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  Introduction to Business

  Introduction to Business covers the scope and sequence of most introductory business courses. The book provides detailed explanations in the context of core themes such as customer satisfaction/ ethics/ entrepreneurship/ global business/ and managing change. Introduction to Business includes hundreds of current business examples from a range of industries and geographic locations/ which feature a variety of individuals. The outcome is a balanced approach to the theory and application of business concepts/ with attention to the knowledge and skills necessary for student success in this course and beyond.

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  Introduction to Climate Science - 1st Edition

  This book describes how Earth's climate is changing/ how it has been changing in the recent geological past and how it may change in the future. It covers the physical sciences that build the foundations of our current understanding of global climate change such as radiation/ Earth's energy balance/ the greenhouse effect and the carbon cycle. Both natural and human causes for climate change are discussed. Impacts of climate change on natural and human systems are summarized. Ethical and economical aspects of human-caused climate change and solutions are presented.

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  Introduction to Community Psychology

  This textbook will show you how to comprehensively analyze/ investigate/ and address escalating problems of economic inequality/ violence/ substance abuse/ homelessness/ poverty/ and racism. It will provide you with perspectives and tools to partner with community members and organizations to promote a fair and equitable allocation of resources and opportunities.

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  Introduction to Computer Graphics

  Introduction to Computer Graphics is a free/ on-line textbook covering the fundamentals of computer graphics and computer graphics programming. This book is meant for use as a textbook in a one-semester course that would typically be taken by undergraduate computer science majors in their third or fourth year of college.

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  Introduction to Contracts/ Sales and Product Liability

  This textbook provides context and essential concepts across the entire range of legal issues with whichmanagers and business executives must grapple. The text provides the vocabulary and legal acumennecessary for businesspeople to talk in an educated way to their customers/ employees/ suppliers/government officials—and to their own lawyers. Traditional publishers often ...Read More

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  Introduction to Criminal Investigation: Processes/ Practices and Thinking

  Introduction to Criminal Investigation/ Processes/ Practices/ and Thinking is a teaching text designed to assist the student in developing their own structured mental map of processes/ practices/ and thinking to conduct criminal investigations. Delineating criminal investigation into operational descriptors of tactical-response and strategic response while using illustrations of task-skills and ...Read More

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  Introduction to Curriculum for Early Childhood Education

  Welcome to learning about how to effectively plan curriculum for young children. This textbookwill address: Developing curriculum through the planning cycle Theories that inform what we know about how children learn and the best ways for teachers to support learning The three components of developmentally appropriate practice Importance and value ...Read More

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  Introduction to Design Equity

  Why do affluent/ liberal/ and design-rich cities like Minneapolis have some of the biggest racial disparities in the country? How can designers help to create more equitable communities? Introduction to Design Equity/ an open access book for students and professionals/ maps design processes and products against equity research to highlight the pitfalls and potentials of design as a tool for building social justice.

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  Introduction to Economic Analysis

  This book presents standard intermediate microeconomics material and some material that/ in the authors' view/ ought to be standard but is not. Introductory economics material is integrated. Standard mathematical tools/ including calculus/ are used throughout. The book easily serves as an intermediate microeconomics text/ and can be used for a ...Read More

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  Introduction to Environmental Science - 2nd Edition

  This course uses the basic principles of biology and earth science as a context for understanding environmental policies and resource management practices. Our planet is facing unprecedented environmental challenges/ from oil spills to global climate change. In ENSC 1000/ you will learn about the science behind these problems; preparing you to make an informed/ invaluable contribution to Earth's future. I hope that each of you is engaged by the material presented and participates fully in the search for/ acquisition of/ and sharing of information within our class.

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  Introduction to Financial Accounting

  This textbook is an adaptation by Athabasca University of the original text written by D. Annand and H. Dauderis. It is intended for use in entry-level college and university courses in financial accounting. A corporate approach is utilized consistently throughout the book. The adapted textbook includes multiple ancillary student and ...Read More

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  Introduction to Financial Accounting: U.S. GAAP Adaptation

  This textbook is an adaptation by D. Marchand and Athabasca University of the original text written by D. Annand and H. Dauderis. It is intended for use in entry-level college and university courses in financial accounting. A corporate approach is utilized consistently throughout the book. The adapted textbook includes multiple ...Read More

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  Introduction to Financial Mathematics Concepts and Computational Methods

  Introduction to Financial Mathematics: Concepts and Computational Methods serves as a primer in financial mathematics with a focus on conceptual understanding of models and problem solving. It includes the mathematical background needed for risk management/ such as probability theory/ optimization/ and the like. The goal of the book is to ...Read More

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  Introduction to Game Theory: a Discovery Approach

  Game theory is an excellent topic for a non-majors quantitative course as it develops mathematical models to understand human behavior in social/ political/ and economic settings. The variety of applications can appeal to a broad range of students. Additionally/ students can learn mathematics through playing games/ something many choose to ...Read More

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  Introduction to GNU Octave: A brief tutorial for linear algebra and calculus students

  This brief book provides a noncomprehensive introduction to GNU Octave/ a free open source alternative to MatLab. The basic syntax and usage is explained through concrete examples from the mathematics courses a math/ computer science/ or engineering major encounters in the first two years of college: linear algebra/ calculus/ and differential equations.

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  Introduction to Human Geography

  Geography is a diverse discipline that has some sort of connection to most every other academic discipline. This connection is the spatial perspective/ which essentially means if a phenomenon can be mapped/ it has some kind of relationship to geography. Studying the entire world is a fascinating subject/ and geographical ...Read More

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  Introduction to Human Osteology

  This text was designed for use in the human osteology laboratory classroom. Bones are described to aid in identification of skeletonized remains in either an archaeological or forensic anthropology setting. Basic techniques for siding/ aging/ sexing/ and stature estimation are described. Both images of bone and drawings are included which may be used for study purposes outside of the classroom. The text represents work that has been developed over more than 30 years by its various authors and is meant to present students with the basic analytical tools for the study of human osteology.

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  Introduction to Industrial Engineering

  This book was created for an undergraduate Introduction to Industrial Engineering course at The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). The chapters give an overview of the profession and an introduction to some of the tools used by industrial engineers in industry. There are interactive content exercises included at the end of most chapters. This interactive content aims to engage students in the content as they are reading. The book will continue to revised and updated with new information as it becomes necessary.

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  Introduction to Linear/ Time-Invariant/ Dynamic Systems for Students of Engineering

  This is a complete college textbook/ including a detailed Table of Contents/ seventeen Chapters (each with a set of relevant homework problems)/ a list of References/ two Appendices/ and a detailed Index. The book is intended to enable students to: Solve first-/ second-/ and higher-order/ linear/ time-invariant (LTI) or­dinary differential ...Read More

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  Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking

  This is an introductory textbook in logic and critical thinking. The goal of thetextbook is to provide the reader with a set of tools and skills that will enablethem to identify and evaluate arguments. The book is intended for anintroductory course that covers both formal and informal logic. As such/ it is nota formal logic textbook/ but is closer to what one would find marketed as a“critical thinking textbook.”

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  Introduction to Mathematical Analysis I - Second Edition

  Our goal with this textbook is to provide students with a strong foundation in mathematical analysis. Such a foundation is crucial for future study of deeper topics of analysis. Students should be familiar with most of the concepts presented here after completing the calculus sequence. However/ these concepts will be ...Read More

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  Introduction to MIPS Assembly Language Programming

  This book was written to introduce students to assembly language programming in MIPS. As with all assemblylanguage programming texts/ it covers basic operators and instructions/ subprogram calling/ loading andstoring memory/ program control/ and the conversion of the assembly language program into machine code. However this book was not written simply ...Read More

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  Introduction to Oceanography

  Introduction to Oceanography is a textbook appropriate to an introductory-level university course in oceanography. The book covers the fundamental geological/ chemical/ physical and biological processes in the ocean/ with an emphasis on the North Atlantic region.

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  Introduction to Permaculture

  Permaculture Design is a method of land planning that can be applied at scales from the home garden to city block to village to farm. It is an ethically based whole-systems design approach that uses concepts/ principles/ and methods derived from ecosystems/ indigenous technologies/ and other time-tested practices to create ...Read More

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  Introduction to Philosophy: Ethics

  We often make judgments about good and bad/ right and wrong. Philosophical ethics is the critical examination of these and other concepts central to how we evaluate our own and each others’ behavior and choices. This text examines some of the main threads of discussion on these topics that have ...Read More

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  Introduction to Philosophy: Logic

  Introduction to Philosophy: Logic provides students with the concepts and skills necessary to identify and evaluate arguments effectively. The chapters/ all written by experts in the field/ provide an overview of what arguments are/ the different types of arguments one can expect to encounter in both philosophy and everyday life/ and how to recognise common argumentative mistakes.

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  Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophy of Mind

  Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophy of Mind surveys the central themes in philosophy of mind and places them in a historical and contemporary context intended to engage first-time readers in the field. It focuses on debates about the status and character of the mind and its seemingly subjective nature in an apparently more objective world.

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  Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophy of Religion

  Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophy of Religion introduces some of the major traditional arguments for and against the existence of God/ as well as some less well-known/ but thought-provoking arguments for the existence of God/ and one of the most important new challenges to religious belief from the Cognitive Science of Religion. An introductory chapter traces the connection between philosophy and religion throughout Western history/ and a final chapter addresses the place of non-Western and non-monotheistic religions within contemporary philosophy of religion.