Classes
Academie Linguistique Internationale
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NewsActivist Writing Club - Wednesday Group, January 2016
Welcome to the Wednesday group of the ALI NewsActivist club!
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NewsActivist Writing Club - Monday Group, January 2016
Welcome to the Monday group of the ALI NewsActivist club!
Algoma University
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Film and Modern History (Fall 2017)
This course focuses on the use of film to portray modern history and the representation of the twentieth century through the medium of film. As one of the main ways that people access history, film plays an important (albeit sometimes problematic) role in the construction and representation of...
Cegep de Jonquière
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B 102 TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION CEGEP DE JONQUIERE
The Cegep de Jonquiere is situated in northeastern Québec. The college hosts the Media, Arts and Technology program among other Technical and Pre university programs in Engineering and the Sciences.
Students of B 102 Technical Communication aim to acheive a more professional level of...
Cegep de Sept-Iles
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Coyle: Nonfiction
English for Specific Programs: Nonfiction
A college level communication course that explores reading and writing across the disciplines.
Cégep du Vieux Montréal
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B Block Listening and Reading Resources Library for the CCDMD
The goal of this class is to create a resource library of approximately 25 to 30 original articles related to Arts Programs (Cinema, Journalism, Languages, Graphic Arts, Performing Arts, Jewelry Making, Woodworking, Glass Blowing, etc.) consisting of around 500-700 words at a weak-...
Centennial College
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Contemporary Technologies w17
This course explores the potential different contemporary technologies might hold in promoting improved sustainability practices. Of focus are alternative energy sources and virtual collaborative spaces/platforms.
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Contemporary Issues Winter 2017 - Centennial College
This course is designed to introduce students to the essential concepts of key contemporary issues; a cross disciplinary field, integrating the economic, environmental, and social (socio-political) concerns. Students will conduct inquiry into the social, political, environmental and economic...
Champlain College, Saint-Lambert
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Biology NYA Justine Bell
Intorductory Biology covering:
Evolutionary Theory
Cell theory
Microscopy
Diversity and Classification of life
Macromolecules
Inheritance
Populations
Ecosystems
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Contemporary Issues/NewsActivist Winter/ Spring 2017: Champlain, Saint-Lambert
This course requires students to develop individual portfolios about contemporary issues, sharing work with increasing depth as the semester progresses.
Students write and collaobrate to develop cross-disciplinary knowledge and broaden perspectives regarding local,...
ISSS - 331 & 332
Social issue essay writing
World of Cities
The aim of the course is to ask how and why cities grow, where humans choose to live, and to look at the evolution of “place” over time.
Race and Racism Fall16 Gr.544
This course will introduce students to the concepts of “race” and racism from the perspective of biological and cultural anthropology. The first part of the course focuses on the distribution of human biological variation and compares this variation to contemporary ideas about “race”. The second...
Development of Knowledge 2016- Flacks
This course is designed to introduce students to the elements of critical thinking and the development of the field of cognitive science. Special attention will be given to language, animal cognition and artificial intelligence as each relates to descriptions of the mind.
In...
Race and Racism Fall16 Gr.545
This course will introduce students to the concepts of “race” and racism from the perspective of biological and cultural anthropology. The first part of the course focuses on the distribution of human biological variation and compares this variation to contemporary ideas about “race”. The second...
Champlain College, 2016: NewsActivist (Contemporary Issues Complementary Course)
This course requires students to develop individual portfolios about contemporary issues, sharing work with increasing depth as the semester progresses.
The course encourages student to develop cross-disciplinary knowledge and broaden perspectives regarding local, provincial, national,...
Flacks: Contemporary Issues-NewsActivist- Fall 2017
This course requires students to develop individual portfolios about contemporary issues, sharing work with increasing depth as the semester progresses.
Students write and collaobrate to develop cross-disciplinary knowledge and broaden perspectives regarding local,...
The Humanist Tradition (Winter 2017)
Humanities 102: Worldviews (Champlain College St-Lambert)
College Lafleche
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Infinity Development - Lafleche Tourism and Hospitality Cooperative
Infinity Development is a model company and professional cooperative which is comprised of third year students from the Tourism and Hotel and Restaurant Management programs at College Lafleche. The cooperative specializes in ...
Collège Mérici
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Sustainable Happiness F17
As wealth has increased, happiness has stagnated. As with wealth, happiness is increasingly unequally distributed around the world. As we consume more, we are causing the Earth's sixth mass extinction. Can Sustainable Happiness Fall 2017 save the planet? Probably not, but hopefully it...
Coventry University
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Nuclear Power Debate (212GED)
In class students have been debating the role that nuclear power plays in a low carbon economy. They have written either a short story or a blog to document their views.
John Abbott College
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Geographies of the World Economy
The aim of this course is to place the subject of economic geography within the framework of globalization to illustrate the growing interdependence among regions with respect to economic, political, social and ecological issues.
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The Quest for Knowledge (345-101-MQ)
Humanities Knowledge (345-101-MQ) course, dedicated to students registered in the Arts & Sciences (700.A0) program.
In this course, we will survey the development of philosophical and scientific thinking in the Western world. What...
Kansai University of International Studies
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Japan Social Issues
This course tackles the many current social issues in Japan as well as the issues around the world. Students read articles about the issues they are interested in, summarize them and write their opinion about them. Our students hope to interact with other students outside Japan as regards local...
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Lester B. Pearson
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Advanced Computers (May 2017)
In this course, we will hone our competencies in the essential areas of online collaboration and digital citizenship. Concerning online collaboration, we will learn how to use some of Google Suite’s more advanced applications (such as Forms, Sites, and Hangouts), and we will expand our...Marianopolis College
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Gendered World Views (Winter 2017, section 11)
Pink is for girls and blue is for boys, or at least that's what many of us were taught as children. But what are these stereotypes really telling us? Assumptions like these force men and women into specific roles, and from a very young age, we socialize boys to be aggressive and girls to be nice...
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Gendered World Views (Fall 2016, Section 17)
Pink is for girls and blue is for boys, or at least that's what many of us were taught as children. But what are these stereotypes really telling us? Assumptions like these force men and women into specific roles, and from a very young age, we socialize boys to be aggressive and girls to be nice...
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Media Ethics (Winter 2017, section 3)
Studies suggest that the average Canadian spends 19 hours online and 28 hours watching TV every week. Many of us also listen to the radio while driving, read the newspaper in the metro, and are bombarded with advertising everywhere we go. It is therefore hard to deny that the media plays a...
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Early Modern Knowledge (Fall 2016, Section 16)
To quote L.P. Hartley: “The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.” Early modern Europe (1500-1800) does indeed seem like a foreign land, where kings and queens ruled over a population that would be considered both ignorant and subservient by modern standards. And yet,...
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Early Modern Knowledge (Section 14, Fall 2017)
To quote L.P. Hartley: “The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.” Early modern Europe (1500-1800) does indeed seem like a foreign land, where kings and queens ruled over a population that would be considered both ignorant and subservient by modern standards. And yet,...
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Media Ethics (Winter 2017, section 18)
Studies suggest that the average Canadian spends 19 hours online and 28 hours watching TV every week. Many of us also listen to the radio while driving, read the newspaper in the metro, and are bombarded with advertising everywhere we go. It is therefore hard to deny that the media plays a...
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Early Modern Knowledge (Fall 2016, Section 17)
To quote L.P. Hartley: “The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.” Early modern Europe (1500-1800) does indeed seem like a foreign land, where kings and queens ruled over a population that would be considered both ignorant and subservient by modern standards. And yet,...
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Gendered World Views (Winter 2017, section 8)
Pink is for girls and blue is for boys, or at least that's what many of us were taught as children. But what are these stereotypes really telling us? Assumptions like these force men and women into specific roles, and from a very young age, we socialize boys to be aggressive and girls to be nice...
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Gendered World Views (Fall 2016, Section 9)
Pink is for girls and blue is for boys, or at least that's what many of us were taught as children. But what are these stereotypes really telling us? Assumptions like these force men and women into specific roles, and from a very young age, we socialize boys to be aggressive and girls to be nice...
SUNY Brockport
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CMC 243: Radio and Television Writing
CMC 243 is an introductory course in writing for electronic media, concentrated on radio, TV and Internet news, commercials and public service announcements.With the successful completion of this course, students will have written promotional copy, news copy, advertising copy, and feature copy,...
SUNY Genesee Community Colllege
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Professor Toriseva's SUNY-GCC 2016 Class
This is a writing class designed to promote critical thinking, and hone the craft of writing.
SUNY New Paltz
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Biology of Self (New Paltz)
This NewsActivist "class" was originally created for students of Kristin Muller's Summer 2017 Biology Today course at SUNY New Paltz.
SUNY Rockland Community College
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RCC College Writing I
The first part of a one-year writing sequence emphasizing the creation of clear, thoughtful prose linked to critical reading and the interpretation of the content, style and structure of essays. Seven or more essays are required, three of which will be written in class....
SUNY Ulster
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Biology of Self (Ulster)
This NewActivist "class" was originally designed for students of Kristin Muller's summer 2017 Bio101 (SUNY Ulster) course.
The College of Westchester
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Winter 2016-Seminar in Critical Business Issues
"This seminar course covers the strategic analysis of major newsworthy events affecting the national and global business environment. The goal of this course is to enable students to develop an awareness of how valuable being "in the know" about current events is integral to business performance...
University of Guelph
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Management of Biosphysical Environment 2017
This course will examine the concepts and methods used by the state to manage the natural environment. Through an investigation into contemporary environmental issues in Canada (with occasional reference to other areas of the world) we will develop an understanding of the particular rationales...
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Management of the Biophysical Environment - 2016
This course examines the role of the state in environmental issues. We examine the rationales, challenges and pitfalls inherent in state-led resource management. Students will be blogging on media coverage of important environmental issues throughout the course of the semester.
URI (University of Rhode Island)
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Dr. Kaldor's Intro to Soc
In this class, students are developing their sociological imagination and exploring how social scientists develop...
Vanier College, Ville Saint Laurent, Canada
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Visual Literacy and Culture
This course introduces students to visual communication, which is at the core of a culture’s symbolic systems, whether as images, video, or active technological processes that structure the way we perceive and react to the world. Students will explore how visual messages represent concepts and...
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Intersession intersession
Voici notre cours intensif!
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