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FreeCampus courses are just what they sound like — free online classes!

FreeCampus courses are supported by USG eCampus and are delivered in an open online course format. They are tuition-free, and there is no hidden cost. FreeCampus classes are non-credit courses. They are developed to: a) boost students' skills for college-level courses, particularly the courses that are barriers to degree completion; b) provide students with opportunities to explore interesting subjects without having to pay for them. Students can earn a Certificate of Completion for achieving at least 75% on the Post-Test quiz.

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The following eCampus FreeCampus courses are offered every Spring and Fall.

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Library Instruction: Information Literacy
- Start Date: September 5, 2023
- End Date: November 26, 2023
Registration is open now through October 31, 2023.
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Course Description
This course focuses on the skills required for the effective use of eCampus online resources to research, cite, and avoid plagiarism. It is designed to prepare students to be successful in all eCampus courses with assignments that require research and citations.

This course consists of videos, interactive discussions with peers and instructors, readings, and quizzes. Students can earn a Certificate of Completion for achieving at least 75% on the final assignment and the final test.

Course Details

Duration: 7 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

Instructor: Marla Means, MLIS
Lead Embedded Librarian & STEM Tutor, USG eCampus

Course Structure:

Module 1: Introduction to the eCampus Library

Module 2: Evaluating Resources

Module 3: GALILEO Searching & Advanced Searching

Module 4: Subject Specific Databases & Topic Refinement

Module 5: Citing Sources, Ethical Use of Information, & Citation Tools

Module 6: How to Read & Analyze a Scholarly Article

Module 7: Final Assignment, The Annotated Bibliography
College Foundations for English Composition
- Start Date: September 5, 2023
- End Date: November 26, 2023
Registration is open now through October 31, 2023.
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Course Description
College Foundations for English Composition is an English preparatory course focusing on the skills required for effective writing in a variety of contexts, with emphasis on exposition, analysis, and argumentation, and also including introductory use of a variety of research skills. This course was designed to prepare students to be successful in College Composition I courses.

This course consists of videos, interactive discussions with peers and instructors, readings, and quizzes. Students can earn a badge for achieving at least 75% on the final test.

Course Details

Duration: 8 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

Instructor: Lydia Postell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English, Dalton State College

Course Structure:

Module 1: Sentence Sense

Module 2: Essay Emphasis

Module 3: Reading Readiness

Module 4: Rules for Research
Macroeconomics
- Start Date: September 5, 2023
- End Date: November 26, 2023
Registration is open now through October 31, 2023.
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Course Description
Economics studies how we allocate resources, which are limited, to satisfy wants and needs, which are unlimited. In fact, the existence of limited resources and unlimited way of using those resources is called the economic problem.

This Macroeconomics course includes interactive audio-visual content, discussions, and quizzes. It covers Macroeconomics content which is typically covered in an undergraduate semester course of Macroeconomics.

Students can earn a Certificate of Completion for achieving at least 75% on the Post-Test quiz.

Course Details

Duration: 8 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

Instructor: Carrie Wilder, MBA
Director of Director, Financial Aid, Albany State University

Course Structure:

Module 1: Basic Economic Concepts

Module 2: Supply and Demand

Module 3: Measurement of Economic Performance

Module 4: National Income and Price Determination

Module 5: Financial Sector

Module 6: Fiscal and Monetary Policy

Module 7: Economic Growth and Productivity

Module 8: Open Economy: International Trade and Finance
Introductory Business Law
- Start Date: September 5, 2023
- End Date: November 26, 2023
Registration is open now through October 31, 2023.
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Course Description
This course covers content that is usually taught in an introductory one-semester college course on business law. This course not only gives learners an understanding of the functions of contracts in American business law but also touches the history and sources of American law, legal systems and procedures, agency and employment, sales, and other topics. The knowledge from this course is practically important if you will run your own business or deal with legal system in the course of your career.

This course consists of videos, interactive materials, readings, and quizzes. Students can earn a Certificate of Completion for achieving at least 75% on the Post-Test quiz.

Course Details

Duration: 8 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

Instructor: Tanya Thomas, J.D.
Lecturer, University of West Georgia

Course Structure:

Module 1: History and Source of American Law/Constitutional Law

Module 2: American Legal Systems and Procedures

Module 3: Contract I

Module 4: Contract II

Module 5: Legal Environment I

Module 6: Legal Environment II

Module 7: Torts

Module 8: Agency, Partnerships, Corporations, and Sales
College Math Foundations
- Start Date: September 5, 2023
- End Date: November 26, 2023
Registration is open now through October 31, 2023.
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Course Description
This course is designed for students who are seeking a review of foundational material that is essential to success in college-level math, especially for those who may be anxious about their math skills or who have struggled with math in the past. The coursework helps students identify their strengths and challenges and enhances essential knowledge and skills for both college math and for solving everyday problems.

This course consists of videos, interactive materials, readings, and quizzes. Students can earn a Certificate of Completion for achieving at least 75% on the Post-Test quiz.

Course Details

Duration: 6 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

Instructor: Karen Rollins, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor, University of West Georgia

Course Structure:

Module 1: Use of the TI-84 Calculator

Module 2: Fractions

Module 3: Algebraic Manipulations

Module 4: Solving Linear Equations

Module 5: Factoring

Module 6: Probability
Elementary Spanish I Refresher Course
- Start Date: September 5, 2023
- End Date: November 26, 2023
Registration is open now through October 31, 2023.
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Course Description
Elementary Spanish I Refresher Course is an introduction to Spanish. Students in this course will learn Spanish phonemes and basic vocabulary including numbers, colors, and greetings. Students will be expected to master proper Spanish sentence constructions, articles and adjectives, subject-verb agreement, and regular and irregular verb conjugations, etc..

The subject experts who developed this course are aware that listening and speaking are the most difficult skills for a foreign language learner. In order to overcome this challenge and to fully develop students' language skills in the four key areas, they designed this unique course featured with daily lessons to keep students practicing the language every day, short dialogues with break-down audios for students to master the conversations, and small knowledge chunks accompanied with sufficient exercises for reinforcement

Course Details

Duration: 8 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

Instructor: Darren Broome, Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish, Gordon State College

Syllabus

Getting to Know People

Talking with Others, Asking Questions, and Telling Time

Let's Get to Know Each Other

Food, Ownership, and Preferences

Going Places, Leisure Activities, Requests, and Preferences

Talking about pastimes, weekend activities, and sports

What People are Doing Right Now and Describing Temporary/Permanent Conditions

Going on Vacation, Knowing Persons, Places, and Things, and Using Direct Objects
Introduction to Marketing
- Start Date: September 5, 2023
- End Date: November 26, 2023
Registration is open now through October 31, 2023.
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Course Description
This course is concerned with the role of marketing in society and within a firm, understanding consumer and organizational markets, marketing strategy planning, the marketing mix, and social media marketing, etc.. It will equip you with helpful tools and strategies to analyze the status of your product on the market and make marketing decisions. It has cases and assignments throughout the course to help you practice what you learned in this course.

This course consists of videos, interactive discussions with peers and instructors, readings, and quizzes. Students can earn a Certificate of Completion for achieving at least 75% on the final assignment and the final test.

Course Details

Duration: 6 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

Instructor: Agnieszka Chwialkowska, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, University of West Georgia

Course Structure

Module 1: Overview of Marketing

Module 2: The 4Ps- Product, Price, Place, Promotion

Module 3: Consumer Behavior

Module 4: Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning

Module 5: Integrated Marketing Communications

Module 6: Social Media Marketing
Guitar for Beginners
- Start Date: September 5, 2023
- End Date: November 26, 2023
Registration is open now through October 31, 2023.
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Course Description
This course was designed for complete beginners who are interested in playing guitar. The creators of this course started from the assumption that the students taking this course have never before picked up a guitar. Additionally, the course is designed for students who have never read, or cannot yet read, sheet music. This course will instruct students in theories - how to read music through traditional staff notation and guitar tab and practice - how to translate theory into action on the instrument. This course consists of interactive materials and demonstration videos.

Students can earn a Certificate of Completion for achieving at least 75% on the final assignment.

Course Details

Duration: 8 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

Instructor: Scott Plato, M.M.Ed.
Director of Guitar Studies, Gordon State College

Course Structure

Lesson 1: First String Notation & E, Em, E7 Chords

Lesson 2: 2nd String & G, C, D Chords

Lesson 3: 3rd String, E, Em, E7 Chords, & Pentatonic Scale

Lesson 4: 4th String, A, A7, B7 Chords, & Blues Scale

Lesson 5: 5th String, C7 and G7 Chords, & Major Scale

Lesson 6: 6th String, F, Fm, F7, Gm Chords. & Scales Review

Lesson 7: Natural Minor Scale & B, Bm, Cm Chords

Lesson 8: The Final Review
Introduction to Financial Technology (FinTech)
- Start Date: September 5, 2023
- End Date: November 26, 2023
Registration is open now through October 31, 2023.
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Course Description
The financial services industries are changing rapidly with the emergence of financial technology (FinTech). The objective of the course is to provide students with an overview of FinTech and introductions to its applications in financial services, such as commercial and investment banking, digital investing, and secure payments. Students are expected to develop a broad understanding of the recent FinTech development, its impact on different parts of the financial world, and the career opportunities in the FinTech area.

Course Details

Duration: 8 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

Instructor: Jonathan M. Godbey, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor, Georgia State University

Course Structure

Module 1: Introduction to FinTech

Module 2: Money

Module 3: Banking

Module 4: Payment Systems and Payment Processing

Module 5: Cybersecurity

Module 6: The Future of FinTech
Elementary French I Refresher Course
- Start Date: September 5, 2023
- End Date: November 26, 2023
Registration is open now through October 31, 2023.
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Course Description
In this course, students will experience a rich connection to French language and culture with a special emphasis on Francophone perspectives and insights. Students will explore the fullness of French as it is spoken throughout the world (also known as la Francophonie) and become connected to popular and more well-known aspects of French as it’s spoken in France and Canada. This course will provide an engaging and carefully curated set of experiences that focus on reading, writing, listening.

Course Details

Duration: 8 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

Instructor: Lucie Viakinnou-Brinson
Professor, Kennesaw State University

Course Structure

Module 1: Introduction to Francophonie

Module 2: The French Alphabet, Accents, & Spelling

Module 3: Numbers, Counting, and Telling Time

Module 4: Beginning Verb Conjugation

Module 5: Friends and Family Possessive Adjectives

Module 6: Food

Module 7: Travel
Essential Study Skills for College Success
- Start Date: September 5, 2023
- End Date: November 26, 2023
Registration is open now through October 31, 2023.
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Course Description
This course introduces students to academic, life and development skills necessary for their success. Students taking this course will develop an awareness of themselves as learners, learn effective study behaviors, strategies, and habits, and establish a realistic plan for college success. It will also introduce students to university academic standards, codes, policies, and procedures.

Course Details

Duration: 8 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

Instructor: Jami Hall, Ed.D.
Assistant VP for Student Affairs & Dean of Students, Dalton State College

Course Structure

Module 1: Mindset/Motivation

Module 2: Utilizing Time Wisely

Module 3: Learning How to Learn

Module 4: Test-Taking/Test-Anxiety

Module 5: Academic Integrity

Module 6: Matching Major to Career

Module 7: Leveraging Resources
Anatomy & Physiology Prep
- Start Date: September 5, 2023
- End Date: November 26, 2023
Registration is open now through October 31, 2023.
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Course Description
The course introduces the structure and function of the human body. You will read about the cells, tissues and membranes that make up our bodies and how our major systems function to help us develop and stay healthy. If you plan to take the Anatomy & Physiology college-credit course for life science and allied health majors in this future, this course is ideal for you to give yourself a head-start and provide you with foundational knowledge to get ready for your class.

Course Details

Duration: 8 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

Instructor: Kimberly Hunt, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, South Georgia State College

Course Structure

Module 1: Studying techniques, levels of biological organization, homeostasis and feedback systems

Module 2: A & P terminology

Module 3: Anatomical position and regional terms, body cavities, and membranes

Module 4: Basic chemistry

Module 5: Macromolecules

Module 6: Proteins, cell membrane and the transport process

Module 7: Structure and function relationship

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