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Ztc English 111: Introduction To College Writing Syllabus, Nicolette Guida

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This is a syllabus for a first year college writing course. This is also ZTC course (or "zero textbook cost" course). Course texts are only open-access materials and texts that are readily accessible online.

This course focuses on the power of language in our society. Students analyze the importance of rhetoric for both writers of language and consumers of language. They consider how language can be used to make meaning of the world, construct and express identity, persuade or manipulate others, and how language has evolved with technology. Students develop critical reading and academic writing skills through workshops and writing …

Introduction To Theatre Oer Course, Carmen R. Meyers

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Study of theatre and performance throughout history and across cultures including an examination of European, Carribean, and North and South American theatrical styles and genres.

This course is organized for a hybrid/asynchronous format. Our class meets on-campus every week for 75 minutes and the other 75 minutes will be completed asynchronously with weekly learning modules on Blackboard.

The first half of the course focuses on the history of theatre from Ancient Greece through Modern Realism. The second half of the course, students engage in the procedures of professional theatre artists through writing and refining a dramatic text; enacting a performance; …

Neighborhood Soundwalk, Sarah Politz

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This is an assignment for undergraduate students that asks them to go out into their environment and record their observations from listening in a focused way. It uses the work and writings of composer Hildegard Westerkampf as a jumping off point.

College Student Competencies For Career Success, Laura E. Diaz Alarcon

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The following assignment uses communication, one of the NACE competencies, to create a class outcome. To achieve this competency, an assignment can be created using the Non-violent Communication (NVC) approach developed by Dr. Marshall Rosenberg 1960’s in conjunction with the intersectionality theory, by Kimberle’ Williams Crenshaw (1989).

Gandal Syllabus English 320, Advanced Fiction Writing, Keith Gandal

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Students in this course will learn the art of writing and rewriting short stories.

Historian-For-A-Day, Elyse Singer

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Each student will select a class session in which to present a brief (1-2 minute) "fun fact" based on their own research that relates to the time/place being studied. It should be something that is of interest to you, and (hopefully) to the whole class – cultural, political, sociological, scientific, medical…. For example, for the class on Roman Tragedy, the factoid might be about what a citizen in ancient Roman ate for supper! Originality counts.

Due on date of presentation: A one-paragraph description of the fun fact, in your own words, and cite at least one source--that is not Wikipedia. …

Writing For The Social Sciences Course Calendar, Sarah Z. Perez

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This ZTC syllabus daily course calendar for English 210 classes, "Writing for the Social Sciences" focuses on identifying culture, research, and fieldwork writing skills.

Self-Listening & Envisioning Audience Exercise & Assignment, Jacob Kose

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This assignment and exercise encourages students to pick a formative story, artifact, individual, or moment in their acquisition of language and/or literacy. Students record themselves telling this story, then type that recording, and make choices about how to edit that text.Instructors may invite students to read these aloud, and/or peer edit. Students may also submit reflections and comment on each others' reflection.

First Year Composition Syllabus, Krystal M. Orwig

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English syllabus for college level first-year writing students.

Introduction To Music, Mus 10100, Daniel Beliavsky

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This course examines musical works, composers, and aesthetics from antiquity to the present. Central to our curriculum are the questions, “what are music’s meanings?” and “how can music communicate meaning?” Through the process of discovering the varied answers to these questions, we will learn about music history, music philosophy, composer biographies, and how aesthetic concerns change across time and place. As a result of our work, you will develop the critical skills needed to understand the socio-historical events that inspire musical compositions and styles.

Fiqws Killer Stories Syllabus For Writing Section, Serhiy Metenko, Serhiy Metenko

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This syllabus informs the students of the course and their expected deliverables.

Body Movement Syllabus - The City College Of New York - Department Of Theatre - Prof Timothy Allen, Timothy J. Allen

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This course will explore three modules of learning.

1. Anatomy and Psycho-Physical Centering, will explore two foundations: (1) the start of our research and practical application of the human anatomy in regards to how our body moves; and (2) your ability to tune into movement centers within the body by utilizing Chakra as a guiding study. Please note: Anatomy will be a continuous study throughout the entire semester.

2. THE SECOND MODULE, Partnered Connection, will focus on partnering with lifts, counter-balances, falls, and rolls that will build to a partnering sequence of the tools presented.

3. THE LAST MODULE, Global Archetypes, …

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Mca 20500 - Editing (Fall 2023), Zachary Finkelstein

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Span 34100 - 001 Hispanic Civilizations I, Isabel Estrada

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As a NYC resident, what have you learned about the history of the Spanish-speaking world? Are you familiar with the cultures of the Dominican and Mexican American communities living in Washington Heights and El Barrio, respectively? Through this course students will enhance their understanding of Latin American and Spanish cultures and histories until 1800. With a transatlantic approach, the class will examine critical cultural aspects that define Spain and Latin America. These include: nomenclature and perceptions of the Spanish-speaking world (Iberian, Hispanic, Latinx); religious and ethnic diversity in the Peninsula; pre-1492 indigenous peoples in Latin America; the project of progress …

Fiqws The Politics Of Language (Composition Section), Sarah Z. Perez

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ZTC syllabus and class calendar with assignment and text links for Freshman Inquiry Writing Seminar (FIQWS) Composition class.

Creative Writing Assignment, Felice Neals

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This assignment was created for a Creative Writing class called: Writing About New York.

Decolonization Of Knowledge Production In African Societies: Contextual Analysis Of Language Of Instruction, Oluremi Alapo

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A discussion on knowledge independence or knowledge-production decolonization with the assumption that an epistemological base for knowledge creation exists in most African societies by drawing from indigenous praxis which includes language and history.

The background to this study highlighted the usage of colonial languages by post-colonial African Societies as the language of knowledge transfer in schools and educational institutions, to the neglect of the mother tongue and local language. This prevents an intellectual dislocation that negatively affects the identity, creativity, and works of learners.

The two major theories at the base of this paper are postcolonial theory and Lev Vygotsky’s …

The Double Entry Journal, Doreen C. Bowens

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The Double Entry Journal is a note-taking technique for English Composition courses that encourages students to become active readers.

Lbsci 717: Digital Humanities, S E. Hackney

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This is a syllabus for a graduate-level introductory course on the Digital Humanities, primarily aimed at LIS students.

Anth 210: Anthropology Of East Asia, Tomomi Emoto

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Grkmd 41w: Modern Greek Literature In Translation (2023), Fevronia Soumakis

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This course surveys Modern Greek literature in translation from the middle of the nineteenth century to the present. We will consider authors and their works not only for their individual stylistic elements, but also within the context of European literary and cultural movements. As a “W” course, we will also focus on the development of writing skills. We will devote several class sessions to reviewing the essential elements of writing.

Hist 104: America Since 1865, Douglas Manson

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This history course utilizes materials that are open sourced

Cmlit 100: Writing About World Literature (Philosophical Literature), Victoria Tomasulo

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This syllabus was designed as an Open Educational Resource for Writing about World Literature, a comparative literature course focused on the writing of research papers. The course theme, Philosophical Literature, will be of interest to those in the academic community who are engaged in the teaching and learning of interdisciplinary writing. Students choose a philosophical concept that interests them the most, among three-- the absurd hero, lightness versus weight, and the will to power-- and they use it as a lens through which to better understand literary works from different cultures. They learn to write recursively, putting literature and philosophy …

Word Into Idea Online -- User Guide For Group Activity, Stephen Fried, Sam Tamburri

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In response to feedback from classroom users, access is provided to a video guide for hosting the group version of Word into Idea Online, an activity currently available on CUNY Academic Works.

The Jews Of Harlem, Dimitry Ekshtut

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This is a syllabus for JWST 31919 - The Jews of Harlem, offered by the Jewish Studies Department at City College of New York. "The Jews of Harlem" is an interdisciplinary class focusing on the story of Jews in the neighborhood of Harlem, New York, their historic connection to the neighborhood (when it was the 3rd largest Jewish community in the world), and the flowering of new Jewish life in Harlem today.

Engl 351: Nineteenth-Century U.S. Literature, Duncan Faherty

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This is a syllabus for an OER version of a Nineteenth-Century U.S. Literature undergraduate course.

Writing For The Humanities And The Arts, Olivia Wood

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This is the syllabus, course calendar, and grading contract used for Olivia Wood's section of ENGL 210: Writing in the Humanities and the Arts at City College in Spring 2023. Students write opinion editorials in the first unit, research a genre of their choosing and create a "genre guide" to help others write in that genre during the second unit, and then complete a multimodal project in the third unit, perhaps using their own or a classmate's genre guide to assist them.

Black Feminist Thought: Black Women's Emerging Power As Agents Of Knowledge, Oluremi Alapo

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To understand the black 21st woman’s struggle to reclaim herself from her experiences from the oppression of Structural Oppression. To discover the new standards of womanhood set after the years of the Atlantic slavery. To examine ways in which Black women can be empowered and also be known as an Agent of Knowledge.

Open Textbook For Art 27, Nate Cooper

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Work in Progress - In the Spring of 2023, I will endeavor to work collaboratively with students to develop an open textbook for the Art 26: UX Visual Design course. As this class has only been offered once in the past and in general the UX courses are new at Kingsborough there isn't an obvious single authority on the subject. As a practitioner in the field professionally, I grow concerned that even if a solid text could be found in print that industry changes happen so frequently that the only helpful authority will need to be a dynamic work. Hence, …

Hist20600: Modern Europe, Benjamin Diehl

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This syllabus was created for the introductory course to Modern European history offered by City College's Department of History. It was designed by Benjamin Diehl, PhD candidate in History at CUNY Graduate Center as part of City College's OER Initiative. As such, it attempts to provide the outline of a Modern Europe course which is completely free, zero-textbook-cost, using open access resources.