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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.

In select courses designated below, students may earn micro-credentials. These secure, verified badges highlight specific skills and achievements, making it easy to showcase your accomplishments to potential employers.

FreeCampus is a good fit for:

High School Students Preparing for Dual Enrollment
High School Students Preparing for Placement Exams
Returning Students who Need a Refresher
Lifelong Learners Seeking Personal and Professional Enrichment

College Foundations for English Composition

Digital Badge of Expertise I
Instructor: Lydia Postell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English, Dalton State College
- Start Date: January 3, 2025
- End Date: April 30, 2025
Registration is open for Spring 2025.
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Course Description
This course 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. It also covers reading comprehension. 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: 16 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

Course Structure:

Module 1: Sentence Sense

Module 2: Essay Emphasis

Module 3: Reading Readiness

Module 4: Rules for Research
College Math Foundations

Instructor: Karen Rollins, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor, University of West Georgia
- Start Date: January 3, 2025
- End Date: April 30, 2025
Registration is open for Spring 2025.
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Course Description
This course is designed to help students succeed in college-level math classes. It helps students diagnose their weaknesses and strengths in math and enhance foundational knowledge for college-level math classes. It also teaches students skills to apply math to real-world 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: 16 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

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
Essential Study Skills for College Success

Instructor: Jami Hall, Ed.D.
Assistant VP for Student Affairs & Dean of Students, Dalton State College
- Start Date: January 3, 2025
- End Date: April 30, 2025
Registration is open for Spring 2025.
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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: 16 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

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
Introduction to Engineering

Instructor: Marwan Zabdawi, Ph.D
Professor of Mathmatics, Gordon State College
- Start Date: January 3, 2025
- End Date: April 30, 2025
Registration is open for Spring 2025.
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Course Description
This course is designed to introduce the field of engineering, foster career exploration in various engineering fields, and enhance analytical skills to assess engineering concepts. The course material also highlights the trending engineering industries in the state of Georgia. Students will be empowered to make informed engineering career decisions and apply engineering principles to real-world challenges, regardless of their prior engineering knowledge.

Course Details

Duration: 16 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

Course Structure:

Module 1: Fields of Specialty

Module 2: Energy of the future

Module 3: Advanced Manufacturing

Module 4: Healthcare Technologies and Medical Devices

Module 5: Space Exploration

Module 6: Projects
Health and Wellness

Instructor: Bridgette Stewart, M. Ed.
Chief Wellness Officer, University of West Georgia
- Start Date: January 3, 2025
- End Date: April 30, 2025
Registration is open for Spring 2025.
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Course Description
This certificate course focuses on the basics of health and wellness. Students will enhance their knowledge and skills in holistic health and wellness so they can live healthier and longer lives. Needs assessments in health will be completed weekly by students so they can become aware of their present status and reflect on possible future changes. Wellness interventions and strategies for making positive individual behavior changes will be addressed to promote overall wellness growth.

Course Details

Duration: 16 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

Course Structure:

Module 1: Foundations of Health and Wellness

Module 2: Physical Wellness

Module 3: Emotional Wellness

Module 4: Intellectual Wellness

Module 5: Occupational and Financial Wellness

Module 6: Spiritual Wellness

Module 7: Social Wellness

Module 8: Forming Preventive Habits and Your Wellness Plan
Data Science Basics

Digital Badge of Practice II
Instructor: Wesley Steverson, MSIT
Data Science Instructor, University of West Georgia
- Start Date: January 3, 2025
- End Date: April 30, 2025
Registration is open for Spring 2025.
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Course Description
This course presents a basic introduction to data science and analytics. Discover what data science is, what data scientists do, and why data science is important in the modern world. Learn about techniques used by data scientists to collect, summarize, visualize and draw conclusions from data. Topics for exploration include data types, data sources, data cleaning, Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA), data visualization, machine learning concepts, Big Data concepts, and ethical/legal issues surrounding the use of data. Programming experience or mathematical expertise is not required for this course.

Course Details

Duration: 16 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

Course Structure:

Module 1: What is Data Science?

Module 2: Data Basics and Technology

Module 3: Data Sources and Cleaning

Module 4: Exploratory Data Analysis/Basic Statistics

Module 5: Data Visualization

Module 6: Machine Learning

Module 7: Big Data

Module 8: Ethical, Privacy, and Legal Considerations
Library Instruction: Information Literacy

Digital Badge of Expertise I
Instructor: Marla Means, MLIS
Lead Embedded Librarian & STEM Tutor, USG eCampus
- Start Date: January 3, 2025
- End Date: April 30, 2025
Registration is open for Spring 2025.
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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.

Course Details

Duration: 16 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

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
Macroeconomics

Instructor: Katie Shoemake, MBA, PMP
Associate Director of Engagement & Analytics, USG eCampus
- Start Date: January 3, 2025
- End Date: April 30, 2025
Registration is open for Spring 2025.
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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: 16 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

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

Instructor: Tanya Thomas, J.D.
Lecturer, University of West Georgia
- Start Date: January 3, 2025
- End Date: April 30, 2025
Registration is open for Spring 2025.
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Course Description
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: 16 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

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
Elementary Spanish I Refresher

Instructor: Darren Broome, Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish, Gordon State College
- Start Date: January 3, 2025
- End Date: April 30, 2025
Registration is open for Spring 2025.
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Course Description
This course provides students with an introduction to the fundamentals of Spanish grammar, with emphasis on the development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. This course is ideal not only for students who took Spanish a long time ago but also for students who are beginners to the Spanish language.

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: 16 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

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

Instructor: Agnieszka Chwialkowska, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, University of West Georgia
- Start Date: January 3, 2025
- End Date: April 30, 2025
Registration is open for Spring 2025.
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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.

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: 16 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

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

Instructor: Scott Plato, M.M.Ed.
Director of Guitar Studies, Gordon State College
- Start Date: January 3, 2025
- End Date: April 30, 2025
Registration is open for Spring 2025.
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Course Description
This course is designed for complete beginners, those who have never before played guitar. In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of guitar. Topics covered include chords, scales, and reading music. In addition, you will learn musical terminology and basic music theory.

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

Course Details

Duration: 16 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

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)

Digital Badge of Practice II
Instructor: Jonathan M. Godbey, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate Professor, Georgia State University
- Start Date: January 3, 2025
- End Date: April 30, 2025
Registration is open for Spring 2025.
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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.

Course Details

Duration: 16 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

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

Instructor: Lucie Viakinnou-Brinson, Ph.D.
Professor of French and Francophone Literatures, French Program Coordinator, Kennesaw State University
- Start Date: January 3, 2025
- End Date: April 30, 2025
Registration is open for Spring 2025.
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Course Description
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. This course will provide an engaging and carefully curated set of experiences on reading, writing, listening.

Course Details

Duration: 16 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

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
Anatomy & Physiology Prep

Digital Badge of Practice II
Instructor: Kimberly Hunt, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, South Georgia State College
- Start Date: January 3, 2025
- End Date: April 30, 2025
Registration is open for Spring 2025.
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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: 16 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

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
Fundamentals of Pathophysiology

Digital Badge of Practice II
Instructor: Jennie Bergen, EdD, RNC-OB, CNE
Assistant Professor, Clayton State University
- Start Date: January 3, 2025
- End Date: April 30, 2025
Registration is open for Spring 2025.
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Course Description
You will compare and contrast the characteristics of health and the characteristics of disease as related to the human body; Identify and define basic terminology related to the study of pathophysiology; Understand the basic normal human anatomy and physiology; Describe the pathophysiologic changes that occur in common diseases.

This course is oriented toward students in healthcare related majors who will take the college-credit Pathophysiology course in a future semester and would like to have a preview or build some foundations before that. However, students from all other majors will benefit from the knowledge provided by the course.

Students can earn a Certificate of Completion for achieving at least 75% in the course.

Course Details

Duration: 16 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

Course Structure

Week 1: Introduction to Pathophysiology

Week 2: Terminology

Week 3: Cardiac System

Week 4: Respiratory System

Week 5: Renal System

Week 6: Endocrine System

Week 7: Gastrointestinal System
Medical Terminology

Digital Badge of Practice II
Instructor: Kasey Strickland MSN, RN
Associate Professor, South Georgia State College
- Start Date: January 3, 2025
- End Date: April 30, 2025
Registration is open for Spring 2025.
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Course Description
You will learn to explain derivation of medical terms; Recognize medical word roots, prefixes, and suffixes; Identify prefixes of position, color, numbers and measurement, negation, and direction; Formulate medical terms combining roots, prefixes, and suffixes; Interpret basic medical abbreviations and symbols; Utilize diagnostic, surgical, procedural terms, and abbreviations.

This course is oriented toward students in healthcare related majors who will take the college-credit Medical Terminology course in a future semester and would like to have a preview or build some foundations before that. However, students from all other majors will benefit from the knowledge provided by the course.

Students can earn a Certificate of Completion for achieving at least 75% in the course.

Course Details

Duration: 16 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

Course Structure

Module 1

Lesson 1: Introduction to Medical Terminology

Lesson 2: Sensory Systems

Lesson 3: Integumentary System

Lesson 4: Skeletal System

Lesson 5: Muscular System

Module 2

Lesson 1: Nervous System

Lesson 2: Cardiovascular System

Lesson 3: Blood Vessels and Blood

Lesson 4: Lymphatic and Immune Systems

Module 3

Lesson 1: Respiratory System

Lesson 2: Digestive System

Lesson 3: Endocrine System

Lesson 4: Urinary System

Module 4

Lesson 1: Male Reproductive System

Lesson 2: Female Reproductive System

Lesson 3: Obstetrics
Medical Mathematics

Digital Badge of Practice II
Instructor: Angela Hollis, MSN, RN
Clinical Assistant Professor, Clayton State University
- Start Date: January 3, 2025
- End Date: April 30, 2025
Registration is open for Spring 2025.
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Course Description
Students will learn to calculate medications appropriately and demonstrate solving medication problems using dimensional analysis. It improves students' ability to deliver safe medication by showing competency in medication calculation using algebra to solve word problems.

This course is oriented toward students in healthcare related majors who will take the college-credit Medical Mathematics course in a future semester and would like to have a preview or build some foundations before that. However, students from all other majors will benefit from the knowledge provided by the course.

Students can earn a Certificate of Completion for achieving at least 75% in the course.

Course Details

Duration: 16 weeks

Instruction Method: Self-paced

Course Structure

Module 1: Medication Calculations and Introduction to Basic Math

Module 2: Medication Safety and Administration

Module 3: Medication Dosage and Administration using Dimensional Analysis

Module 4: Medication Dosage using Body Weight and Body Surface Area

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