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Eng 114-Compostition And Prose Fiction (4 Hours, 3 Credits) An Open Educational Resources (Oer) Course Syllabus Bronx Community College, Cuny, Susan Amper Aug 2024

Eng 114-Compostition And Prose Fiction (4 Hours, 3 Credits) An Open Educational Resources (Oer) Course Syllabus Bronx Community College, Cuny, Susan Amper

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ENG 114 OER Syllabus with assignments and video lectures.

Continued emphasis on the writing of clear, effective expository prose based on readings in short stories and novels. Research paper required.


Spn 122 - Latin American Language And Culture, Salvador Salazar May 2024

Spn 122 - Latin American Language And Culture, Salvador Salazar

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Spanish 122 provides an overview of Latin American cultures. Students will analyze and discuss representative texts and other forms of cultural production (film, visual art, music, etc.) from various regions and time periods to better understand and appreciate the diversity of Latin American history and society. The course will be conducted in Spanish.


First Year Composition Syllabus, Krystal M. Orwig Aug 2023

First Year Composition Syllabus, Krystal M. Orwig

Open Educational Resources

English syllabus for college level first-year writing students.


Introduction To Music, Mus 10100, Daniel Beliavsky Aug 2023

Introduction To Music, Mus 10100, Daniel Beliavsky

Open Educational Resources

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.


Hist20600: Modern Europe, Benjamin Diehl Mar 2023

Hist20600: Modern Europe, Benjamin Diehl

Open Educational Resources

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.


Engl 130: Writing About Literature In English, Kimberley A. Garcia Jun 2022

Engl 130: Writing About Literature In English, Kimberley A. Garcia

Open Educational Resources

This Open and Free Educational Resource (OER) and Zero-Cost Syllabus outlines a set of course materials for English 130: Writing about Literature in English. The course materials provided (all open education resources) include both written and visual texts to accompany and encourage multimodal assignments. The materials provided address literary analysis or composition practices and are adaptable to specific topics or literary works. The course model presented consists of three units (literary analysis, rhetorical analysis & scholarly engagement, and independent research).


Oer Course Map & Syllabus - Spanish 117 (Advanced Spanish Composition), Salvador Salazar Apr 2022

Oer Course Map & Syllabus - Spanish 117 (Advanced Spanish Composition), Salvador Salazar

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No abstract provided.


The Era Of The Great War, Barbara Syrrakos Jan 2022

The Era Of The Great War, Barbara Syrrakos

Open Educational Resources

This is a draft template syllabus for "The Era of the Great War", an upper-level course offered in a department of history. The syllabus provides a core set of readings and links, with plenty of room for the adopter to add or subtract materials, and to craft their own assignments. The course focuses on the wider period of the war, including art and literature, women and war, a peek into two cases from the colonies, a re-visiting of the Arab revolt and Lawrence, and a larger dimension of the mixing of historiography and the value of primary sources, including contemporary …


Spe100 Fundamentals Of Speech, Tessa Flannery Oct 2021

Spe100 Fundamentals Of Speech, Tessa Flannery

Open Educational Resources

The syllabus for course Speech 100: Fundamentals of Public Speaking. This course involves ZTC & uses OER resources, and was framed using principles of Open Pedagogy.


Creative Non-Fiction Prose Workshop, Laura Yan Sep 2021

Creative Non-Fiction Prose Workshop, Laura Yan

Open Educational Resources

No abstract provided.


Introduction To Creative Writing, Shamecca A. Harris Aug 2021

Introduction To Creative Writing, Shamecca A. Harris

Open Educational Resources

This introductory creative writing course asks students to explore their literary interests and proclivities through regular reading and writing activities designed to promote an in-depth understanding and appreciation for the craft of writing. Students will intellectually engage with both contemporary and classic authors within the main genres of creative writing and use the craft elements discussed in class to compose their own original poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction work. While studying various forms of creative writing, emphasis will be placed on the creative process of writing while encouraging students to find their writing voice. Student responsibilities include workshop participation, several …


Logical Reasoning, Soo-Jin Lee Aug 2021

Logical Reasoning, Soo-Jin Lee

Open Educational Resources

Syllabus for Logical Reasoning


Native App Ux With A Social Design Emphasis, Katya Rozanova Jun 2021

Native App Ux With A Social Design Emphasis, Katya Rozanova

Open Educational Resources

This course is designed to teach students how to design user experiences (UX) for native applications for mobile devices while considering what types of digital products can and should be put out into the world as tools for the day-to-day, as speculative art projects, or as forms of resistance to existing systems in place. The course focuses on usability heuristics, research (human-centered design methodologies) and competitive analysis, information architecture, rapid prototyping and usability testing. Students will familiarize themselves with native UI elements in Apple and Android platforms and design for one of the platforms of their choice. They will learn …


Portuguese 1010. Syllabus, Luis Enrique Escamilla Frias Sr. May 2021

Portuguese 1010. Syllabus, Luis Enrique Escamilla Frias Sr.

Open Educational Resources

This syllabus, designed to be widely used throughout CUNY system, is focused in providing the chance for students and teachers of Portuguese to have classes without using costly books. Quite the contrary, this syllabus has been designed in order to provide a guide to use Bate-Papo book [a one hundred percent open educational resource], throughout sixteen weeks, that is to say, during the normal period of a course in CUNY colleges in both summer and fall.

Moreover, the syllabus contemplates the using of a platform for students to practice. Such a website is also OER and has been indicated in …


Eng 111 First Year Writing, Stephanie Corrente Apr 2021

Eng 111 First Year Writing, Stephanie Corrente

Open Educational Resources

This is a sample syllabus for a first-year writing course. The course is designed for online remote classes but can be used easily face-to-face as well.


Modern Europe, Barbara Syrrakos Apr 2021

Modern Europe, Barbara Syrrakos

Open Educational Resources

Modern Europe Syllabus in History


Web Design 1, Broderick Shoemaker Jan 2021

Web Design 1, Broderick Shoemaker

Open Educational Resources

No abstract provided.


Freshman Composition, Brenna E. Crowe Oct 2020

Freshman Composition, Brenna E. Crowe

Open Educational Resources

Please find an example of a syllabus for an online, English composition course.


The Syllabus As A Shared Negotiation, Matthew K. Gold May 2020

The Syllabus As A Shared Negotiation, Matthew K. Gold

Publications and Research

The process of negotiation can do more than improve the syllabus--it can bring students into a critical relationship with the course itself and acknowledge them as stakeholders in the learning process.


Arth 1104 Art Of The Us, Syllabus, Fall 2019, Martha Hagood Oct 2019

Arth 1104 Art Of The Us, Syllabus, Fall 2019, Martha Hagood

Open Educational Resources

No abstract provided.


Eng 302 Playwriting Workshop, Hillary Miller May 2019

Eng 302 Playwriting Workshop, Hillary Miller

Open Educational Resources

Pedagogical materials created during Spring 2019 OER/Digital Literacy fellowship at Queens College, revising English 302: Playwriting Workshop.


Advanced Italian Grammar, Corinna M. Kociuba Apr 2019

Advanced Italian Grammar, Corinna M. Kociuba

Open Educational Resources

Syllabus on Advanced Italian Grammar


Writing For The Humanities, Pamela Jean Stemberg Jan 2019

Writing For The Humanities, Pamela Jean Stemberg

Open Educational Resources

OER syllabus with assignments for second semester English Composition class, Writing in the Humanities.


Fiqws 10113 Composition For Creative Expression- Narrative Medicine, Julia R. Brown Oct 2018

Fiqws 10113 Composition For Creative Expression- Narrative Medicine, Julia R. Brown

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No abstract provided.


Writing For The Social Sciences, Maria L. Plochocki Aug 2018

Writing For The Social Sciences, Maria L. Plochocki

Open Educational Resources

The attached syllabus was used in the course, ENGL 21002 - R: Writing for the Social Sciences. It serves as a schedule and guide to the course, covering reading assignments, deadlines, course policies, and other essential information.


Outline For A Ztc Usso Course At Ccny, Johnnie Wilder Jun 2018

Outline For A Ztc Usso Course At Ccny, Johnnie Wilder

Open Educational Resources

This is a supplement to my syllabus for USSO 10100, United States Society 10100. This supplement contains links to online resources that cover the subjects that would ordinarily be covered in a textbook. Some resources are literary selections. Other resources are videos. All of the resources included in this supplement to my syllabus are free. This is one approach to a ZTC USSO course.
-Johnnie Wilder, Ph.D.


Us Society 10100, Johnnie Wilder Jun 2018

Us Society 10100, Johnnie Wilder

Open Educational Resources

This is my syllabus for USSO 10100 in the first summer session of 2018.This is an example of a ZTC syllabus, a syllabus for a course in which there are no textbook requirements. All materials for the course are drawn from free online resources such as Wikisource, Whitehouse,gov, and C-SPAN. This syllabus shows one wa y to do a free course.
-Johnnie Wilder, Ph.D.


City College English 11000, Thomas Collins Jan 2018

City College English 11000, Thomas Collins

Open Educational Resources

This is a syllabus for a zero-textbook-cost section of City College's English 11000, a first-year composition course.


The United States: From Its Origins To 1877, Alexander P. Gambaccini Jan 2018

The United States: From Its Origins To 1877, Alexander P. Gambaccini

Open Educational Resources

No abstract provided.


Bcc His 20 Oer: History Of The Us, Stephen R. Duncan Jan 2017

Bcc His 20 Oer: History Of The Us, Stephen R. Duncan

Open Educational Resources

This is the syllabus for an open educational resource for a United States History Course, with a link to its primary source documents.