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- Description:
- This course presents an overview of the Microsoft Windows Operating System (OS), with emphasis on the OS design, configuration, operations, and applications. This course will also cover PowerShell scripting and includes researching, documenting, and presenting a key OS function.
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Ziko Rizk
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year course taught:
- 2018
- Year Created:
- January 8, 2018
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This class covers the process and fundamentals of writing expository essays, including structure, organization and development, diction and style, revision and editing.
- Subject:
- Composition and Rhetoric
- Creator:
- Terrance Millet
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- In this course, students will learn basic Microsoft Windows 10 Operating Systems skills (including Core PC Hardware Components, Graphical User Interface, Local and Cloud File Management, Applications, Internet Browsers, Security, and key System Utilities), Google Email, Contacts, Calendar, and Drive applications, as well as introduction to Word Processing, Spreadsheet and Presentation applications. Additionally, students will learn to create and convert documents between different format (Microsoft and Google apps).
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Ziko Rizk
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2018
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course is designed as a survey course to familiarize students with computer concepts including software and hardware, software applications, and living online leading towards digital computer literacy. Instruction in this course is provided through demonstration and discussion. Class time will be provided for practicing concepts as well as working through assignments; however, additional time outside of class will be essential to improve skills and complete the assignments.
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Sisi Virasak and Ziko Rizk
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2017
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course in an introduction to project management. The art and science of project management has evolved much over the last 1-2 decades. At this point, 2017, all small, medium and large companies use structured project management methodologies and guidelines to run their internal and external projects. My objective is not to teach you how to become a project manager, that will require many courses and hands-on experience, but to teach you how to become an effective team player on a structured project. and A practice-oriented course with examples, applications and proven techniques that demonstrate systems analysis and design. Actual organization, business settings, and project management software are used to show how systems concepts can apply to many different types of enterprises. Project lifecycle as well as project management software, terminology and concepts are discussed.
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Ziko Rizk
- Language:
- English
- Year course taught:
- 2017
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- A survey course of discrete mathematics for non-physical science majors. Topics include systems of inequalities, linear programming, probability and probability distributions, and an introduction to descriptive statistics. The course emphasizes problem solving through the use of computer spreadsheets.
- Subject:
- Numbers and Operations
- Creator:
- Mary Campbell
- Year Created:
- 2017
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- Students will be able to foster an appreciation of literature and develop creative skills in public speaking and performance. Students will analyze various literary forms (poetry, novels, plays, letters, diaries, etc.) as texts for oral presentation. Students will explore oral traditions and other nonliterary sources and events as oral presentation material. Class exercises introduce vocal, physical and other speaking techniques to effectively communicate a point of view. Recommended: College-level reading and writing skills are highly recommended for success in this course.
- Subject:
- Performing Arts
- Creator:
- Tinamarie Ivey
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- The key decision-making role of managers in modern organizations. Includes the study of organizations, management styles, and selected administrative problems. An overview of the processes involved in managing a business, including business planning, organizing, controlling, staffing and leading. Covers various theories of management with emphasis on managing a business in the local, national or international marketplace.
- Subject:
- Management
- Creator:
- Mindy Bean
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- Introduces web design through an examination of (X)HTML, CSS and relevant computer graphic file formats. Students will learn to create standards-compliant, accessible web pages using modern design techniques and technologies. Emphasis will be placed on learning to write (X)HTML and CSS script without the help of advanced web design software; writing accessible, standards compliant code; and separating content, presentation and action. and For access to instructor-only resources, contact LBCC's OER librarian ( willihm@linnbenton.edu).
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Lister, Frank
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2018
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- Slides, labs, worksheets, instructor notes, and assessment materials from the electrical troubleshooting course at LBCC. This course provides an introduction into electrical troubleshooting theory in troubleshooting common electrical problems including: low voltage, high voltage, unwanted resistance, open circuits, high resistance shorts-to-ground, and current and voltage unbalance. Efficiency technology and sustainable practices are covered. An effective troubleshooting methodology is embedded in this course.
- Subject:
- Electronic Technology
- Creator:
- Ken Dickson-Self
- Resource Type:
- Syllabus, Lecture, Textbook, Full Course, Unit of Study, Homework/Assignment, Lesson, Module, Activity/Lab, and Assessment
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- Description:
- This course is designed to train prospective teachers, theatre practitioners and those interested in broadening their skills in the of leading creative drama sessions within the classroom, studio or recreational facility. Class activities are designed to support curriculum development as well as promoting drama as an art and discipline. Through active learning students explore theories and concepts of Creative Drama practices that are used in the development of curriculum-based lesson plans. Creative Drama focuses on process.
- Subject:
- Performing Arts
- Creator:
- Tinamarie Ivey
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This is an introductory course meant to both expand your knowledge of good essay form and your confidence in your ability to create concise, clear, and cohesive college essays. We’ll look at several different forms of essays and destroy many great pieces of writing in order to learn how the heck we can do that stuff ourselves. COURSE OBJECTIVES: At the completion of WR121, successful students should be able to: Analyze the rhetorical needs (the needs of their audience in relationship to the assignment) for academically-oriented writing assignments. Apply appropriate levels of critical thinking strategies (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation) in their written assignments, with a focus on factual, analytical, and evaluative writing. Implement appropriate rhetorical elements and organization (introduction, thesis, development and support, definition, narration, comparison, conclusion, etc.) in their written assignments. Locate, evaluate, and integrate high-quality information and opinion appropriate for college-level informational, analytical and evaluative assignments. Craft sentences and paragraphs that communicate their ideas clearly and effectively using words, sentence patterns, and writing conventions at a college level to make their writing clear, credible, and precise.
- Subject:
- Composition and Rhetoric
- Creator:
- Jennifer Kepka
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- COURSE OBJECTIVES: At the completion of WR122, successful students should be able to: Analyze the rhetorical needs (the needs of their audience in relationship to the assignment) for academically-oriented writing assignments. Apply appropriate levels of critical thinking strategies (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation) in their written assignments, with a focus on factual, analytical, and evaluative writing. Implement appropriate rhetorical elements and organization (introduction, thesis, development and support, definition, narration, comparison, conclusion, etc.) in their written assignments. Locate, evaluate, and integrate high-quality information and opinion appropriate for college-level informational, analytical and evaluative assignments. Craft sentences and paragraphs that communicate their ideas clearly and effectively using words, sentence patterns, and writing conventions at a college level to make their writing clear, credible, and precise.
- Subject:
- Composition and Rhetoric
- Creator:
- Jennifer Kepka
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- Second course in a two-course sequence. Introduces and applies technical skills around beginning and managing a small business, including spreadsheets and the use of charts and graphs. Includes reflection and discussion of the application of concepts to a real-world example. Requires teamwork and collaboration to be exercised in completing a group project. Covers application of financial, legal, and administrative procedures in running a business. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Represent business models in spreadsheets including preparation of charts and graphs. Apply key business activities and the primary concepts and terms associated with these activities. Manage a business interacting with the external environment (through a simulation) and describe how this interaction impacts both business and the external environment. Implement the financial, legal, and administrative procedures involved in starting new business ventures. Identify ethical issues facing businesses. Effectively collaborate with team members and communicate professionally.
- Subject:
- Measurement and Data and Management
- Creator:
- Mindy Bean
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Year Created:
- 2018
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- A comprehensive introduction to the art, history and workings of the theater. Students will be given a broad and general background in theater including production elements (lights, sound, sets, costumes, make-up, etc...) of acting, theater history and criticism. Students will attend live performances, view videos of plays and write reviews of live and filmed theater. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Develop a working definition of theatre. Identify the roles of theatre practitioners. Identify the basic structure of a play script. Apply the basic criteria for theatre criticism. Identify the various theatre genres. Identify and describe the functions and use of different lighting, sound and other stage equipment. Examine the values within the range of the human experience and its impact in the expression of Theater.
- Subject:
- Performing Arts
- Creator:
- Tinamarie Ivey and Dan Stone
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- Moodle shell with example syllabus and links to Earth Rocks! videos produced by Katryn Wiese, Earth Sciences Department, City College of San Francisco. Course description: introductory lab science course that examines the four major categories of oceanographic study: geological, physical, chemical and biological. Emphasizes the geological and geophysical aspects of the sea floor; physical and chemical properties of sea water, waves, tides, ocean circulation and currents; marine ecosystems; and ocean utilization.
- Subject:
- Oceanography
- Creator:
- Katharine Solada
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This is the first of two courses in the administration of Microsoft Windows® client/server networked operating systems. The courses CS 240A and CS 240B are laboratory-intensive courses that provide hands-on experience in the planning, installation, and administration of Microsoft Windows® client/server networks. The two courses provide partial preparation for the MCSA® and MCSE® exams.
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Ziko Rizk
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This is the second of two courses in the administration of Microsoft Windows® client/server networked operating systems. The courses CS 240A and CS 240B are laboratory-intensive courses that provide hands-on experience in the planning, installation, and administration of Microsoft Windows® client/server networks. The two courses provide partial preparation for the MCSA® and MCSE® exams.
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Ziko Rizk
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course is intended to provide a foundation in the skills and knowledge you'll need to create, remix, adopt, or update open educational resources (OER). Specifically, by the end of the course you'll be able to: Apply backward design in order to plan learning goals, assessment, and appropriate scaffolding/support, Describe the meaning of open educational resources, Locate open educational resources relevant to course learning outcomes, Properly attribute works offered under a Creative Commons license, Identify and create works that are accessible to all students, Add a Creative Commons license to your own work and share back with your disciplinary community.
- Subject:
- Educational Technology and Information Science
- Creator:
- Michaela Willi Hooper
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- El objetivo de esta página es dar acceso a varios materiales que he creado para ayudar a enseñar clases de español para hablantes de herencia. Los siguientes materiales han sido escritos para usarlos en cursos de hablantes de herencia del español. Las primeras 3 unidades fueron creadas como OER y las comparto a continuación, esperando que les sean de utilidad. Los objetivos de estos materiales son los siguientes: - Fortalecer la capacidad de los estudiantes de usar registros formales y distinguirlos de los coloquiales. - Fortalecer la identidad cultural. - Entender las diferencias entre el "espanglish" y el español normativo. - Aprender sobre la diversidad lingüística y cultural de los países hispanos y despertar su curiosidad. - Mejorar el conocimiento metalingüístico de los estudiantes. - Ampliar su vocabulario y, en general, su dominio del idioma para discutir y analizar temas más allá de la vida diaria.
- Keyword:
- Spanish language -- Study and teaching, Textbooks for foreign speakers, Español
- Subject:
- Languages
- Creator:
- Margarita Casas
- Language:
- Spanish
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- A NEWER VERSION OF THIS RESOURCE IS AVAILABLE AT: https://libarchive.linnbenton.edu/concern/open_educational_resources/0k225b47g?locale=en Los siguientes materiales han sido creados para usarlos en cursos de hablantes del español que aprendieron el idioma escuchándolo en casa (Heritage speakers). Se trata de un curriculum que está en constante evolución, pero espero que les sea de utilidad para sus clases. La filosofía detrás de estas unidades es: - Fortalecer la capacidad de los estudiantes de usar registros formales y distinguirlos de los coloquiales. - Fortalecer la identidad cultural de los estudiantes - Entender las diferencias entre el "espanglish" y aprender a "traducirlo" para alguien que no hable inglés. - Aprender sobre la diversidad lingüística y cultural de los países hispanos. - Mejorar el conocimiento metalingüístico
- Subject:
- Languages
- Creator:
- Margarita Casas
- Language:
- Spanish
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This is a Canvas Course that provides lectures, assignments, and other resources built around the OER textbook, Moving Pictures ( https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/804). People respond to movies in different ways, and there are many reasons for this. We have all stood in the lobby of a theater and heard conflicting opinions from people who have just seen the same film. Some loved it, some hated it, some found it just OK. Disagreements, however, can reveal a great deal about the assumptions underlying these various responses. In this course we will see that there are many ways of thinking about movies and approaches that we can use to analyze them. We will cover key aspects of film criticism, theory, and history in the spirit of intellectual investigation of visual culture. Overall, the goal of this course is to introduce you to the basic skills necessary for a critical knowledge of the movies as art, culture, and industry.
- Subject:
- Literature and Composition and Rhetoric
- Creator:
- Stephen Rust
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year course taught:
- 2020
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- Introduces students to retailing and provides an understanding of the types of businesses, strategies, operations, formats and environments through which retailing is carried out. The course takes a multi-disciplinary approach to consider the process and structure of retailing. Retailing topics to be covered will include: planning, research, consumers' behavior, store design, merchandising strategy, management strategy, promotional strategy and pricing strategy. The global dimensions of retailing as well as the relationship between retailing and our society will be stressed throughout the course.
- Keyword:
- LBCC OER Grant
- Subject:
- Management
- Creator:
- Mindy Bean
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- Introduces the field of computer science and programming for students interested in careers in related fields. Covers digital logic, binary and hexadecimal encoding of data, computer organization, operating systems, algorithms, control structures, and an overview of programming languages and pseudo-code. Computing's impact on culture and society is a recurring theme throughout this course.
- Keyword:
- Robotics, LBCC OER Grant, and Python
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Sisi Virasak
- Contributor:
- Alexander Buck
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2019
- Resource Type:
- Syllabus, Full Course, Unit of Study, Homework/Assignment, Activity/Lab, Reading, Interactive, Assessment, Data Set, Lesson, and Module
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- Description:
- Designed to use technology as a productivity tool within a business environment through the use and integration of various software packages. Students will use word processing software for formatting business correspondence, creating tables, multipage documents, graphical elements, mail merge, and other features. Spreadsheet software will be used to create formulas, use built-in functions for calculations, create charts and graphs, reference other worksheets, create absolute and relative cell references as well as other formatting and editing features. Presentations software will be used to produce, edit, and create visually compelling presentations for business outcomes. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Apply word processing software features to produce, format, edit, and enhance business documents. Apply spreadsheet software features to create, edit, and format spreadsheets and charts Write formulas and use functions in spreadsheets to perform calculations for business scenarios. Apply presentations software features to produce, edit, and make visually appealing presentations.
- Keyword:
- LBCC OER Grant
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Sisi Virasak
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2018
- Resource Type:
- Syllabus, Textbook, Full Course, Unit of Study, Homework/Assignment, Activity/Lab, Reading, and Assessment
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- Description:
- This course provides a general survey of the functional and interdependent areas of business management, marketing, accounting and finance, and management information systems. The course includes business trends, operation and management of a business, ethical challenges, environmental responsibility, change, global perspectives, and the dynamic roles of management and staff. Additionally, the course incorporates aspects of team interaction and continuous process improvement. You are provided with the opportunity to explore the Internet and information technology relating to business operations. Course Outcomes: 1. Define commonly used business and economics terminology. 2. Describe the functional areas of any business organization. 3. Explain revenues, expenses, and how profit is derived. Differentiate between objectives, strategies, tactics, and operations. 4. Describe the components of a business plan. 5. Prepare a basic business plan. 6. Explain the importance of ethics in business.
- Subject:
- Marketing
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course is a survey of the world's music with attention to musical styles and cultural contexts. Included are the musical and cultural histories of Ociania, Indonesia, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Course Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of diverse peoples, cultural communities, and traditions while reflecting upon and challenging individual and societal ethnocentrism. 2. Describe and discuss music using appropriate terminology relevant for the field of ethnomusicology. 3. Analyze and identify music from a global intercultural perspective using analytical and critical listening skills. 4. Explain artistic, social, historical, and cultural contexts of world music.
- Subject:
- Art History
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course covers processes and fundamentals of writing expository essays, including structure, organization and development, diction and style, revision and editing, and mechanics required for college-level writing. Course Outcomes: Analyze the rhetorical needs (the needs of their audience in relationship to the assignment) for academically-oriented writing assignments requiring them to use a broad range of critical thinking strategies, particularly analysis and evaluation. Apply appropriate levels of critical thinking strategies (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation) in their written assignments. Implement appropriate rhetorical elements and organization (introduction, thesis, development and support, definition, narration, comparison, conclusion, etc.) in their written assignments. Locate, evaluate, and integrate high-quality information and opinion appropriate for college-level analytical and evaluation assignments. Craft sentences and paragraphs that communicate their ideas clearly and effectively using words, sentence patterns, and writing conventions at a college level to make their writing clear, credible and persuasive.
- Subject:
- Composition and Rhetoric
- Creator:
- Linn-Benton Virtual College and Chris Riseley
- Language:
- English
- Year Created:
- 2015
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- Math 111 explores relations and linear, quadratic, exponential, polynomial, rational, and logarithmic functions. It includes the theory of equations, matrices, and determinants. Course Outcomes: 1. Interpret graphical information, such as identifying types of functions, translations, inverses, intercepts, and asymptotes. 2. Solve a variety of symbolic equations and inequalities, such as rational, absolute value, exponential, radical, logarithmic, and linear systems. 3. Construct appropriate models for real world problems, such as fitting an algebraic function model to a set of data, and system of linear equations.
- Subject:
- Algebra
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course covers processes and fundamentals of writing expository essays, including structure, organization and development, diction and style, revision and editing, and mechanics required for college-level writing. Course Outcomes: 1. Analyze the rhetorical needs (the needs of their audience in relationship to the assignment) for academically-oriented writing assignments requiring them to use a broad range of critical thinking strategies, particularly analysis and evaluation. 2. Apply appropriate levels of critical thinking strategies (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation) in their written assignments. 3. Implement appropriate rhetorical elements and organization (introduction, thesis, development and support, definition, narration, comparison, conclusion, etc.) in their written assignments. 4. Locate, evaluate, and integrate high-quality information and opinion appropriate for college-level analytical and evaluation assignments. 5. Craft sentences and paragraphs that communicate their ideas clearly and effectively using words, sentence patterns, and writing conventions at a college level to make their writing clear, credible and persuasive.
- Subject:
- Linguistics
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- Emphasis will be the logical means of supporting claims in argumentative essays, thesis statements, and reasoning; including logic, style, and research. Course Outcomes: 1. Analyze the rhetorical needs (the needs of their audience in relationship to the assignment) for college-level persuasive writing assignments. 2. Apply appropriate levels of critical thinking strategies (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation) in their written assignments, with an emphasis on analysis and evaluation/persuasion. 3. Implement appropriate rhetorical elements and organization (introduction, thesis, development and support, counter-argument, conclusion, etc.) in their written assignments, with an emphasis on standard argument models, particularly the Toulmin model. 4. Locate, evaluate, and integrate high-quality information and opinion appropriate for college-level analysis and argument assignments. 5. Craft sentences and paragraphs that communicate their ideas clearly and effectively using words, sentence patterns, and writing conventions at a high college level to make their writing clear, credible, and persuasive.
- Subject:
- Language, Grammar and Vocabulary
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- Introduces informative and analytical writing supported by research. Students design a research plan, use primary and secondary sources critically, develop research methods, use proper documentation and develop writing strategies for longer papers. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Analyze the rhetorical needs (the needs of their audience in relationship to the assignment) for college-level research-based writing assignments. Apply appropriate levels of critical thinking strategies (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation) in their written assignments, with an emphasis on in-depth evidence-based analysis and evaluation in academic contexts. Implement appropriate rhetorical elements and organization (introduction, thesis, development and research-based support, visual evidence, conclusion, etc.) in their written assignments, with an emphasis on in-depth evidence-based analysis and evaluation. Locate, evaluate, and integrate high-quality information and opinion appropriate for in-depth research-based informational, analysis and argument assignments. Craft sentences and paragraphs that communicate their ideas clearly and effectively using words, sentence patterns, and writing conventions at a high college level to make their writing clear and credible.
- Keyword:
- LBCC OER Grant
- Subject:
- Composition and Rhetoric
- Creator:
- Joyce Bower and Kathy Austin
- Publisher:
- Linn-Benton Community College
- Year Created:
- 2021
- Resource Type:
- Syllabus, Textbook, Full Course, Unit of Study, Homework/Assignment, Reading, Assessment, and Module
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- Description:
- This course introduces students to the types of writing they will encounter in business, industry, the academic world and government. It examines the rhetorical nature of writing and asks students to think critically about content, audience, argument and structure. Students will learn how to effectively design documents, present instructions, create proposals and produce technical reports. Course Outcomes: 1. Analyze the rhetorical needs (the needs of the audience in relationship to the assignment) for college-level evidence-based technical writing assignments. 2. Apply appropriate levels of critical thinking strategies (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation) in their written assignments, with an emphasis on technical, evidence-based analysis, reporting, application, and evaluation. 3. Implement appropriate rhetorical elements and organization (executive summary, introduction, thesis, development and research-based support, visual evidence, conclusion, etc.) in their written assignments, with an emphasis on technical evidence-based analysis, reporting, and evaluation assignments. 4. Locate, evaluate, and integrate high-quality information and opinion appropriate for technical evidence-based assignments. 5. Craft sentences and paragraphs that communicate their ideas clearly and effectively using words, sentence patterns, and writing conventions at a high college level to make their writing clear, credible, and precise.
- Subject:
- Ratios and Proportions
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course covers the fundamental principles of double-entry accounting, use of the general journal and general ledger, simple financial statements, the accounting cycle, control of cash, and an introduction to payroll accounting, purchases and sales. Course Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the double-entry accounting system. 2. Manually complete the entire accounting cycle for a service- based sole proprietorship on the accrual basis. 3. Prepare basic financial statements for a service-based sole proprietorship. 4. Demonstrate an understanding of control of cash processes and bank reconciliations. 5. Calculate basic payroll and payroll tax activity. 6. Prepare simple federal quarterly and annual payroll tax forms.
- Subject:
- Accounting
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This is the third course in the Practical Accounting series. This course covers entries requiring analysis and interpretation, unearned and accrued items, depreciation of assets, manufacturing accounting and other managerial accounting procedures. Course Outcomes: 1. Describe the characteristics of a corporation. 2. Demonstrate an understanding of the accounting processes specific to stock, dividends, treasury stock and retained earnings. 3. Prepare the accounting for basic bond transactions. 4. Demonstrate an understanding the cash flows statement preparation process for both the indirect and the direct method. 5. Interpret and analyze financial statements. 6. Explain how to handle transactions in a voucher system.
- Subject:
- Accounting
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course is designed to teach, reinforce and supplement payroll skills in both manual and computerized formats. Course Outcomes: 1. Compute the income tax withholding from employee wages. 2. Calculate employee's withholding allowances for IRS Form W-4. 3. Determine employer's quarterly estimated payments. 4. Describe how the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) is applied by employers. 5. Describe the federal deposit system and how the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System is used by employers. 6. Describe the difference between employees and independent contractors.
- Subject:
- Accounting
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- Presents financial accounting concepts and the use of accounting information in decision making. Includes an overview of the accounting cycle. Course Outcomes: 1. Use the accounting cycle to develop financial statements from business transactions. 2. Analyze basic business economic events to determine their effect on accounts and financial statements. 3. Interpret and analyze financial statements to aid in decision making. 4. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the principles of internal control and apply them to relatively straight-forward situations to identify strengths and weaknesses. 5. Interpret and analyze accrual and cash flow information presented in accounts. 6. Analyze issues relating to inventory, receivables, long-lived assets, liabilities and stockholder’s equity and recommend appropriate accounting treatment. 7. Describe basic generally-accepted accounting principles.
- Subject:
- Accounting
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course demonstrates the use of accounting information to meet organization goals. Methods of extracting accounting information for decision making, management of resources, planning, and product and service costing are covered. Course Outcomes: 1. Explain the interrelationship of the accounting systems to all areas of business and business decision making. 2. Understand cost behavior and predict break-even points. 3. Recognize the components and processes related to various cost accounting systems. 4. Analyze the performance of the organization and organizational sub-units. 5. Use the budgeting process to prepare budgets and pro forma financial statements. 6. Utilize the time-value-of-money concept to analyze capital investment projects.
- Subject:
- Accounting
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course introduces financial accounting techniques, measuring and recording transactions, preparing financial statements, managerial decision making, and planning and control devices, such as budgeting, cost accounting, variance analysis, and break-even analysis. Includes assessment of financial information from managers, lenders, and investors perspective to understand and evaluate business operations. Emphasizes ethical decision-making in the work environment. Course Outcomes: 1. Gain understanding of the accounting cycle and evaluate business transactions using the accounting equation. 2. Demonstrate the communication of accounting information by the use of commercially available spreadsheet software. 3. Describe the four basic financial statements: Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Statement of Cash Flows, and Statement of Retained Earnings. 4. Describe the need for internal control procedures in an organization, and demonstrate an understanding of ethics in accounting. 5. Use Cost-Profit-Volume analysis to calculate break-even points. 6. Describe the purpose of budgeting in an organization. 7. Calculate cost and efficiency variances using standard cost information.
- Subject:
- Accounting
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course will provide you with a general survey of the nature significance of scope of marketing. It emphasizes customers (marketing analysis and strategy); business marketing decisions in promotion, distribution and pricing; and control of marketing programs. Course Outcomes: 1. Employ the basics of marketing, from identifying audience, market segments and value propositions, to product development and research, marketing strategies and advertising/public relations. 2. Recognize consumer behavior and demand and be able to prepare and execute a marketing solution. 3. Master business marketing tools necessary to execute a marketing plan for a client, including social media. 4. Identify trends and new developments in business and employ soft skills and marketing techniques to adapt to market demands. 5. Compile a portfolio of work that can be shared with colleagues, network connections and future clients and employers.
- Subject:
- Marketing
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course explores the basics of human resource management including selection and hiring, performance appraisal, compensation, staff planning and job analysis. This course also addresses current HR issues such as job search in a difficult economy, discrimination and harassment, workplace violence and on-the-job drug abuse. Course Outcomes: 1. Upon completion of the course, students will have working knowledge of the role and human resources in the management of a business organization. 2. Students will understand the basic functions of human resource management and how the HR department interacts with the organization and with the individual employee.
- Subject:
- Management
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course provides hands-on computer experience in accounting applications, including general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, and financial statements. Course Outcomes: 1. Create a new company within the QuickBooks Environment 2. Enter a new account. 3. Demonstrate the ability to properly enter transactions into the A/R, A/P, and other functional areas of the program. 4. Properly run reconciliation reports or bank accounts. 5. Customize and print out financial statements.
- Subject:
- Accounting
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course presents statistical analysis and quantitative tools for applied problem solving and making sound business decisions. Special attention is given to assembling statistical description, sampling, inference, regression, hypothesis testing, forecasting, and decision theory. Course Outcomes: 1. Understand the meaning and use of statistical terms used in today’s business/economic environment. 2. Collect, organize, summarize, interpret, and present data in tables and charts. 3. Apply descriptive statistical measures to data. 4. Apply probability distributions to model various business and economic processes. 5. Apply statistical inference techniques (including statistical estimation and hypothesis testing) in various business and economic situations. 6. Apply simple linear regression analysis to model various business and economic relationships.
- Subject:
- Marketing
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- An analysis of the behavior of humans as actors in a variety or organizational contexts and cultures, including group, inter-group, and individual behavior. A cross cultural perspective of organizational behavior is also examined, including the concepts of time-management, work ethic, teamwork, and verbal and non-verbal communication. Course Outcomes: 1. Describe why managers and entrepreneurs require a knowledge of organizational behavior. 2. Describe characteristics of culture and resulting behavioral tendencies (especially as related to communication, teamwork and leadership, and conflict resolution). 3. Explain the foundations of individual behavior in diverse organizational and cultural settings. 4. Explain the foundations of group behavior in diverse organizational and cultural settings. 5. Discuss inter-group behavior. 6. Identify the rules of organizational design. 7. Describe organizational culture.
- Subject:
- Public Relations
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- The course helps you identify information-bearing events, assess and improve process efficiency, learn to model and analyze business processes, recognize probabilistic components of business processes, and understand the interactions between human behavior and process design. Hands-on, case-based course work allows you to practice some of the principles addressed. You will demonstrate the ability to utilize business computer applications. Course Outcomes: Conceptualize business operations as processes. 1. Model simple business processes in terms of the actors and activity sequences involved, the data flowing through those sequences and the dependencies between data and business activities. 2. Recognize probabilistic components of business processes and assign distributions to these components. 3. Characterize business processes in terms of their key operations characteristics; e.g.,productivity, efficiency, service quality, sustainability, time and costs associated with waiting, material volume and service/product customization. 4. Formulate improvements to observed processes and estimate the effects of these improvements with the help of simulation. 5. Identify the role of information systems in business processes; e.g., recognize and specify where information technology can be applied; recognize the role of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. 6. Recognize the interdependence of business processes within and across organizational boundaries.
- Subject:
- Management
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course covers topics dealing with financing a business, analysis of financial statements, working capital management, short-and long-term financial planning, budgeting and control. Course Outcomes: 1. Describe and interpret the four standard financial statements. 2. Describe the importance of current assets and liabilities. 3. Calculate and interpret standard business ratios including: current, inventory turnover, gross margin (profit), ROA, ROE, EPS, and A/R Days. 4. Discuss the difference between markup and margin. 5. Calculate break-even points and units needed to make profit levels. 6. Calculate working capital and estimate minimum cash reserves. 7. Track cash flows for an organization.
- Subject:
- Finance
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course introduces the framework of the law as it affects a business, including the origins of the American legal system, how the law operates, and how it is enforced. It covers legal regulation of business, including civil and criminal law, formation of contracts, employment law, environmental regulation, real estate, and consumer rights. Course Outcomes: 1. Explain the origins of the American legal system. 2. Apply elements of law to specific individual and business scenarios. 3. Understand the requirements for a valid contract and apply those requirements to specific contractual activities. 4. Recognize the interconnectedness of the legal system to business, society, and the environment. 5. Explain the impact of the uniform commercial code, UCC, on the business environment.
- Subject:
- Law
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course focuses on the entrepreneurial phases associated with start-up and management of small business. This course will teach future entrepreneurs and managers to recognize opportunities and to use effective entrepreneurial and small business management practices. Course Outcomes: 1. List and discuss the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs. 2. Analyze new business opportunities that exist in the marketplace. 3. Evaluate the feasibility of pursuing an opportunity that you’ve recognized. 4. Develop a business plan that includes both conceptual and technical components. 5. Identify and discuss obstacles to entrepreneurial success. 6. Identify the resources and financing necessary to start an entrepreneurial venture. 7. Discuss organizational characteristics and best management practices for start-up companies.
- Subject:
- Management
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course is designed to use technology as a productivity tool within a business environment through the use and integration of various software packages. You will use word processing software for formatting business correspondence, creating tables, multipage document, graphical elements, mail merging, and other features. Spreadsheet software will be used to create formulas, use built-in function for calculations, create charts/graphs, reference other worksheets/cells, and create absolute cell references as well as other formatting and editing features. Presentations software will be use to produce, edit, and create visually compelling presentations for business outcomes. Course Outcomes: 1. Word processing software -- Use the features of a word processing program to produce, edit, and enhance business documents. 2. Spreadsheet software -- Use and understand a spreadsheet software program to create, edit, and format spreadsheets and charts. 3. Presentations software -- Use the features of a presentations program to produce, edit, and make visually appealing presentations.
- Subject:
- Computer Science
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course
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- Description:
- This course is designed to use technology as a productivity tool within a business environment through the use of database software. You will use database software for creating tables, forms, and reports by manipulating data through various query tools. Course Outcomes: 1. Produce a simple relational database that stores information. 2. Create queries that retrieve specified information. 3. Create forms for entering data into the database. 4. Produce informative reports with the information in the database
- Subject:
- Information Science
- Creator:
- Linn Benton Virtual College
- Resource Type:
- Full Course