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Pacific Writing: College Writing for Pacific's Core 2 Seminar
Eric Sonstroem
Core 2 is Pacific's new reading, critical thinking, and writing-instruction seminar for first- or second-year students. All sections will include some common elements, like reading long-form narrative prose and writing instruction, and all sections will feature expository, thesis-driven writing in response to the course readings. Sections are taught by a variety of faculty from across the university.
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Mechanical Behavior of Materials
Joshua P. Steimel
This text serves to cover in more detail solid mechanics concepts and specifically the material response to stress and strain. This text spans solid mechanics concepts from stress and strain at an atomistic length scale, to linear elasticity, anisotropy, linear viscoelasticity, plasticity, dislocation generation and interactions, and fracture.
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Introduction to Mechatronics
Chi-Wook Lee
This text serves to introduce Mechatronics with Propeller Board of Education (BOE) and Propeller Activity Board as microcontrollers. These boards will be used to design and test systems with sensors, actuators, and C programming.
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Comparative Religion Reader RELI 30
Alan Lenzi
Open Educational Resource (OER) of primary source materials and study questions for the RELI30: Comparative Religion course taught at the University of the Pacific.
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Beginning Drawing
Michael Leonard
Drawing is a versatile means of visual communication. It seems fundamental to our existence as humans. We see that drawing had a special place in the tribal ceremonies taking place in prehistoric caves, and on cliffs and mountains beginning around 30,000 years ago and continuing with the few surviving Neolithic societies found in remote global locations. Additionally, drawing contributes to communicating ideas of power, conflict, the afterlife, and societal customs in the ancient world through Egyptian hieroglyphics, Sumerian images on registers, and the earliest writings in cuneiform. The evolution of writing in the west began with pictographs which evolved into letters, words, sentences, paragraphs, and longer documents such as the Epic of Gilgamesh, The Code of Hammurabi and other ancient written stories, accounting legers and other historical documents. Drawing has a link to academics through science and mathematics.
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Philosophy 21: Moral Problems - OER Course Syllabus
Lou Matz
Course Syllabus for an OER / Open Access version of PHIL 21: Moral Problems at University of the Pacific during Summer 2020.
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Instrumentation and Experimentation
Josh Steimel
This text serves to provide an overview of Statistical Analysis of Error, Fourier Analysis, and Mechanics of Materials as well as Design of Experiments.
Created for the ENGR110 course at University of the Pacific.
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Materials Science and Engineering
Joshua P. Steimel
This text serves to provide a brief overview of some of the myriad of topics available for study in the field of Materials Science. This is by no means a comprehensive compilation of Materials Science and Engineering topics but is instead meant as an introduction to the topic for entry-level undergraduates who want to pursue a career studying materials.
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Comparative Oral+ENT Biology
Marcos Gridi-Papp
Comparative Oral+ENT Biology is designed for a semester-long course taken by undergraduate students who are preparing for careers in dentistry, medicine, veterinary, audiology, speech pathology or evolutionary biology. It explores the mouth, ears, nose and throat of humans and animals discussing their evolution, development, function, and some common clinical issues. The text provides a broad background through an integrative and organismal perspective. It crosses the boundaries of disciplines, anatomical regions and professions to present structures and mechanisms within an evolutionary context. This textbook is richly illustrated with images made available at Wikimedia Commons. It contains materials from and links to several sources of Open Education Resources.
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HIST21: US History, Part 2
Jennifer Helgren
Open Educational Resource (OER) of primary source materials and study questions for the HIST21: US History, Part 2 course taught at the University of the Pacific.
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ECPE 121 - Simulink Labs
Cherian Mathews
Four laboratory exercises with detailed instructions were developed during Summer 2018 and used in ECPE 121 during the Fall 2018 semester to enhance student learning of the software tool, Simulink. In addition, a video introduction to Simulink was also created and can be viewed by clicking here.
Use of the simulation tool Simulink helps students explore a complex subject via computer simulation. Simulation complements the theory and can help students gain a deeper understanding of the concepts. The Simulink tutorial and lab resources were available for students to refer to at any time. Working through the lab exercises helped students improve their Simulink skills and explore Signal Processing concepts via simulation. Student exposure to Simulink is very useful since Simulink is widely used in the industry for rapid prototyping.
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HIST20: US History, Part 1
Jennifer Helgren
Open Educational Resource (OER) of primary source materials and study questions for the HIST20: US History, Part 1 course taught at the University of the Pacific.
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Essential Microbiology
Geoffrey Lin-Cereghino
Customized version of Openstax Microbiology textbook.
Essential Microbiology is designed to cover the scope and sequence requirements for the single-semester Microbiology course for non-majors. The book presents the core concepts of microbiology with a focus on applications for careers in allied health. The pedagogical features of Essential Microbiology make the material interesting and accessible to students while maintaining the career-application focus and scientific rigor inherent in the subject matter.
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Risser Microbiology F2017
Douglas D. Risser
From boiling thermal hot springs to deep beneath the Antarctic ice, microorganisms can be found almost everywhere on earth in great quantities. Microorganisms (or microbes, as they are also called) are small organisms. Most are so small that they cannot be seen without a microscope.
Most microorganisms are harmless to humans and, in fact, many are helpful. They play fundamental roles in ecosystems everywhere on earth, forming the backbone of many food webs. People use them to make biofuels, medicines, and even foods. Without microbes, there would be no bread, cheese, or beer. Our bodies are filled with microbes, and our skin alone is home to trillions of them.1 Some of them we can’t live without; others cause diseases that can make us sick or even kill us.
Although much more is known today about microbial life than ever before, the vast majority of this invisible world remains unexplored. Microbiologists continue to identify new ways that microbes benefit and threaten humans.
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Human Anatomy
Marcos Gridi-Papp
Welcome to Human Anatomy, a resource designed for a semester-long course aimed at preparing undergraduate students for health-related programs. This book is derived from Human Anatomy and Physiology by OpenStax College. The source materials were created with several goals in mind: accessibility, customization, and student engagement—helping students reach high levels of academic scholarship. Instructors and students alike will find that this textbook offers a thorough introduction to the content in an accessible format.
