In this learning area, you will learn how to develop an argumentative essay and stronger critical thinking skills. This learning area will help you develop your arguments, understand your audience, evaluate source material, approach arguments rhetorically, and avoid logical fallacies. Here, you’ll also learn about evaluating other arguments and creating digital writing projects related to your argument.

A writing practicum associated with 11.200 and 11.205 that focuses on helping students present their ideas in cogent, persuasive arguments and other analytical frameworks. Reading and writing assignments and other exercises stress the connections between clear thinking, critical reading, and effective writing.

Arguments in Context is a comprehensive introduction to critical thinking that covers all the basics in student-friendly language. Intended for use in a semester-long course, the text features classroom-tested examples and exercises that have been chosen to emphasize the relevance and applicability of the subject to everyday life. Three themes are developed as the text proceeds from argument identification and analysis, to the standards and techniques of evaluation: (i) the importance of asking the right questions, (ii) the influence of biases, cognitive illusions, and other psychological factors, and (iii) the ways that social situations and structures can enhance and impoverish our thinking. On this last point, the text includes sustained discussion of disagreement, cooperative dialogue, testimony, trust, and social media. Overall, the text aims to equip readers with a set of tools for working through important decisions and disagreements, and to help them become more careful and active thinkers.

Table of Contents
I. An Introduction to Reasoning
II. Argument Analysis
III. An Introduction to Evaluation
IV. An Introduction to Deductive Arguments
V. Common Inductive Arguments
VI. Social Arguments
VII. Scientific Reasoning

Arguments in Context is a comprehensive introduction to critical thinking that covers all the basics in student-friendly language. Intended for use in a semester-long course, the text features classroom-tested examples and exercises that have been chosen to emphasize the relevance and applicability of the subject to everyday life. Three themes are developed as the text proceeds from argument identification and analysis, to the standards and techniques of evaluation: (i) the importance of asking the right questions, (ii) the influence of biases, cognitive illusions, and other psychological factors, and (iii) the ways that social situations and structures can enhance and impoverish our thinking. On this last point, the text includes sustained discussion of disagreement, cooperative dialogue, testimony, trust, and social media. Overall, the text aims to equip readers with a set of tools for working through important decisions and disagreements, and to help them become more careful and active thinkers.

Arithmetic | Algebra provides a customized open-source textbook for the math developmental students at New York City College of Technology. The book consists of short chapters, addressing essential concepts necessary to successfully proceed to credit-level math courses. Each chapter provides several solved examples and one unsolved “Exit Problem”. Each chapter is also supplemented by its own WeBWork online homework assignment. The book can be used in conjunction with WeBWork for homework (online) or with the Arithmetic | Algebra Homework handbook (traditional). The content in the book, WeBWork and the homework handbook are also aligned to prepare students for the CUNY Elementary Algebra Final Exam (CEAFE).

Arithmetic | Algebra Homework book is a static version of the WeBWork online homework assignments that accompany the textbook Arithmetic | Algebra for the developmental math courses MAT 0630 and MAT 0650 at New York City College of Technology, CUNY.

This course is an arithmetic course intended for college students, covering whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percents, ratios and proportions, geometry, measurement, statistics, and integers using an integrated geometry and statistics approach. The course uses the late integers model—integers are only introduced at the end of the course.

The text is mostly an adaptation of two other excellent open- source calculus textbooks: Active Calculus by Dr. Matt Boelkins of Grand Valley State University and Drs. Gregory Hartman, Brian Heinold, Troy Siemers, Dimplekumar Chalishajar, and Jennifer Bowen of the Virginia Military Institute and Mount Saint Mary's University. Both of these texts can be found at http://aimath.org/textbooks/approved-textbooks/.
The authors of this text have combined sections, examples, and exercises from the above two texts along with some of their own content to generate this text. The impetus for the creation of this text was to adopt an open-source textbook for Calculus while maintaining the typical schedule and content of the calculus sequence at our home institution.

This text is an adaptation of two very excellent open-source textbooks: Active Calculus by Dr. Matt Boelkins and APEX Calculus by Drs. Gregory Hartman, Brian Heinold, Troy Siemers, Dimplekumar Chalishajar, and Jennifer Bowen. Topics include integrals, volume, arcs, density, physics applications, differential equations, and hyperbolic functions.

Table of Contents:
1. Using Definite Integrals to Find Volume
2. Volume by The Shell Method
3. Arc Length and Surface Area
4. Density, Mass, and Center of Mass
5. Physics Applications: Work, Force, and Pressure
6. An Introduction to Differential Equations
7. Separable differential equations
8. Hyperbolic Functions

Historical developments in Western art from 18th century to the mid-20th century. Focus on European and American art.

Table of Contents:

Module 1 Materials & Techniques Artists Use
Module 2 Neoclassicism & the French Revolution
Module 3 Romanticism in Spain & France
Module 4 Romanticism in England & Germany
Module 5 Realism
Module 6 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
Module 7 Modernism & Symbolism
Module 8 Expressionism & Cubism
Module 9 Futurism, Dada & World War I
Module 10 de Stijl & Surrealism
Module 11 The Great Depression & World War II

This course is particularly focused on helping you develop visual literacy skills, but all the college courses you take are to some degree about information literacy. Visual literacy is really just a specialized type of information literacy. The skills you acquire in this course will help you become an effective researcher in other fields, as well.

E-book version available here: https://library.achievingthedream.org/herkimerartappreciation/

This is an exploration of visual art forms and their cultural connections for the student with little experience in the visual arts. The course includes a brief study of art history and in depth studies of the elements, media, and methods used in creative process and thought. Visual and performing arts are part of the Humanities: academic disciplines that study the human condition and, in addition to the arts, include languages, literature, law, history and religion. This course will teach students to develop a five-step system for understanding visual art in all forms based on description, analysis, meaning, context and judgment.Login: guest_oclPassword: ocl

This course explores the world’s visual arts, focusing on the development of visual awareness, assessment, and appreciation by examining a variety of styles from various periods and cultures while emphasizing the development of a common visual language. The materials are meant to foster a broader understanding of the role of visual art in human culture and experience from the prehistoric through the contemporary. This is an Open Educational Resource (OER), an openly licensed educational material designed to replace a traditional textbook.

Adapting Materials
For ease of adapting the materials, editable files are provided. Under additional files, you can download ZIP files of the presentations in PowerPoint and the reading lists in Word, as well as a Word document of sample sketchbook assignment topics. Presentations and reading lists are separated by lessons within the ZIP files.

This course is an introduction to the major methodologies used by art historians. Although not a history of art history per se, it is organized in a roughly chronological order that traces major methodological developments within the discipline from the birth of art history in the nineteenth century through the late twentieth century. The course will also examine how artworks are displayed in modern art museums. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: Explain what art historians study and what kinds of questions they ask about works of art; Identify major art historical methodologies and their associated theories and theorists; Write a critical summary of a piece of art historical scholarship; Explain the major aspects of the methodological approaches outlined in this course and how they relate to the philosophical, historical, and social context in which they first appeared; Explain how different methodologies can be used to analyze works of art; Compare and contrast major art historical methodologies; Use different art historical approaches to interpret, analyze, and write about works of art. (Art History 301)

The history of Art is long and varied, spanning tens of thousands of years from ancient paintings on the walls of caves
to the glow of computer-generated images on the screens of the 21st century.

SUNY’s “Art History and Appreciation I” that was developed by Lumen Learning.

Module 1: Introduction
Module 1 Overview
Key Learning Items
Common Questions about Dates
A Beginner's Guide to the History of Western Culture
Why Look at Art?
The Skill of Describing
Patronage and the Status of the Artist
Glossary of Art Terms
External Resource

Module 2: The Birth of Art
Module 2 Overview
Key Learning Items
Prehistoric Art: Paleolithic Origins
Nude Woman (Venus of Willendorf)
Paleolithic Art Explained
The Neolithic Revolution
Jericho
Çatal Höyük
Stonehenge
External Resources

Module 3: The Ancient Near East
Module 3 Overview
Key Learning Items
Ancient Near East
Sumerian Art
The Invention of Writing
The Standard of Ur
Ziggurat of Ur
Art of Akkad and Ur
Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
Theories on the Meaning of the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
Law Code of Hammurabi
Assyrian Art
Lamassu
Neo-Babylonian Art
Art of the Persian Empire
External Resources

Module 4: The Art of Ancient Egypt
Module 4 Overview
Key Learning Items
Ancient Egypt
Egyptian Art
Materials & Techniques
Seated Scribe
The Great Pyramids of Giza
Pyramid of Khufu
Pyramid of Khafre and the Great Sphinx
Pyramid of Menkaure
House Altar (Amarna Period)
Portrait Head of Queen Tiye
Bust of Nefertiti
Ramesses II
External Resources

Module 5: The Art of Ancient Greece—Part I
Module 5 Overview
Key Learning Items
Aegean Prehistoric Archaeology
The Early Aegean (3000–700 BCE)
Geometric Greek Krater
Black Figure Amphora
Niobid Painter, Attic Red Figure Calyx-Krater
New York Kouros
Spear Bearer
The Greek Temple
East and West Pediments, Temple of Aphaia
Myron, Discus Thrower
The Parthenon
Parthenon's East Pediment
Parthenon Frieze
Parthenon Metopes
Erechtheion
External Resources

Module 6: The Art of Ancient Greece—Part II
Module 6 Overview
Key Learning Items
Lysippos: Farnese Herucles
After Praxiteles, Venus
Barberini Faun
Dying Gaul
Nike of Samothrace
The Pergamon Altar
Boxer at Rest
Alexander Mosaic
Laocoön and his Sons
Eros Sleeping and an Old Market Woman
** Petra: An Introduction
Petra: Rock Cut Facades
** Petra: Urban Metropolis
External Resources

Module 7: The Art of the Etruscans
Module 7 Overview
Key Learning Items
Etruscan Art
Sarcophagus of the Spouses
Etruscan Necropolises
Etruscan Art Explained by the Met
External Resources

Module 8: The Art of Ancient Rome—Part I
Module 8 Overview
Key Learning Items
Ancient Rome
Digging Through Time
Temple of Portunus
Veristic Male Portrait
The Pantheon
Augustus of Primaporta
Painted Garden
Head of Augustus
Ara Pacis
Villa of Mysteries
Colosseum
External Resources

Module 9: The Art of Ancient Rome—Part II
Module 9 Overview
Key Learning Items
Arch of Titus
Hadrian's Villa
Maritime Theater, Hadrian's Villa
Pair of Centaurs
Column of Trajan
Medea Sarcophagus
Equestrian Sculpture of Marcus Aurelius
Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus
Tetrarchs
Arch of Constantine
Colossus of Constantine
External Resources

Module 10: Early Christian Art
Module 10 Overview
Key Learning Items
Introduction to Early Christianity
Early Christian Art
After Constantine
Santa Maria Antiqua Sarcophagus
Santa Pudenziana
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus
Santa Sabina
Santa Maria Maggiore
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
External Resources

Module 11: Early Medieval, Carolingian and Ottonian Art
Module 11 Overview
Key Learning Items
Early Medieval Art
Fibulae
Sutton Hoo Ship Burial
Medieval Manuscripts
The Bestiary
The Lindisfarne Gospels
Carolingian Art
Lindau Gospels Cover
St. Michael's Church
External Resources

Module 12: Byzantine Art
Module 12 Overview
Key Learning Items
San Vitale
Iconoclasm
Hagia Sophia
Ivory Panel with Archangel
Icon of Saint George
Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy
External Resources

Module 13: The Arts of the Islamic World
Module 13 Overview
Key Learning Items
Introduction to Islamic Art
Mosque Architecture
The Early Period
Dome of the Rock
Great Mosque of Cordoba
Medieval Period
Pyxis of Al-Mughira
The Alhambra
Ilkhanid Mihrab
Later Period
Qa'a: The Damascus Room
External Resources

Module 14: Romanesque Art
Module 14 Overview
Key Learning Items
Introduction to Romanesque Art
Pilgrimage Routes
Church Architecture
Abbaye of Fontenay
Saint Trophime
Last Judgment Tympanum
Virgin from Ger
Historiated Capitals
Painting: Wise and Foolish Virgins
Bayeux Tapestry
Diagram of a Romanesque Portal
External Resources

Module 15: Gothic Art
Module 15 Overview
Key Learning Items
St. Denis
Cathedral of Notre Dame de Chartres
Gothic Architecture
Southwell Minister
Salisbury Cathedral
Blanche of Castile
External Resources

Accompanying Canvas Commons glossary available here: https://lor.instructure.com/resources/70030f3fe62e431fbcb627351302d216 . If the provided link does not work, please search “ASCCC” in Canvas Commons to find all ASCCC OERI resources.

E-book version available here: https://library.achievingthedream.org/herkimerarthistory1/

Table of Contents:

I. Chapter 1: Introduction
II. Chapter 2: Proto-Renaissance (1300–1400)
III. Chapter 3: 1400–1500—Art in Northern Europe
IV. Chapter 4: 1400–1500—Art in Italy
V. Chapter 5: 1500–1600—High Renaissance and Mannerism in Italy
VI. Chapter 6: 1500–1600—The Age of Reformation: Northern Renaissance Art
VII. Chapter 7: 1600–1700—Baroque Art in Italy
VIII. Chapter 8: 1600–1700—Baroque Art in Flanders, Dutch Republic, Spain and France
IX. Chapter 9: 1700–1800—The Age of Enlightenment
X. Chapter 10: 1800–1848—Industrial Revolution Part I
XI. Chapter 11: 1848–1907—Industrial Revolution Part II
XII. Chapter 12: 1907–1960—Age of Global Conflict Part I
XIII. Chapter 13: 1907–1960—Age of Global Conflict Part II
XIV. Chapter 14: 1960–Now—Age of Post-Colonialism Part I
XV. Chapter 15: 1960–Now—Age of Post-Colonialism Part II
XVI. Course Information
XVII. Textbook Online
XVIII. Meet the Class
XIX. Bulletin Board
XX. Icebreaker
XXI. Museum Project
XXII. Module 1 Renaissance Art
XXIII. Module 2 Baroque Art
XXIV. Module 3 Neoclassical and Romantic Art
XXV. Module 4 Impressionism and Later 19th Century Art
XXVI. Module 5 Early 20th Century Art and Architecture
XXVII. Module 6 1960–Now—Age of Post-Colonialism Part I, and II
XXVIII. Module 7 Globalism_Non-Western Art
XXIX. Module 8 Post Modernism Art Dealing with the Issues of Feminist Identity

This subject focuses on the objects, history, context, and critical discussion surrounding art since World War II. Because of the burgeoning increase in art production, the course is necessarily selective. We will trace major developments and movements in art up to the present, primarily from the US; but we will also be looking at art from Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, as well as art "on the margins" -- art that has been overlooked by the mainstream critical press, but may have a broad cultural base in its own community. We will ask what function art serves in its various cultures of origin, and why art has been such a lightning rod for political issues around the world.

Students will learn about the Impressionist painters' use of color and how it connected to early-19th-century scientific theories about color. They will explore combinations of primary and secondary colors, experiment creating secondary colors, and create a landscape using complementary colors.