Current Classes
HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL
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Strategies for Research Papers
(Feb 1 - Apr 1, 2022)
Cost: $200 / student
Next time offered: September 15 - November 15, 2022
How to enroll: Email info@ravenburn.org to start the process.
Concepts covered:
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Informational vs. contributive research
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How to read daily for creative topics
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Conventions in MLA and APA formatting
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Quotation mechanics
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Argumentative techniques (15)
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How to write a review of literature
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How to write a schematic
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Opening and closing techniques
Other things you should know:
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This is a discussion-based class with some writing, but there will be no major research paper due at the end. Instead, we will focus on the approaches and core pieces of a academic research paper, using case studies to exemplify our observations.
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This class will meet twice a week via Zoom. Students must attend at least one meeting a week.
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There is no required textbook for the class.
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There will be recorded lectures that students must watch.
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This is a high-school class but will focus on what a student can expect in college writing classes.
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If students want to get started on the reading early, a list of readings can by provided to those who ask. The earliest this will be available is January 15.
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While most material will not have objectionable elements, some profanity and sexual referencing is to be expected when dealing with secular sources.
Introduction to Sentence Mechanics
(Feb 1 - Apr 1, 2022)
Cost: $100 / student (not including textbook)
Next time offered: September 15 - November 15, 2022
How to enroll: Email info@ravenburn.org to start the process.
Concepts covered:
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Sentence elements
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Clauses
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Sentence patterns
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Adjective and adverbial elements
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Combination strategies
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Sentence style
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Traditional major errors
Other things you should know:
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While the composition of the sentence is the focus of the class, the grammar itself has a few core non-traditional aspects that are not covered in the run-of-the-mill grammar books.
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This class will meet once a week via Zoom. Students must attend at least 5 of the 8 meetings.
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There will be recorded lectures that students must watch.
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There is a textbook students must buy (info provided to enrolled students). This book costs $25.
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A lot of the work of the class will be reading and working through the textbook and watching recorded videos explaining concepts in the book.
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There will be 4 tests.
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COLLEGE LEVEL
Readings in Buddhism (3 credits)
(Feb 1 - Apr 1, 2022)
Cost: $150 / student
How to enroll: Email info@ravenburn.org to start the process.
Course Material:
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Eat the Buddha (book, by B. Demick)
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The Dalai Lama: An Extraordinary Life (book, by A. Norman)
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Introducing Buddha (book, by B. Van Loon et al.)
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Beyond Religion (book, by the Dalai Lama)
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Why Buddhism Is True (audiobook, by R. Wright)
Other things you should know:
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This is a self-directed reading-based class with some writing.
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This is a 3-credit class. These credits will transfer as general-learning credits to any faculty-school college in the system accredited by the Open Latch Education Foundation. They will mostly likely not transfer to state or private colleges or universities outside the system.
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This class will meet once a week via Zoom. Students must attend at least 5 of the 8 meeting.
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Students will be expected to buy the books and, if necessary, access to films and videos on the internet.
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There will be recorded lectures that students must watch.
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If students want to get started on the reading early, a list of readings can by provided to those who ask. The earliest this will be available is January 15.
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While most material will not have objectionable elements, some profanity and sexual referencing is to be expected when dealing with secular sources.
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Readings in American Medicine, Set A (4 credits)
(no timeline)
Cost: $220
How to enroll: Email info@ravenburn.org to start the process.
The booklist (with film):
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America's Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix our Broken Healthcare System (by Steven Brill)
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Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery (by Henry Marsh)
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No Apparent Distress: A Doctor's Coming-of-Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine (by Rachael Pearson)
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Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer (by Barbara Ehrenreich)
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County: Life, Death, and Politics at Chicago's Public Hospital (by David A. Ansell)
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Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom (by Katherine Eban)
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Big Pharma: How the World's Biggest Drug Companies Control Illness (by Jacky Law)
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The Truth about the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do about It (by Marcia Angell)
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John Q (movie, Denzel Washington, 2002)
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Sicko (documentary, Michael Moore, 2007)
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Money Driven Medicine (documentary, 2009)
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The Waiting Room (documentary, 2012)
Other things you should know:
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This is a self-directed reading-based module with discussion but no writing.
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This is a 4-credit unit. These credits will transfer as general-learning credits to any faculty-school college in the system accredited by the Open Latch Education Foundation. They will mostly likely not transfer to state or private colleges or universities outside the system.
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These credits can work toward a Goldentree Award in Reading, from Ravenburn College and archived at the Open Latch Education Foundation. 50 credits are needed for this award.
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This material is suitable for an adult/mature audience.
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Audiobooks are permissible when available.
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Readers must have three live hour-length phone or video-stream discussions over the material with a Ravenburn faculty or mentor.
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Maximum timeline: one year from date of enrollment.