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This is an introductory human sexuality textbook.

In a time of much mixed mass communication online, it is important to know how to decipher truth from persuasion. This book is a manual to guide the process of discovery and elimination of information when seeking to find the truth.

In this survey text, readers will explore the foundations of American education through a critical lens. Topics include the teaching profession, influences on student learning, philosophical and historical foundations, structures of schools, ethical and legal issues, curriculum, classroom environment, and the path forward.

This textbook will help students not only connect writing to their majors but will also teach students that writing is not an activity done in a vacuum by academics, but a task that every single person engages in daily. This textbook will not only dispel long held myths about writing and demystify what writing in college looks like, but will help students learn about rhetorical situations, document creation in many different genres and the research process. This collaboratively written document is intended to strengthen students writing skills, help students become better consumers and creators of information as well as build student confidence in writing.

Built overlooking Corpus Christi Bay, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi has a history as unique as its location as the nation’s only university located on its own island. The university’s picturesque island setting was once inhabited by the native Karankawa people and later used as a top-secret military radar training station.

 

The history described in The Island University gives an account of the growth of the institution beginning with its founding as the University of Corpus Christi in 1947. This small, Baptist-supported private college endured near-constant struggles until Hurricane Celia sealed its fate and led to state sponsorship. Since this transformation, the university has grown its campus, student enrollment, and prominence. Through five names and over the course of its 75-year history, the “Island University” has become the premier institution of higher education in the Coastal Bend Region of South Texas. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi serves a diverse student body consisting of first year students to PhD graduates. With increasing momentum since becoming Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, the Island University and its over 55,000 proud Islander Alumni are poised to do great things in the next 75 years.

 

The book is written by Andrew F. Johnson, Associate Dean and Associate Professor in the College of Business at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi.

The 260 page book features a foreword by Dr. Robert R. Furgason, President Emeritus of TAMU-CC.

The Island University is dedicated to all Islanders – past, present and future.

Steps to Music Theory is a music theory textbook that explains concepts step by step. Chapters are divided into 8-12 sections so that students can instantly jump to any specific section. Nearly every section ends with one (to as many as six) Practice Sections, where students can go through problems to see if they understand the concepts.

There are several advantages to an online platform for a music theory textbook. First, students can listen to musical examples while they read. Steps to Music Theory contains hundreds of musical examples, including many by women composers. Second, every Practice Section includes a video lecture, where the author goes through the steps to finding the answer.