Open Educational Resources Syllabus Review

The Open Educational Resources (OER) Syllabus Review digital collection showcases a curated selection of course syllabi that incorporate freely accessible, openly licensed teaching materials. Developed to support faculty, librarians, and instructional designers, this collection highlights innovative approaches to integrating OER into curriculum design across disciplines. Each syllabus reflects a commitment to affordability, accessibility, and academic freedom, offering practical examples of how educators can reimagine course content to enhance student engagement and reduce textbook costs. The collection serves as both a resource and inspiration for those exploring the transformative potential of open education. To explore the OER designated for each course, refer to the "OER URL" field in the metadata. Funded by NC LSTA through IMLS, 2024

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Introduction to Astronomy

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

This course is a broad survey of astronomy that examines the night sky, the seasons, the phases of the moon, eclipses, gravity, light, telescopes, the solar system, stars and galaxies.
Introduction to Building Information Modeling

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

This course is a study of BIM technology as it is applied to various building types and their respective building systems. Emphasis is placed on research and integration of architectural, structural, MEP, specifications and cost estimating of building systems for decision modeling using BIM.
Introduction to Computer Programming

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

This is an introductory course in computer programming. Problem solving techniques and writing algorithms will be stressed. Students will write programs for such tasks as engineering decision-making and numerical computation.
Introduction to Data Science

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

This course covers the data science concepts and skills needed to collect, manipulate, compute with, and interpret data. The students will learn to write R, SAS and/or Python programs that manipulate and visualize data, and they will learn statistical inference, predictive modeling and machine learning techniques essential to analyzing and presenting the data
Introduction to Differential Equations

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

This course covers first-order differential equations, linear and nonlinear models of first-order differential equations, second and higher-order differential equations, linear models of higher-order differential equations, systems of linear differential equations, and Laplace transforms.
Introduction to Electromagnetics

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

This course is a study of electromagnetic concepts and effects using vector analysis. It covers topics such as transmission line theory, Smith chart, electrostatics, magnetostatics and briefly reviews time-varying fields and Maxwell’s equations. The completion of this course will equip the student with knowledge on the physics behind electrical engineering and prepare them for more advanced electromagnetic and microwave engineering courses.
Introduction to Healthcare Technology and Information Systems

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

This course examines the design, application, operation, and future of clinical systems within various healthcare settings. Students will understand the use of information technology and systems to support organizational strategy and decision-making and evaluate the impact technology and information systems have on healthcare cost and quality.
Introduction to Health Education and Promotion

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

This course introduces the student to the discipline and profession of health education. Students will examine the concepts of health and wellness, the determinants of health behavior, national health status, the history of health education and health promotion. The student will recognize health education as an important foundation for population-based health care. The course connects between health education and health promotion and the role the kinesiologists have in contributing to a healthier population and community.
Introduction to Political Science

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

This course is an introduction to major concepts in political science including political culture, socialization, ideologies, institutions, processes, public policy, human rights, and interaction among nations.
Introduction to Telecommunications

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

This course introduces telecommunication networks utilization and design. Emphasis is on using and designing voice, video and image digital networks.
Management of Engineering Project

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

This course provides an overview of activities required of a technical project manager. Such activities include project life cycle, team formation and leadership, planning, scheduling, budgeting, and control. Project management software is utilized.
Managerial Accounting

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

This course covers fundamental managerial accounting concepts and techniques for planning and controlling organizational resources, and short-term decision-making. Topics include product costing, activity-based costing, budgeting, cost-volume profit analysis, decision analysis, responsibility accounting, and ethics in the management accounting environment.
MATLAB Programming for Engineers

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

This course introduces MATLAB programming in order to solve engineering, science, mathematical and other related problems . Topics include how to use internal MATLAB functions, or user defined functions to solve a specific problem. Arrays and cell operations, simultaneous equations solving, linear algebraic equations, numerical methods for calculus, data modeling and regression analysis and advance plotting will be other topics introduced in this course. Students will use engineering and mathematical computer applications to solve engineering problems and design.
Mechanical Engineering Design

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

The course provides an introduction to mechanical design. Emphasis is placed on the design of machine elements for static and fatigue strength. Other topics such as codes and standards, project planning and communication are also covered. Team design projects are assigned.
Medical and Healthcare Terminology, Conditions, Diagnostics and Treatment

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Learning medical terminology and healthcare terminology is the foundation to understanding about the human body. This course provides a systematic approach to learning complex medical terms is used in constructing, interpreting, pronouncing, and spelling. The focus will be on the study of the human body systems with an emphasis on the anatomy, human disease and health issues, including diagnostics, treatments, pharma therapeutics, and clinical procedures that are currently in practice. Students will learn how to apply medical terminology to International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) and other classification coding systems.
Medical Terminology

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Medical terminology is the study of the principles of medical word building to help the student develop the extensive medical vocabulary used in health care occupations. Students receive a thorough grounding in basic medical terminology through a study of root words, prefixes and suffixes. The study focuses on correct pronunciation, spelling and use of medical terms in the fields of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology of disease. No previous knowledge of these topics is necessary.
Methods in Business Analysis

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

This course focuses on building an understanding of mathematical analysis techniques necessary to solve complex business problems from a wide range of business areas, including inventory, customer service, sales and quality management. Basic statistical concepts and statistical process improvement are covered. Students will use a variety of computer software packagings including Microsoft Excel and SPSS.
Methods of Psychological Research

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

This course is a survey of various research methods with an emphasis on experimental design, instrumentation, and the collection, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of research data.
Microwave Circuits

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

This course will cover RF and microwave circuits appropriate for wireless communications and radar sensing. it emphasizes the theoretical and practice aspects of microstrip design of highly integrated systems. Matrix analysis and computer-aided design techniques are introduced and used for the analysis and design of circuits. Impedance transformer, power combiner, couplers, mixers, and calibrated measurements techniques are also covered.
Molecular Biology

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

This course examines the molecular events in cell function using molecular genetics, cell biology, and fundamental biochemistry; using both prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems. The laboratory will emphasize fundamental techniques used in molecular biology.
Multivariate Statistics for Engineers

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

This course focuses on methods for statistical analysis of multivariate data. Topics include dimensionality, multidimensional classification and clustering, unstructured multi-response sampling, analysis of covariance structures, such as principal components, factor analysis and canonical correlation analysis, a multivariate normal distribution and analysis of multivariate means.
Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nursing

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

This course examines the nurse’s role in medication administration and usage. The course will also increase the learners’ knowledge of categories of medications and their effects upon various populations. It will enable the learner to determine and evaluate the educational and patient care goals regarding medication administration. The learner will learn to use information technology to stay current with new drugs and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure quality patient centered care.
Physical Chemistry I

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

This course is a study of the fundamental laws governing matter in the gaseous state, and the laws of thermodynamics and their applications to chemistry; it includes an introduction to statistical thermodynamics.
Political Research Methods I

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

This course introduces students to qualitative and quantitative research design, problem formulation, hypothesis construction, and testing. Students will learn procedures for collecting and analyzing political data. Research on a specific political subject is required
Principles of Genetics

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

This course is a study of the traditional, classical areas of genetics as well as an introduction to gene action at the molecular level, including DNA and RNA structure, function and interactions in cellular systems.