Moodle course associated with the textbook: https://louis.pressbooks.pub/introamericangov/

Welcome to American Government! In this course, we will discuss how the American Governmental system is set up, operates, and functions. Additionally, you are going to become more aware of how the US government interacts with your everyday life. After taking this class, students should have a basic understanding of governmental and constitutional construction, as well as how the various branches of the US government operate. Students will also become aware of current events and the impact that trends in US politics have on reaction to these events. This course was created through Interactive OER for Dual Enrollment, a project led by LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network (https://louislibraries.org) and funded with a $2 million Open Textbooks Pilot Program grant from the Department of Education. This project supports the extension of access to high-quality post-secondary opportunities to high school students across Louisiana and beyond. It features a collaboration between educational systems in Louisiana, the library community, Pressbooks, and workforce representatives to enable and enhance the delivery of open educational resources (OER) and interactive quiz and assessment elements for priority dual enrollment courses in Louisiana and nationally. Developed OER course materials are released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification and sharing with others. This includes a textbook and corresponding course available in Moodle and Canvas that can be imported to other platforms. For access/questions, contact Affordable Learning Louisiana (alearningla@laregents.edu). If you are adopting this resource, we would be glad to know of your use via this brief survey: https://survey.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_41Olbogjof6HUay

This introductory text on baking and pastries cover the following topics: baking and pastry equipment; dry ingredients; quick breads; yeast doughs; pastry doughs; custards; cake and buttercreams; pie doughs and ice cream; mousses, Bavarians, and souffle; and cookies. The appendix includes measurement and conversion charts, cake terms, and industry resources.
This resource was written by Chef Tammy Rink for Nicholls State University CULA 250 course.

Introduction to Business is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of foundational business courses. The textbook presents business principles and emerging trends in fields including management, leadership, production, marketing, and finance.
Chapter 1: Understanding Economic Systems and Business
Chapter 2: Making Ethical Decisions and Managing a Socially Responsible Business
Chapter 3: Competing in the Global Marketplace
Chapter 4: Forms of Business Ownership
Chapter 5: Entrepreneurship: Starting and Managing Your Own Business
Chapter 6: Management and Leadership in Today's Organizations
Chapter 7: Designing Organizational Structures
Chapter 8: Managing Human Resources and Labor Relations
Chapter 9: Motivating Employees
Chapter 10: Achieving World-Class Operations Management
Chapter 11: Creating Products and Pricing Strategies to Meet Customers' Needs
Chapter 12: Distributing and Promoting Products and Services
Chapter 13: Using Technology to Manage Information
Chapter 14: Using Financial Information and Accounting
Chapter 15: Understanding Money and Financial Institutions
Chapter 16: Understanding Financial Management and Securities Markets

Table of Contents:

1. Crime, Criminal Justice, and Criminology
2. Criminological Theory
3. Criminal Law
4: Policing
5: The Courts
6: Sentencing
7: Corrections
8: Community Corrections
9: Juvenile Justice
10: Current Issues in U.S. Criminal Justice

This textbook was created through Connecting the Pipeline: Libraries, OER, and Dual Enrollment from Secondary to Postsecondary, a $1.3 million project funded by LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network and the Institute of Library and Museum Services. This project supports the extension of access to high-quality post-secondary opportunities to high school students across Louisiana and beyond by creating materials that can be adopted for dual enrollment environments. Dual enrollment is the opportunity for a student to be enrolled in high school and college at the same time.

The cohort-developed OER course materials are released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification and sharing with others. This includes a corresponding course available in Moodle and Canvas that can be imported to other platforms.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction to Geography
Chapter 2: Population and Health
Chapter 3: Migration
Chapter 4: Folk Culture and Popular Culture
Chapter 5: The Geography of Language
Chapter 6: Religion
Chapter 7: Ethnicity, Race, and Sexual Orientation
Chapter 8: Political Geography
Chapter 9: Development and Wealth
Chapter 10: Agriculture and Food
Chapter 11: Industry
Chapter 12: Human Settlements
Chapter 13: Environment and Resources

This textbook was created through Connecting the Pipeline: Libraries, OER, and Dual Enrollment from Secondary to Postsecondary, a $1.3 million project funded by LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network and the Institute of Library and Museum Services. This project supports the extension of access to high-quality post-secondary opportunities to high school students across Louisiana and beyond by creating materials that can be adopted for dual enrollment environments. Dual enrollment is the opportunity for a student to be enrolled in high school and college at the same time.

The cohort-developed OER course materials are released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification and sharing with others. This includes a corresponding course available in Moodle and Canvas that can be imported to other platforms.

This course is designed as a basic introduction to poetry and/or drama. All resources are in the public domain, or they may be accessed through student/faculty searching sites like poetryfoundation.org. The linked resources are also public domain.

A comprehensive review of the behavior or humans as well as other animals will be provided through each chapter. Topics such as learning, memory, emotions, behavioral disorders, and personality will be explored.
Section I: Introduction to Psychology
Section II: The Science of Psychology
Section III: Physiological Aspects of Psychology
Section IV: States of Consciousness
Section V: Sensation and Perception
Section VI: Growth and Development
Section VII: Learning
Section VIII: Thinking and Intelligence
Section IX: Memory
Section X: Emotion and Motivation
Section XI: Personality
Section XII: Social Psychology
Section XIII: Psychological Disorders
Section XIV: Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Canvas course associated with the textbook: https://louis.pressbooks.pub/intropsychology/

Is Psychology a science? What do our dreams really mean? What causes and treats mental illness? What factors are involved in human behavior? This course aims to answer these questions along with many others. A comprehensive review of the behavior or humans as well as other animals will be provided through each learning module. Topics such as learning, memory, emotions, behavioral disorders, and personality will be explored. The purpose of this course is to provide you with general information in Psychology, which will contribute to your overall body of knowledge. This course was created through Interactive OER for Dual Enrollment, a project led by LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network (https://louislibraries.org) and funded with a $2 million Open Textbooks Pilot Program grant from the Department of Education. This project supports the extension of access to high-quality post-secondary opportunities to high school students across Louisiana and beyond. It features a collaboration between educational systems in Louisiana, the library community, Pressbooks, and workforce representatives to enable and enhance the delivery of open educational resources (OER) and interactive quiz and assessment elements for priority dual enrollment courses in Louisiana and nationally. Developed OER course materials are released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification and sharing with others. This includes a textbook and corresponding course available in Moodle and Canvas that can be imported to other platforms. For access/questions, contact Affordable Learning Louisiana (alearningla@laregents.edu). If you are adopting this resource, we would be glad to know of your use via this brief survey: https://survey.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_41Olbogjof6HUay

Moodle course associated with the textbook: https://louis.pressbooks.pub/intropsychology/

Is Psychology a science? What do our dreams really mean? What causes and treats mental illness? What factors are involved in human behavior? This course aims to answer these questions along with many others. A comprehensive review of the behavior or humans as well as other animals will be provided through each learning module. Topics such as learning, memory, emotions, behavioral disorders, and personality will be explored. The purpose of this course is to provide you with general information in Psychology, which will contribute to your overall body of knowledge. This course was created through Interactive OER for Dual Enrollment, a project led by LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network (https://louislibraries.org) and funded with a $2 million Open Textbooks Pilot Program grant from the Department of Education. This project supports the extension of access to high-quality post-secondary opportunities to high school students across Louisiana and beyond. It features a collaboration between educational systems in Louisiana, the library community, Pressbooks, and workforce representatives to enable and enhance the delivery of open educational resources (OER) and interactive quiz and assessment elements for priority dual enrollment courses in Louisiana and nationally. Developed OER course materials are released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification and sharing with others. This includes a textbook and corresponding course available in Moodle and Canvas that can be imported to other platforms. For access/questions, contact Affordable Learning Louisiana (alearningla@laregents.edu). If you are adopting this resource, we would be glad to know of your use via this brief survey: https://survey.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_41Olbogjof6HUay

Introduction to Sociology 2e adheres to the scope and sequence of a typical introductory sociology course. In addition to comprehensive coverage of core concepts, foundational scholars, and emerging theories we have incorporated section reviews with engaging questions, discussions that help students apply the sociological imagination, and features that draw learners into the discipline in meaningful ways.
Chapter 1: Introduction and Methods
Chapter 2: Culture
Chapter 3: Socialization
Chapter 4: Social Structure, Groups and Organizations
Chapter 5: Deviance, Crime, and Social Control
Chapter 6: Social Stratification and Inequality
Chapter 7: Introduction to Race and Ethnicity
Chapter 8: Gender, Sex, and Sexuality
Chapter 9: Introduction to Marriage and Family
Chapter 10: Introduction to Education
Chapter 11: Introduction to Work and the Economy
Chapter 12: Introduction To Religion
Chapter 13: Introduction to Aging and the Elderly
Chapter 14: Health and Medicine
Chapter 15: Demography and Population
Chapter 16: Globalization, Technology, Social Movements, and Change

Canvas course associated with the textbook: https://louis.pressbooks.pub/introsociology/

Introduction to Sociology adheres to the scope and sequence of a typical, one-semester introductory sociology course. It offers comprehensive coverage of core concepts, foundational scholars, and emerging theories. The textbook presents section reviews with rich questions, discussions that help students apply their knowledge, and features that draw learners into the discipline in meaningful ways. This course was created through Interactive OER for Dual Enrollment, a project led by LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network (https://louislibraries.org) and funded with a $2 million Open Textbooks Pilot Program grant from the Department of Education. This project supports the extension of access to high-quality post-secondary opportunities to high school students across Louisiana and beyond. It features a collaboration between educational systems in Louisiana, the library community, Pressbooks, and workforce representatives to enable and enhance the delivery of open educational resources (OER) and interactive quiz and assessment elements for priority dual enrollment courses in Louisiana and nationally. Developed OER course materials are released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification and sharing with others. This includes a textbook and corresponding course available in Moodle and Canvas that can be imported to other platforms. For access/questions, contact Affordable Learning Louisiana (alearningla@laregents.edu). If you are adopting this resource, we would be glad to know of your use via this brief survey: https://survey.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_41Olbogjof6HUay

Moodle course associated with the textbook: https://louis.pressbooks.pub/introsociology/

Introduction to Sociology adheres to the scope and sequence of a typical, one-semester introductory sociology course. It offers comprehensive coverage of core concepts, foundational scholars, and emerging theories. The textbook presents section reviews with rich questions, discussions that help students apply their knowledge, and features that draw learners into the discipline in meaningful ways. This course was created through Interactive OER for Dual Enrollment, a project led by LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network (https://louislibraries.org) and funded with a $2 million Open Textbooks Pilot Program grant from the Department of Education. This project supports the extension of access to high-quality post-secondary opportunities to high school students across Louisiana and beyond. It features a collaboration between educational systems in Louisiana, the library community, Pressbooks, and workforce representatives to enable and enhance the delivery of open educational resources (OER) and interactive quiz and assessment elements for priority dual enrollment courses in Louisiana and nationally. Developed OER course materials are released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification and sharing with others. This includes a textbook and corresponding course available in Moodle and Canvas that can be imported to other platforms. For access/questions, contact Affordable Learning Louisiana (alearningla@laregents.edu). If you are adopting this resource, we would be glad to know of your use via this brief survey: https://survey.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_41Olbogjof6HUay

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Sampling and Data
Introduction to Chapter 1: Sampling and Data
1.1 Definitions of Statistics, Probability, and Key Terms
1.2 Data, Sampling, and Variation in Data and Sampling
1.3 Frequency, Frequency Tables, and Levels of Measurement
1.4 Experimental Design and Ethics
Chapter 1 Review
Chapter 1 Practice
Chapter 1 Homework

Chapter 2: Descriptive Statistics
Introduction to Chapter 2: Descriptive Statistics
2.1 Stem-and-Leaf Graphs (Stemplots), Line Graphs, and Bar Graphs
2.2 Histograms, Frequency Polygons, and Time Series Graphs
2.3 Measures of the Location of the Data
2.4 Box Plots
2.5 Measures of the Center of the Data
2.6 Skewness and the Mean, Median, and Mode
2.7 Measures of the Spread of the Data
Chapter 2 Review
Chapter 2 Practice
Chapter 2 Homework

Chapter 3: Probability Topics
Introduction to Chapter 3: Probability Topics
3.1 Terminology
3.2 Independent and Mutually Exclusive Events
3.3 Two Basic Rules of Probability
3.4 Contingency Tables
3.5 Tree and Venn Diagrams
Chapter 3 Review
Chapter 3 Practice
Chapter 3 Homework

Chapter 4: Discrete Random Variables
Introduction to Chapter 4: Discrete Random Variables
4.1 Probability Distribution Function (PDF) for a Discrete Random Variable
4.2 Measures of General Discrete Random Variables
4.3 Binomial Distribution
4.4 Geometric Distribution
4.5 Hypergeometric Distribution
4.6 Poisson Distribution
Chapter 4 Review
Chapter 4 Practice
Chapter 4 Homework

Chapter 5: Continuous Random Variables
Introduction to Chapter 5: Continuous Random Variables
5.1 Continuous Probability Functions
5.2 The Uniform Distribution
5.3 The Exponential Distribution
Chapter 5 Review
Chapter 5 Practice
Chapter 5 Homework

Chapter 6: The Normal Distribution and The Central Limit Theorem
Introduction to Chapter 6a: The Normal Distribution
6.1 The Standard Normal Distribution
6.2 Using the Normal Distribution
Introduction to Chapter 6b: The Central Limit Theorem
6.3 The Central Limit Theorem for Sample Means (Averages)
6.4 The Central Limit Theorem for Sums
6.5 The Normal Approximation to the Binomial
Chapter 6 Review
Chapter 6 Practice
Chapter 6 Homework

Chapter 7: Confidence Intervals
Introduction to Chapter 7: Confidence Intervals
7.1 A Single Population Mean Using the Normal Distribution
7.2 A Single Population Mean using the Student t Distribution
7.3 A Population Proportion
Chapter 7 Review
Chapter 7 Practice
Chapter 7 Homework

Chapter 8: Hypothesis Testing with One Sample
Introduction to Chapter 8: Hypothesis Testing with One Sample
8.1 Null and Alternative Hypotheses
8.2 Outcomes and the Type I and Type II Errors
8.3 Distribution Needed for Hypothesis Testing
8.4 Rare Events, the Sample, Decision, and Conclusion
8.5 Additional Information and Full Hypothesis Test Examples
Chapter 8 Review
Chapter 8 Practice
Chapter 8 Homework

Chapter 9: Hypothesis Testing with Two Samples
Introduction to Chapter 9: Hypothesis Testing with Two Samples
9.1 Two Population Means with Unknown Standard Deviations
9.2 Two Population Means with Known Standard Deviations
9.3 Comparing Two Independent Population Proportions
9.4 Matched or Paired Samples
Chapter 9 Review
Chapter 9 Practice
Chapter 9 Homework

Chapter 10: Linear Regression and Correlation
Introduction to Chapter 10: Linear Regression and Correlation
10.1 Linear Equations
10.2 Scatter Plots
10.3 The Regression Equation
10.4 Testing the Significance of the Correlation Coefficient
10.5 Prediction
10.6 Outliers
Chapter 10 Review
Chapter 10 Homework
Chapter 10 Practice

Chapter 11: The Chi-Square Distribution
Introduction to Chapter 11: The Chi-Square Distribution
11.1 Facts About the Chi-Square Distribution
11.2 Goodness-of-Fit Test
11.3 Test of Independence
11.4 Test for Homogeneity
11.5 Comparison of the Chi-Square Tests
11.6 Test of a Single Variance
Chapter 11 Review
Chapter 11 Practice
Chapter 11 Homework

Class Group Activities/Projects

This textbook was created through Connecting the Pipeline: Libraries, OER, and Dual Enrollment from Secondary to Postsecondary, a $1.3 million project funded by LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network and the Institute of Library and Museum Services. This project supports the extension of access to high-quality post-secondary opportunities to high school students across Louisiana and beyond by creating materials that can be adopted for dual enrollment environments. Dual enrollment is the opportunity for a student to be enrolled in high school and college at the same time.

The cohort-developed OER course materials are released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification and sharing with others. This includes a corresponding course available in Moodle and Canvas that can be imported to other platforms.

This is a class designed to get to the heart of fiction by starting with the simplest of myths, moving into short stories, and finally finishing with a novel.

We'll look at the beginning origins of the tale and see how it slowly grew from being something largely contained in plot devices to being something more attuned to character studies before finally showing you how bonkers some fiction can be.

Many elements of our world will be played with and looked at through different view points in an attempt to stir something in the student. As Kafka said, "A book must be an axe for the frozen sea within us."

We'll look at how the short story isn't so much different or a new thing, but is often the one most overlooked. People celebrate poems and Shakespearean plays, and the greatest novels of the time, as they should...but too often we overlook the brilliance of the short story, yet...for many of us, it is the preferred style to enjoy. And in many ways, it is just a poem in prose form, and as Poe said, it was intended to create a trance-like state, "an exaltation of the soul which cannot be long sustained."

Study and application of basic principles of effective extemporaneous speaking, including audience analysis and adaptation, topic selection, research, organization, and presentation skills.
Chapter 1: Why Public Speaking Matters Today
Chapter 2: Building Confidence
Chapter 3: Audience Analysis
Chapter 4: The Importance of Listening
Chapter 5: Ethics
Chapter 6: Researching Your Speech
Chapter 7: Supporting Ideas and Building Arguments
Chapter 8: Organizing and Outlining
Chapter 9: Delivery
Chapter 10: Introductions and Conclusions
Chapter 11: Language
Chapter 12: Presentation Aids
Chapter 13 Informative Speaking
Chapter 14: Persuasive Speaking
Chapter 15: Special Occasion Speaking
Chapter 16: Online Public Speaking

Lab manual corresponding with Biology I course.

Lab 1: Lab Safety, Scientific Method, and Measurements
Lab 2: Introduction to Microscopy
Lab 3: Macromolecules in Common Food
Lab 4: Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
Lab 5: Subcellular Structures
Lab 6: Diffusion and Osmosis
Lab 7: Factors Affecting the Enzymatic Activity of Lactase
Lab 8: Cellular Respiration
Lab 9: Fermentation in Yeast
Lab 10: Plant Pigments
Lab 11: The Light Reaction of Photosynthesis
Lab 12: Mitosis and Meiosis
Lab 13: Mendelian Genetics
Lab 14: Plant Transpiration
Lab 15: Strawberry DNA

I. Course Contents
II. Faculty Resources
III. Module 1: Safety and Viruses
IV. Module 2: Microbiology
V. Module 3: Fungi
VI. Module 4: Seedless Plants
VII. Module 5: Seed Plants
VIII. Module 6: Plant Organization
IX. Module 7: Invertebrate I
X. Module 8: Invertebrate II
XI. Module 9: Deuterostomes
XII. Module 10: Cardiovascular/Respiratory System and Pig Dissection
XIII. Module 11: Homeostasis
XIV. Module 12: Food Choice
XV. Module 13: Succession Lab
XVI. Module 14: Ecosystem Lab
XVII. Module 15: Sample Lab Report

This is an introductory text to Spanish grammar and vocabulary for basic communication in the language.
I. Capítulo uno: Sobre mí
II. Capítulo dos: ¿Cómo somos?
III. Capítulo tres: Nuestra rutina
IV. Capítulo cuatro: Mi familia
V. Capítulo cinco: A comer
VI. Capítulo seis: La salud y los deportes
VII. Capítulo siete: ¿Qué te fascina?
VIII. Capítulo ocho: La niñez y la adolescencia

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: Lifespan Development
Chapter 2: Developmental Theories
Chapter 3: Prenatal Development
Chapter 4: Infancy
Chapter 5: Early Childhood
Chapter 6: Middle and Late Childhood
Chapter 7: Adolescence
Chapter 8: Early Adulthood
Chapter 9: Middle Adulthood
Chapter 10: Late Adulthood
Chapter 11: Death, Dying, and Bereavement

This textbook was created through Connecting the Pipeline: Libraries, OER, and Dual Enrollment from Secondary to Postsecondary, a $1.3 million project funded by LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network and the Institute of Library and Museum Services. This project supports the extension of access to high-quality post-secondary opportunities to high school students across Louisiana and beyond by creating materials that can be adopted for dual enrollment environments. Dual enrollment is the opportunity for a student to be enrolled in high school and college at the same time.

The cohort-developed OER course materials are released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification and sharing with others. This includes a corresponding course available in Moodle and Canvas that can be imported to other platforms.

Preface: The Meat Identification and Fabrication course is an introductory class that offers you the opportunity to learn how nature made the domesticated and wild animals for us to harvest, fabricate, and prepare for table service. Along the way, we will explore their physiology and muscle composition as we learn how to divide them into primal, sub primal and usable cuts. The goal is not to become a professional butcher after this class but rather to gain a working knowledge about the proteins we use in our profession and to learn how to make sub primals ready for guest service and the proper cooking methods for particular cuts.

This text was written by Chef Marshall Welsh CEC® Emeritus for the CULA 219 course at the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute at Nicholls State University.