York courses that should be free to the world
Technology Department
By offering their course materials to the world for free, a university says the value of its degree is the interaction among students and teachers. If York were to start offering their course materials free to the world, which classes should they offer first?
FA/YSDN 1101
Critical Issues in Design
Designer Robert Gill taught this course last semester in the York/Sheridan design program. He’s very excited about design and coming from a sociology background, Gill teaches the social effects of design. With design becoming a larger part of the world, Gill dissolves the elitism surrounding it.
Any Jonathan Warren course
Dr. Warren teaches American Literature, Comics & Cartoons, and Modernisms in the English department. From his oratory style, you can almost tell he went to Yale. His dense lectures are beautifully written and eloquently delivered. He is incredibly serious but entertaining and his lectures make you feel like you’re in university.
GL/PSYC 3240
Psychology of Anomalous Experience
Dr. James Alcock breaks down the psychological processes behind unusual experiences like ESP or witchcraft in this 4 hour Glendon class. By talking about the real world and how we experience things, Dr. Alcock teaches critical thinking without the formality of a MODR class.
