The following courses may be rented by your Telecourse Students from ACT for a one semester period.
Each program in this art appreciation series is devoted to a contemporary artist who takes one or more works of art from start to finish. Listening to the artists and observing their working pprocess provides insight into the artworks tehmselves. The series emphasizes effective visual ...
Accounting in Action is a series of four introductory accounting courses comprises of two courses/semesters for Principles I and II of Accounting and/or two courses/semesters for Financial/Managerial Accounting.Accounting in Action is packaged in two formats to accommodate the balance of ...
Accounting in Action is a series of four introductory accounting courses comprises of two courses/semesters for Principles I and II of Accounting and/or two courses/semesters for Financial/Managerial Accounting.Accounting in Action is packaged in two formats to accommodate the balance of ...
Accounting in Action is a series of four introductory accounting courses comprises of two courses/semesters for Principles I and II of Accounting and/or two courses/semesters for Financial/Managerial Accounting.Accounting in Action is packaged in two formats to accommodate the balance of ...
Accounting in Action is a series of four introductory accounting courses comprises of two courses/semesters for Principles I and II of Accounting and/or two courses/semesters for Financial/Managerial Accounting.Accounting in Action is packaged in two formats to accommodate the balance of ...
Against All Odds: Inside Statistics is an introductory statistics series which provides an extraordinary exploration of statistical processes, stressing data-centered topics rather than the more traditional path from probability to formal inference. A valuable tool for statisticians who have been ...
Air Conditioning, Refrigeration and Heating - Electrical, is an introduction to the fundamentals and application of electrical theory as related to air conditioning, heating and refrigeration. This video series includes the use of electrical meters, reading schematics, basic motor theory, controls ...
Air Conditioning, Refrigeration and Heating - Mechanical, like its electrical counterpart, is an introductory video series about the fundamentals and application of mechanical theory as related to air conditioning, heating and refrigeration. It addresses the application of principles and techniques ...
An introductory film studies series designed to bring Hollywood film making into a clear focus as an art form, as an economic force, and as a system of representation and communication. Using clips from more than 300 of the greatest movies ever made, this series explores film history and American ...
American Passages: A Literary Survey is a 16-part American literature course. The video programs place literary movements and authors within the context of history and culture. The course takes an expanded view of American literary movements, bringing in a diversity of voices and tracing the ...
Anthropology: The Four Fields introduces the central concepts, concerns, and research methods of cultural anthropology. It takes a cross-cultural approach to diverse subject areas, including subsistence patterns, political organization, the family, social organization, economics, kinship, language, ...
Art of the Western World is an introductory-level series that examines the works of art that have come to define the Western visual tradition from ancient Greece to the present day. Students learn to appreciate the formal qualities, iconography, and technical achievements of these extraordinary ...
Astronomy: Observations & Theories is a fully integrated, instructional video series that explores a broad range of astronomy topics, concepts, and principles, from the motions of the visible sky to dark matter, from our own planet to the stars and galaxies. The series examines evidence for the big ...
Beliefs and Believers is a 26-part video series that provides a comprehensive look at the nature and function of the religions and secular beliefs that comprise today's major "world views." Established beliefs covered in the series include Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, ...
A Biography of America presents history not simply as a series of irrefutable facts to be memorized, but as a living narrative. Prominent historians—Donald L. Miller, Pauline Maier, Louis P. Masur, Waldo E. Martin, Jr., Douglas Brinkley, and Virginia Scharff—present America's story as ...
Biology: The Fabric of Life series is comprised of 39, 30 minute videos that cover the basic principles of general biology as they relate to the cellular, organismic, and population levels of organization. Includes cell ultrastructure and function, energy transfer, reproduction, genetics, ...
Bridging World History is for secondary school and college teachers that looks at global patterns through time, seeing history as an integrated whole. Topics are studied in a general chronological order, but each is examined through a thematic lens, showing how people and societies experience both ...
An introductory law course that emphasizes contracts and the legal system. By including modules on the law of sales, commercial paper, agency, and property—and examining such critical legal environment topics as government regulation, employment practices, and consumer and environment ...
By The Numbers, an innovative business mathematics series, proves that students learn best when the object of their study is related directly to their daily lives. By presenting students with situations they encounter every day, and then discussing the mathematical calculations that apply to those ...
This career and life-planning series helps students gain the knowledge they need to enter the job force and maintain a successful and rewarding career. The course is brokwn into three major parts, consistent with National Occupational Information Coordination Committee (NOICC) guidelines for adult ...
Child Development: Stepping Stones, a series of twenty-six 30-minute programs, teaches the fundamentals of child development. With a focus on the biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial aspects of development, the series explores the processes we all undergo from birth through adolescence. The ...
Choices and Change: Macroeconomics uses economists, business professionals, consumers and other experts to discuss the development of economic theories. Graphs are developed and utilized when appropriate. Macroeconomics focuses on the economy as a whole. The series begins by presenting the critical ...
Choices and Change: Microeconomics uses economists, business professionals, consumers and other experts to discuss the development of economic theories. Graphs are developed and utilized when appropriate. Microeconomics focuses on various input and output markets. Principles of microeconomics ...
This 32-program video series covers the basic principles of general biology as they relate to the cellular, organismic, and population levels of organization. Includes cell ultrastructure and function, energy transfer, reproduction, genetics, evolution, diversity of organisms, and ecology.The ...
The emphasis of this series is not on memorization of isolated facts, but rather on what it means to be a citizen of this country, and the rights and responsibilities associated with citizenship. The historical underpinnings of the nation are linked to the themes of the stories in short ...
The Civil War was the most terrible war in American history. Three million Americans fought in it and over 600,000 men, two percent of the population, died in it. This landmark documentary series movingly and vividly captures for the first time the extraordinary drama of this enormous national ...
College Algebra: In Simplest Terms is an introductory algebra series intended for undergraduates at 2 and 4 year institutions and adults in continuing education. This comprehensive, 26-program series takes the viewer step by step to a thorough understanding and working knowledge of the concepts ...
College Success Skills, a series of 30, half-hour programs, provides students with the skills and knowledge necessary to reach their educational objectives. Topics covered include motivation and self- discipline, memory techniques, time management, communication and relationship skills, career ...
This course provides a comprehensive survey of fundamental marketing principles and skills. Students will learn how marketing managers develop strategy, research consumer needs, and identify target markets. In addition to covering the importance of global marketing and e-commerce, students will ...
A truly gifted educator renowned for his charisma in the classroom, Paul Hewitt enlightens and inspires viewers with his approach to personalizing physics in the 34 episode series, Conceptual Physics Alive!What Hewitt teaches is non-computational "Conceptual Physics," the physics of Newton and ...
Contemporary Legal Issues, an award-winning series comprised of 44, 30-minute programs, focuses on advanced legal writing, analysis, and research. After viewing the entire series, the viewer will be able to demonstrate the use of legal research tools; demonstrate knowledge of briefing and ...
Conversemos! Let's Talk is a 30-part video series featuring Carlos and Janet, instructors who play the roles of teachers and students in this Spanish-language telecourse. Through the entertaining use of skits, well-known fairy tales, and a continuing melodrama, students watch and listen to language ...
Cultural Anthropology: Our Diverse World is now available to replace Faces of Culture. This new course takes a cross-cultural approach to diverse subject areas, including subsistence patterns, political organization, the family, social organization, economics, kinship, language, the arts, and ...
Cycles of Life: Exploring Biology gives students a breathtaking view of the origin and nature of life, from the simplest single-celled forms to complex plants, animals and human beings. As an introductory biology course, it teaches the fundamentals of biology as well as how biology is applied in ...
The goal of Dealing with Diversity3 is to help viewers understand the constraints and motivations of people with backgrounds that differ from their own. The programs provide important sociological lessons in the areas of social interaction, social class, age, gender, sexual orientation, the concept ...
Death: A Personal Understanding is an interdisciplinary telecourse including ten, half-hour videos that investigate the ways in which we try to comprehend death: psychologically, spiritually, medically, socially, philosophically, and emotionally. The series examines death within the context of ...
With an emphasis on personal participation, Democracy in America offers a thorough grounding in the essentials of American government. Using real-life examples, video and interactive projects, it examines all aspects of our government, from the nature of a constitutional democracy to the rights and ...
b>Destinos teaches speaking, listening, and comprehension skills in Spanish. This telenova, or Spanish soap opera, immerses students in everyday situations with native speakers and introduces the cultures, accents, and dialects of Mexico, Spain, Argentina, and Puerto Rico. Understanding Spanish ...
b>Destinos teaches speaking, listening, and comprehension skills in Spanish. This telenova, or Spanish soap opera, immerses students in everyday situations with native speakers and introduces the cultures, accents, and dialects of Mexico, Spain, Argentina, and Puerto Rico. Understanding Spanish ...
In this 30-program series, you will learn and apply techniques necessary to begin efficient image editing, painting, and color correction suitable for the digital imaging industry. Becoming a more efficient and effective operator of the software allows you to focus on the design aspects of a ...
Highlighting major new developments in the field, this updated edition of Discovering Psychology offers high school and college students, and teachers of psychology at all levels, an overview of historic and current theories of human behavior. Stanford University professor and author Philip ...
This personal finance course will help students of all ages gain the practical knowledge so important to survival in today's complex financial world. Students—whether just entering college from high school or older individuals preparing for retirement—will find this new course loaded ...
Drama: Play, Performance and Perception is an Introduction to Theater course consisting of 14 one-hour video productions. Plays selected for the course are arranged in five thematic units:Introduction to Critical AppreciationDramatis Personae: Heroes, Heroines, Rogues, and VillainsPlaywrights and ...
Explore the fundamentals of economic history, theory, and practice, including microeconomics and macroeconomics, through interviews with Nobel Prize-winning economists. The series features Milton Friedman, Paul Samuelson, John Kenneth Galbraith, Walter Heller, and others. In each program, case ...
The Endless Voyage focuses on the marine environment as a unique and important part of life on earth, and explores areas of interest and concern to students and scientists alike.
This video series introduces basic principles and strategies for communicating in writing to a variety of audiences and improving general composition skills. Throughout the series, students will meet a wide array of professionals whose work involves writing—not only authors, journalists, and ...
Examines contemporary ethical conflicts and provides a grounding in the language, concepts, and traditions of ethics. At the core of the course is a prime-time television series that places experts from government, the press, medicine, law, business and the military directly in the line of fire. ...
New, and yet familiar, hypothetical cases are debated and agonized over by eminent leaders from government, business, science and academia. Ethics in America II follows its predecessor by exploring gripping ethical dilemmas using the time-honored Socratic Dialogue format.The programs can be used to ...
Exploring Society is an introductory, college-level Sociology course produced by Dallas TeleLearning. The lively and engaging programs utilize the unique qualities of video to help students understand how sociology can provide them with a new way of looking at the world. Stories and situations are ...
Exploring the World of Music is an introductory undergraduate video series designed to create an understanding of the essential nature of music and its road international cultural applications. The twelve half-hour programs explore the commonalties and the diverse uses of the basic musical ...
The long human journey on this planet has taken diverse peoples over countless trails in all the cardinal directions. And where they rest today is where this video series looks at the Faces of Culture. Featuring unique film footage from around the world, Faces of Culture reveals how every society ...
Family Communication provides a framework for analyzing the family as a communication system. It examines the ways in which members of family systems interact to develop, sustain and manage their relationships in an era when family issues are at the forefront of national concerns, particularly in ...
A basic entry-level mathematics course for the liberal arts curriculum. Topics include: Management Science, Statistics, Social Choice, Size and Shape, and Computer Science. This program shows mathematics as the language of modern problem solving. In addition, computer graphics, animation ...
For the Love of Wisdom is an introduction to philosophy course that covers the major theories of reality (metaphysics), knowledge (epistemology), and values (ethics), as well as the analytic method of logic. Using distinctive illustrative examples, it draws from many disciplines and cultures.The ...
On Common Ground: Framework for Democracy, an educational civics series, probes concepts basic to an introductory course in American Government. Twenty-six documentary episodes use compelling television interviews and case studies on a range of issues, both historic and contemporary, to provide a ...
This series combines video, audio, and print to teach French in the dynamic context of French-speaking cultures. Based on an innovative method developed by Pierre Capretz of Yale University, Part I includes 26-half hour video programs that feature an original romantic comedy filmed on location in ...
This series combines video, audio, and print to teach French in the dynamic context of French-speaking cultures. Based on an innovative method developed by Pierre Capretz of Yale University, Part II includes 26-half hour video programs that feature an original romantic comedy filmed on location in ...
Learn about the impact of aging on both society and individuals as 75 diverse elders relate their experiences. The four ways that age is measured—chronologically, biologically, psychologically, and socially—are the basis for discussing the quality of life in later years. The series ...
Good communication skills are valuable in all aspects of life. Part of learning this essential skill is understanding our own unique communication style as well as that of others. With the Human Communication series, the viewer has the opportunity to analyze their own communication behaviors and ...
Human Geography combines economic and cultural geography to explore the relationships between humans and their natural environment, and to track the broad social patterns that shape human societies. Featuring communities around the world that are grappling with major socioeconomic change, the ...
While science and technology provide us with objective information about our world, Humanities through the Arts suggests we must look to the humanities for the subjective insights necessary to an understanding of ourselves and society. The arts reveal these values. The humanities are approached ...
Based on the leading textbooks in the field, and supported by academically-rich video, Inside Out offers a comprehensive introduction to psychology that goes beyond key concepts and principles to provide viewers an up-to-date look at the evolving world of psychological science.
Created by an international team, this series offers a multinational perspective on how the global economy and market affect individuals, businesses, and industry. The series features 26 case studies, with follow-up analysis, from more than 20 countries, balancing widely held American views with ...
This 13-video series, Instructional Design and Planning will help the viewer design customized, performance-based instruction. The programs focus on establishing desired performance expectations, specifying performance standards, creating standards-based assessments, planning teaching and learning ...
For use by University of Southern Indiana only.
In a nationwide survey, industry leaders were asked which factors contribute the most to a person's career success in a business organization. Out of all the possibilities, the leaders came up with one key factor: interpersonal communication skills. What are the tools and techniques we can use to ...
Introduction to Macroeconomics: Mastering the Global Economy Box Set contains 12 one-hour programs featuring interviews with renowned experts, animated graphics, and compelling case studies—such as a look at the economically developing African nation of Eritrea and an examination of the Great ...
Getting the message to consumers has taken on new complexity in the global marketplace. The average person is bombarded by messages from marketers on a daily basis through the Internet, television, print media, the telephone, mail, and email. In Introduction to Marketing: Competing in the 21st ...
This highly-acclaimed, 12-hour video series features dynamic, documentary-style interviews with executives and behind-the-scenes tour of leading companies. Viewers will visit Wolfgang Puck's successful restaurant chain and packaged food business; observe the operations of Petco, an international ...
It's Strictly Business is an introductory business course intended to be the first course a student takes in a business-centered degree program. This series prepares students to make day-to-day consumer decisions and to appreciate the significant role that business plays in today's global ...
Journey to Health: Mind, Body, Spirit invites viewers to explore health from mental, physical and spiritual perspectives—where health is not defined simply as the absence of disease, but as high-level wellness of the entire individual.The inter-relatedness of the dimensions of health, ...
Keys to Lifelong Learning, a series of 26 exciting and engaging video programs hosted by author Carol Carter, an expert in the field of student success. Video lessons include a combination of expert commentary and discussion by students, graduates, career professionals and professors. These ...
Literary Visions is a 26 half-hour series that brings literature to life with dramatizations of individual works and readings of literary passages. This introduction to literature incorporates both contemporary and traditional works in its selection of literary texts. It also places a strong ...
Living Literature is a college-level course taught by Jeffrey Lynch of Eastern Illinois University. The purpose of the course is to introduce undergraduate students to the primary literary texts that have shaped Western culture, to challenge students to think critically and creatively about the ...
Mastering the College Experience has been instructionally designed to meet the needs of students whether they're entering college from high school or returning to further their education. This video course provides tools, techniques, hints, ideas, illustrations, examples, methods, procedures, ...
MediaWaves: An Introduction to Mass Communication is a one-semester college-level course that explores the role of media in the ongoing development of human culture and society. Designed to help students develop their own in-depth perspectives on crucial aspects of how history, politics, business, ...
News Writing incorporates interviews with more than 100 working journalists from Pulitzer Prize winners to reporters at small town papers. These experts provide insight and advice providing students the opportunity to learn from their experiences. The series and related materials reinforce both ...
Looking for entry-level music instruction? Much like that basic music class you had in high school or college, this series provides training in the fundamentals of music, primarily for novices. The course of study includes a thorough acquaintance with scales, intervals, keys and triads, and ...
Nuevos Destinos expands the ways you can use the original Destinos story. Retelling the story of Raquel Rodriguez's original investigation within the framework of the new legal intrigue, Nuevos Destinos is designed for courses where less video and a specific pedagogical focus are needed. With the ...
This series consists of eighty, twenty-six minute programs covering:Communication and interpersonal interactionEthical and legal responsibilities in the work settingAsepsis and infection controlEnvironmental safety for the assistant and the clientUnderstanding the client and the assistant as a ...
Nutrition Pathways is designed for students interested in degree programs in nursing, dietetics, nutrition, or other allied health programs. Viewers of this series will learn how to apply these nutrition basics to personal life:analyze personal eating habitsdetermine personal requirements for ...
Our Families, Ourselves offers a contemporary look at marriages and families—and the choices, changes and constraints that affect individuals, diverse family types and interpersonal relationships.
This series uses visually dramatic on-site filming to enable students to explore how archaeologists reconstruct ancient societies and explain how and why they evolved. Research at the spectacular Classic Maya center of Copan, Honduras, forms the core of the series, but a broadly comparative ...
People's Century I is the first half of a twentieth-century world history series which covers the years 1900 through 1948. These programs present an engaging and thought-provoking story of a century of mass politics, better public health, technological revolution, mass sport and entertainment-and ...
People's Century II is the second half of a twentieth-century world history series which covers the years 1945 through 1997. These programs present an engaging and thought-provoking story of a century of mass politics, better public health, technological revolution, mass sport and entertainment-and ...
The wise use of financial resources today requires more than an income-producing job and simple subtraction skills. In today's world, an individual must approach his or her financial needs with the savvy of an investment counselor managing the affairs of the company's most important client. With ...
The Photographic Vision video series presents all aspects of the exciting field of photography, with rewarding ideas for beginners with their first cameras, experienced photographers seeking to refine their skills, and anyone with a general interest in photography as an art form. The technical ...
Physical Anthropology: The Evolving Human provides students with an understanding of human evolution and diversity form a biological perspective. While new techniques and discoveries are continuing to alter our understanding of the human species and its place in the biological world, this course ...
Planet Earth is a stunning introductory study of the state of our planet, its interior, oceans, continents, mountains and volcanoes, energy and mineral resources, climate, sun and atmosphere. This interdisciplinary approach to the earth sciences gives students a detailed update on our "new earth" ...
Portrait of a Family takes a close look at marriage, family, and alternative life styles in the closing decade of the twentieth century. Although the in-depth study of male and female interaction is a relatively new development in sociological scholarship, Portrait of a Family provides a balance ...
This is a series of comprehensive programs on environmental technology education. Fifteen half-hour episodes cover the four waste treatment technologies identifies by the Environmental Protection Agency: physical, chemical, thermal, and biological. The fist four videos survey the general ...
Preserving the Legacy: Introduction to Environmental Technology offers learners a dramatic visual exploration of this critical new field. Through the camera's eye, learners enjoy an intense, compelling view of global environmental problems and solutions. Produced in cooperation with the Partnership ...
This introductory telecourse offers insights into key concepts and principles of psychology through a focus on human experience. Interviews with subject matter experts, researchers, and other experts in the field of psychology are used to explain and apply psychological concepts in twenty-six ...
Quest for the Empowered Self is an exploration of the dynamics involved in the development of the individual in the search for identity and self-discovery. Specific emphasis will be placed on the decision-making process particularly as it relates to the individual's own humanness, value system, and ...
Read, Write, and Research is a series developed in response to a widely expressed need for a college course on English Composition beyond the introductory level. Essay writing, writing a research paper,writing across the curriculum, writing for business, and writing about literature are essential ...
This series brings to life one of the most brillant and creative periods in history, a time when the modern Western world was born. This 18 -part series, based on the PBS series Renaissance uses historical re-creations, artwork and reading by actors to explore how fundamental change took place in ...
Research for Writers: Advanced English Composition incorporates lively interviews with practitoners in a wide variety of writing fields from law to poetry. To illustrate:The Argumentative Paper: An attorney is interviewed about preparing an argument for court.The Explication: An award-winning poet ...
America's cultural, political, and economic roots can be traced back to rural beginnings, and a rural setting is presently home to almost a quarter of the population. Rural Communities addresses the challenges facing rural America by traveling to 15 rural regions and examining various facets of ...
This is a business series designed to provide aspiring salespeople, and those already in sales, with the tools and insight they need to compete in the age of long-term, consultative-style selling.In each program, several of our nation's top sales experts will offer valuable information and advice ...
There is a critical need to improve the performance of students in our schools and prepare them to compete in an increasingly complex global economy. Schools and Society, is a new program series that draws from the experiences of students, faculty, community leaders and community organizations to ...
This is a 13-week introductory life-span psychology series that examines the significant events from the lives of people as they move from infancy and early childhood, into adolescence, early and middle adulthood, and late adulthood. The video programs include interviews that chronicle major ...
Shaping America: U.S. History to 1877 reveals to a present day audience another time in history, where native cultures, newly arriving cultures, ideas and habits formed a new nation that would one day be the most recognized in the world. Through their eyes, we explore these primitive beginnings, ...
In this series students are afforded a unique opportunity to observe a variety of small businesses in operation—in both rural and suburban communities, as well as large metropolitan areas—to get an "over-the-shoulder" first-hand look of what it is like to start and operate a small ...
This video series was produced for use in a transferable college-level, first semester Spanish course. This elementary course is the study of the Spanish language and Spanish-speaking cultures, with emphasis on the development of communicative skills and basic structures. The videos were ...
The twenty-four half-hour programs of Speaking with Confidence describe and illustrate a wide variety of speech communication concepts and are keyed to the highly successful sixth edition of Confidence in Public Speaking by Nelson and Pearson. All of the lessons combine the following elements: ...
This innovative series of 26 half-hour programs was produced from hours of personal interviews combined with excerpts from lively panel discussions and keynote presentations recorded at "The Summit: The First International Conference on Ethics and Sport", hosted by the Ethics Center at the ...
Survival Spanish is an introductory series in conversational Spanish presented in 36 half-hour lessons. Using dialogues, each program introduces or reinforces key phrases and grammatical concepts that are relevant to the conversation necessary for coping and interacting in five topic areas: retail ...
Taking the Lead examines the changing, challenging world of management at the dawn of the 21st Century. It studies multinational markets and global competition, the explosion in business technology, cultural and social diversity in the workplace, environmental awareness and social ...
The Technical Reporting course covers all of the basic formats used by industries, businesses, and agencies on a day-to-day basis. These include process descriptions, procedure manuals, laboratory reports, proposals, feasibility studies, press releases, and research reports. The learning plans in ...
This series brings the world of Texas state government to life through the realistic day-to-day scenarios and objective interviews that are relevant to the distance learner's experience and interests. This series takes a citizen-activist approach in providing the student with a general survey of ...
Take a journey to 16 African countries to examine the major influences on this complex continent: indigenous heritage, Western Culture, and the Islamic religion. The series offers visually stimulating examples that can prompt in-depth explorations of Afric'a geography, history, anthropology, and ...
The Chinese takes viewers from the countryside, where ancestral customs and beliefs survive, to Tiananmen Square, where political tensions erupted in apocalyptic violence. The programs explore the people, history and heritage of a fascinating civilization more than 5000 years old. Intimate, ...
Constitutional issues come to life in this Emmy Award-winning series. Key political, legal, and media professionals engage in spontaneous and heated debates on controversial issues such as campaign spending, the right to die, school prayer, and immigration reform. This series will deepen ...
This series is a comprehensive study of the Earth's physical processes and properties, with emphasis on understanding the scientific theories behind the geological principles. These principles are vividly documented with the assistance of on-location footage at major geological sites around the ...
The Effective Teacher is a 26-lesson telecourse that offers a fresh and innovative guide to improved teaching and learning effectiveness. The telecourse is divided into five major units of study, with each episode presenting a specific concept or skill—from the theoretical to the practical. ...
Offering learners an in-depth analysis of the wisdom of the Western world, The Examined Life studies the "Great Questions" that have intrigued philosophers from antiquity to present. Using writings of past philosophers and interviews with more than 50 contemporary thinkers, the series episodes ...
The Habitable Planet: A Systems Approach to Environmental Science begins with an overview of the Earth's systems—geophysical, atmospheric, oceanic, and ecosystems—as they exist independently of human influence. Following this introduction, the course explores the effect that human ...
A well educated populace. Higher health care costs. A growing interest in fitness. The new corporate focus on wellness. Technological advances in health care and medical treatment. All of these add up to one thing: a growing concern about health and health care issues. And The Human Condition will ...
To be in business is to be in constant interaction with the law. This video series is based on the premise that a working knowledge of the framework of the law and familiarity with the functioning of the legal system can help business people make better decisions and manage the risk of liability ...
This sound and picture enhanced series has served as the basis of successful religious philosophy courses around the world. An American Film Festival Red Ribbon winner, the series gives a balanced treatment of a force that is sadly neglected in most educations, the basic beliefs of the major ...
The Mechanical Universe is the part of an introductory series in physics which uses advanced computer animation, scientific experiments, and a full array of visual techniques to teach classical mechanics. Lessons include the instruction in calculus required to work with the concepts presented in ...
The Mechanical Universe and Beyond is the second part of the introductory physics series, The Mechanical Universe. These additional 26 programs build on the lessons of Part I and focus on electricity and magnetism, relativity, waves and optics, heat and thermodynamics, and modern physics. Produced ...
The Power of Place is a geography series which provides a creative and insightful examination of the many geographic forces currently at work in shaping the complex features of the world's civilizations and environments. The series introduces the student to geography—the discipline that ...
The Unfinished Nation I brings American History to life for learners, from early colonization to Reconstruction. Using dramatic recreation, historical maps and original illustrations, and featuring the contributions of noted historians and scholars, The Unfinished Nation Part I offers a ...
The Unfinished Nation II continues the story of our nation's heritage from Reconstruction to the Information Age.
Few fields of study have the same broad scope and relevance as Sociology for understanding social groups and institutions. In this 22-part series you will explore the rich tapestry, diversity, and commonality of the human experience and come to understand the groups, organizations, and societies ...
This video series gives you the latest information about child development and childcare for the critical years from birth to the age of five. Taped at working childcare centers with real caregivers and children, the programs teach you about children's physical, emotional, and cognitive ...
Developed for non-science majors, The World of Chemistry stresses a humanistic approach to chemistry, and de-emphasizes mathematical problem solving. This series presents a unified view of chemistry. Chemical principles, facts and theories are revealed through practical applications, computer ...
English Composition I introduces the basic approaches to essay writing: narration, description, observation, analysis, argument, evaluation and research. Students follow the writing processes of invention, delivery (rhetorical tools, organizational strategies, voice) and revision. The primary goal ...
English Composition II focuses on argumentation and research. Students review narration, description, observation, evaluation and analysis skills. Students follow the writing processes of invention, arrangement (rhetorical tools, organization strategies, voice) and revision. The primary goal of the ...
This documentary-style video takes us to the places where American history happened and gives voice to people who lived there. Common threads are woven together over the course of twenty-six programs that encourage a deeper, more critical understanding of the forces that have shaped American ...
Based on the text,The Developing Person Through the Life Span by Kathleen Stassen Berger, this series will teach the fundamentals of human development. With a focus on the biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial aspects of development, the viewer gets to explore the processes we all undergo from ...
United States and Texas Government I: Political Dynamics explores questions relating to U.S. and Texas government institutions, politics, and policies. Contains 13 half-hour U.S. Government video lessons and 13 half-hour Texas Government video lessons.
United States and Texas Government II: Government in Action is the second semester series which explores Texas government institutions, politics, and policies. Contains 13 half-hour U.S. Government video lessons and 13 half-hour Texas Government video lessons.
Unseen Life on Earth: An Introduction to Microbiology, uses new techniques in microscopy, image processing, and computer-generated imagery to allow you to see into the complex world of microorganisms in ways never before possible. Unseen Life on Earth reveals the importance of microorganisms in ...
This series is a survey of modern American poetry and explores the lives and works of thirteen of America's greatest poets:Walt WhitmanEmily DickinsonRobert FrostMarianne Moore Hart CraneWallace StevensLangston Hughes T.S. EliotEzra PoundRobert Lowell Elizabeth BishopSylvia PlathWilliam Carlos ...
Voices in Democracy: United States Government explores contemporary issues as examples of our government in action. As the title suggests, it is citizen-activist oriented in its approach to the study of political science—focusing on interviews with national experts and a variety of political ...
The Western Tradition is a two-part series, built around the classroom lectures of Eugene Weber, internationally renowned author, historian, and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Professor Weber spins thousands of years into a seamless story, making the abstract more concrete ...
The Western Tradition is a two-part series, built around the classroom lectures of Eugene Weber, internationally renowned author, historian, and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Professor Weber spins thousands of years into a seamless story, making the abstract more concrete ...
Women and Social Action goes beyond social theories and popular politics, offering a first-hand look into how women are influencing society on a grassroots level. Personal stories from over seventy women and men reveal the complexities of our lives and highlight the commitment, vision, humor, and ...
This is a 13-part series that looks at psychological disorders. Interviews with patients enliven the documentaries and give viewers a real sense of the emotional toll paid by those who suffer from such disorders as depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia. Therapists and other professionals help ...
Focusing on the developmental processes through which human biological nature is expressed in the contexts of nurture, Worlds of Childhood explores the lives of children growing up in diverse social, economic and cultural conditions around the world. The series, based on the acclaimed Public ...
Writer to Writer is a series of candid interviews with published writers designed for aspiring and beginning writers who want to learn the craft of writing, and for published writers who want to hone their skills. This series brings nationally-known writers into candid conversation as they discuss ...