This course is designed to provide the student with the range of communication issues a manager will face in the future.  Enduring issues on how to write and speak effectively and devise a successful communications strategy as well as how to make the best use of telecommunications technology will be explored.  Through readings, case studies and application, the student will study such areas as handling feedback, managing meetings, communicating change, communicating with diverse populations and external audiences.  Special focus on how to use communications to achieve organizational goals, how to adapt their communications to the specific needs of their audiences, and how to prepare for intercultural communications challenges. 

Syllabus for Materials Science course that also uses:
Material Science FlexBook: https://flexbooks.ck12.org/user:bw9ycmlzdgvabglubmjlbnrvbi5lzhu./cbook/material-science/
NSF Materials Science and Technology module: http://matse1.matse.illinois.edu/metals/intro.html
NDT Resource Center: https://www.nde-ed.org/EducationResources/CommunityCollege/Materials/cc_mat_index.htm

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Identify property classifications of various materials to determine their applicability for use.
Apply knowledge of subatomic, atomic, molecular, crystal and grain structures to materials science.
Identify materials commonly used in the manufacturing environment and safety/health issues.
Understand heat treating of ferrous metals and determine hardness.
Read and understand Safety Data Sheets (SDS).

Course Description:
Introduces academic writing as a means of inquiry.
Employs critical reading, discussion and the writing process to explore ideas, develop cultural awareness and formulate positions.
Emphasizes development of a variety of strategies to present evidence in support of a thesis.

In this innovative project, Southwestern College students teamed up with one another and with faculty to create and publish openly-licensed content highlighting their understanding of academic material and providing models of syllabi, class assignment directions and class assignments for future students.

This work by Surian Figueroa, Paola De la Riva, Eduardo Lozano, Maximiliam Martinez-Agueros, Cindy Montano and Elisa Mora-Alaniz was part of an Open Education Practices Project sponsored by the Southwestern College Foundation and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This projected was funded by the Southwestern College Foundation.

Folder of openly licensed course documents including syllabus and assignment prompts.

Course description: Instruction and practice in professional workplace writing, with emphasis on genre, audience and collaboration.

Course Description: This course examines selected health issues and their physical and emotional effects on women. Examples of topics include: body image, eating disorders, reproductive life, violence, menopause, cancer, depression, heart disease, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s and the politics of women’s health.

Performance Based Learner Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
1. Identify key health issues as they relate to women.
2. Access community resources as they relate to women’s health issues.
3. Differentiate women’s chronic conditions from a treatment and prevention perspective.
4. Identity the components and influences of psychological health from a gender perspective.
5. Contrast current and historical treatment of women in the health care system.

The scope and emphasis of this course go beyond a general understanding of civics to incorporate the core concepts of the American system of government, the workings of its myriad of actors and agencies, the key components of "politics" in the American system, and how American government shapes and influences the individual freedoms and rights of its citizens.

Introduces an independent and applied physical exercise program to promote physical activity and improve body composition. Promotes healthy behavior change patterns.

Course Topics Covered:
- Improve physical conditioning
- Behavior change techniques to improve overall fitness and health
- Body composition assessment
- Weight management
- Basic Nutrition
- How & why to maintain a physical activity log
- Fitness assessment/testing
- Cardiorespiratory fitness basics
- Monitoring intensity of exercise via heart rate & RPE & Talk Test
- Muscular fitness basics
- Flexibility and back health basics
- Maintaining lifelong fitness & wellness

Learning Outcomes
1. Improve physical conditioning through an individually planned exercise/lifelong fitness program
2. Implement behavior change techniques to improve overall fitness
3. Recognize and apply the value and benefits of physical fitness
4. Apply pre/post fitness assessments

Course readings from openly licensed Saylor and Noba sources.

Psychology and human relations focuses on practical applications of psychology to relationships. Topics include models for understanding individual and social behavior, self and social perception, emotional self-regulation, physical and mental health, addictions, attraction, relationship formation and maintenance, leaders and followers, stress, work, leisure time, sexuality, commitment, and brief introduction to the clinical aspects of human behavior.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Understand themes of personal growth, self concept, and self estee.|Know the interrelationship between physical health and mental health.|Manage personal decision making, motivation, and emotion.|Identify one's own capabilities as leader or follower.|Intergrate sexuality, love, and commitment.|Understand personal stressor and manage one's response to stress.|Know the factors and outcomes for addictive behaviors and how to seek help.

Syllabus and reading list of openly licensed materials.

Course Description
Applies psychological principles to relationships in both personal and professional environments. Includes an overview of basic personality and social psychology concepts, as well as specific skill development in the areas of communication, listening, and conflict resolution.

Learning Outcomes
Apply an understanding of psychological and social influences on human behavior to objectively analyze one’s own interpersonal experiences and relationships.
Utilize intra- and interpersonal management skills to increase effectiveness in personal and professional relationships.
Use knowledge of culturally diverse practices to increase sensitivity and competence in a variety of social and cultural interactions.
Communicate, listen, and manage conflict more effectively in personal and professional relationships.

Folder of documents includes syllabus, readings, activities, worksheets, and videos.

COCC Catalog’s Course Description: “Emphasizes enhancing the relationship between speaker and audience through the content, organization and delivery of short oral presentations. Helps relieve student speech anxiety.”

Comm111 offers basic instruction in public speaking. The ability to speak successfully in public will benefit your professional, academic, and social life. Much like good writing, good public speaking requires preparation, organization and structure. This course will provide you with the tools for presenting your thoughts and ideas to others, orally, as you practice speaking to your peers. This course will also enable you to become a more discerning consumer of speeches – including political oratory.

Syllabus of open, free, and low-cost readings.

Course description:
Professional rehabilitation counselors who work with clients who are Deaf or have disabilities at various points in their lifespan will often also work with family members. Therefore, the purpose of this course is to provide graduate students with information that will provide an understanding of the nature and needs of individuals at all developmental levels, from birth to old age. Family systems and how families who have members who are Deaf or who have disabilities will be
explored. Topics for this course will include the following: (a) a general overview of the expanded family life cycle; (b) an explanation of six developmental stages; (c) an introduction of family counseling theories and clinical application; (d) a demonstration of how to use genograms to track family history through the family life cycle; and (e) an understanding of how diverse characteristics including gender, spirituality, age, ethnic or cultural background, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status impact the family throughout the lifespan.

This document includes a set of policies that are designed to provide efficient ways for instructors to implement pedagogies of care. The principle of “rigorous care” is informed by research on learning, accessibility, and mental health. The idea of “early warnings” is meant to help students identify their needs and seek support before problems become unmanageable. Both ideas respect the fact that both students and instructors work under enormous pressure.

Each policy statement is preceded by a brief framing justification and followed by a selected bibliography of the research and testimonials that have informed the policy.

Syllabus of open/free readings.

Course description:
This course addresses the general lab skills and knowledge required to function safely and effectively in an electronics laboratory or shop environment. The student will be introduced to concepts in electronic circuit assembly, wire termination, and soldering. Included is an overview of various electrical schematics and diagrams used in the design, assembly, and repair of electrical and electronic systems. The proper use of common lab equipment and hand tools will be covered. This is a hands-on course intended to give the student experience performing tasks that are best taught by practice.

This syllabus is for the St. Philip's College Humanities 1315 Fine Arts Appreciation OER course. The course covers formal and contexual understanding of two dimensional art, sculpture, architecture, music, theatre and opera, cinema, and dance. 

Openly licensed syllabus assigns low-cost textbook (The Upside of Stress by Kelly McGonigal, ISBN: 9781101982938)

Course description:
Course Description: The course is designed for students interested in a comprehensive approach to the management of stress. The class will examine the historical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, psychological, and physiological foundations of the stress concept. This broad understanding of stress will be the basis for the study
of the role that stress plays in health and disease. Students will explore a wide variety of stress management/relaxation techniques. The course will include lectures, critical thinking exercises, class discussions, workbook activities, quizzes, exams, and practical applications of various stress management techniques.

The syllabus used for the University College Groningen course Biopsychology in Spring 2021. This syllabus outlines the general lesson plan for the course, but focuses most heavily on the main assessment method used in the course: the Signature project. For this project, students worked together in small teams to create an interdisciplinary webpage on a Biopsychology topic. These resulting research-based, peer-reviewed webpages cover a range of topics, and contain active learning assignments for others to use. The webpages were tied together to create another open educational resource, found related to this syllabus.

The syllabus outlines in detail how the project was created and graded, and can be used as inspiration for others to create their own active learning assignment which results in the creation of open educational resource.

The Cambrian College Teaching & Learning Innovation Hub has created a series of syllabus templates designed as infographics.

These templates have been created in PowerPoint to assist educators in developing and customizing a more visual introduction to their course. These illustrative templates are simple so that your students can have an easy-to-digest and engaging overview of your course. The syllabus is often the first piece of information that students will receive in their course. They often refer to this to help them become oriented with the course activities and assessments; it’s an important element to their success.

Visit our website to download the templates individually by hovering over the previews and clicking the “Download Template” button to receive the single PowerPoint file. To receive all of the templates as a ZIP file package, click the “Download All Templates” button.

For help in customizing the templates in PowerPoint, we have also included a short how-to video.

These templates by Cambrian College are licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0.