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New Personal Finance course in iTunes U

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A new dual-credit course on Personal Finance was produced this fall semester for Missouri State on iTunes U.

iTunes U Top CoursesCourse information

This course is presented by Roger Wallenburg, and was produced by the Digital Media Production Center.

This course is a study of personal finance topics from the consumer and societal perspectives, and will provide students with the concepts and critical thinking skills to understand the effects of financial decisions on individuals, families, and society.

The course contains a total of 8 lecture videos.

Popularity

This course was published to iTunes U at the beginning of the fall semester in August, and it has already become one of the top courses.

As of this writing, the course is currently the most popular course of all courses available on iTunes U.

iTunes U courses now available

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The new iTunes U Course Manager is now available  to any instructor who would like to create private courses for their own students. Instructors can sign up for iTunes U Course Manager, create courses, and invite students to enroll. New instructors can create up to 12 courses with up to 50 students per course, and they receive 20GB of space for their course content.

Affiliation with Missouri State on iTunes U

Instructors can also affiliate their courses with Missouri State on iTunes U and submit them for publication. Affiliation makes a course available to the general public, and provides instructors with unlimited courses, enrollment, and storage.

Introduction to Poetry course

Please see the following courses for examples of courses affiliated with Missouri State on iTunes U:

Additional resources

New iTunes U courses available

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With the fall semester quickly approaching, we’ve been busy uploading two new complete courses to Missouri State on iTunes U:

College Algebra

MTH 135 – College Algebra

Presented by Patti Blanton, produced by the Digital Media Production Center

This course includes the study of linear and quadratic equations; inequalities and their applications; polynomial, rational, exponential and logarithmic functions; and systems of equations.

The course will contain a total of 31 lectures along with an introduction and various review lectures.

American Democracy and Citizenship

PLS 101 – American Democracy and Citizenship

Presented by Dr. Patrick Scott, produced by the Digital Media Production Center

This course is actually not new, but rather an updated version of this course for 2010. It provides introductions to the institutions and constitutional frameworks of both the state of Missouri and the United States.

An introduction and ten lectures have been uploaded at present, with more to follow in the coming days.