications. 2. You don't have to be a math guru to learn from real, interesting data. 3. Data are messy, and statistical tools are imperfect. But, when you understand the strengths and weaknesses of these tools, you can use them to learn about the real world.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Christopher D Barr, David M Diez, Leah Dorazio, Mine Etinkaya-rundel