COURSEPACK
Create your own custom coursepack with Eastman Systems to give your students current and affordable course material
All you need to do to create your own coursepack is to provide us with the original material and a table of contents, and we will secure all of the necessary copyright permissions. You will provide your students with a coursepack customized specifically for your course with the same ease as you prepare your own course materials for your classes.
BENEFITS
For faculty
• Convenient way to keep course material up to date and tailored to the course
• Content that is flexible and can easily combine excerpts from various sources, including personal notes, textbooks and other published or unpublished materials
• Easy editing and updating for future terms. If you wish to make any changes to previous coursepacks, simply submit the additions or changes you wish to make.
• Quality product: we scan, clean, and proofread every coursepack
• Easy reprint or revision: coursepacks are digitally archived
• Guaranteed 100% copyright compliant
• Free desk copy for the instructor
For students
• Content that is useful and relevant to the course
• Affordable course material
• More cost effective than purchasing multiple textbooks for one course
• Conveniently sold through the Concordia Book Stop, in stores or online
• All coursepacks are paginated making readings easy to find
CONTENT
Coursepacks can include almost anything you want for your courses. Some examples include:
• Course outlines and syllabi
• Your own notes or works in progress
• Individual chapters of books
• Out of print texts
• Magazines and newspaper articles
• Graphs, charts and illustrations
• Lab instructions
Essentially, it’s like having a textbook created specifically for you, your students and your course!
The Eastman Systems coursepack team is responsible for the production of coursepacks used by faculty in the teaching process. Over the years, we have solicited and received thousands of copyright permissions on behalf of faculty members and prepared and printed thousands of customized coursepack titles.
Offering ePacks makes your course material more accessible to your students. Students can purchase their ePack at the Book Stop bookstore or online.
Students can download digital coursepacks on any compatible device. They can highlight, bookmark and add notes as they would a printed coursepack.
We respects and shares your concerns with respect to copyright. All coursepacks are printed, digitized and distributed legally.
We obtain copyright permission for all material in accordance with the university’s agreement with Copibec, a not-for-profit collective that manages the reproduction rights and the protection of intellectual property and distribution of appropriate royalties on behalf of copyright owners.
ECO-FRIENDLY
Eastman Systems coursepacks are printed using environmentally and socially responsible sources.
Step 1. Filling out the form
Fill out the online coursepack form at concordia.ca/print under “Products & Services” “Coursepacks.
Please indicate if this is a new coursepack, an exact reprint from a previous semester or a partial reprint.
Step 2. Your table of contents
Once you have completed and submitted the form, send us your table of contents by email to coursepacks@concordia.ca with all readings listed in the order you wish them to appear.
Provide all bibliographical details including: authors, titles, year of publication, publisher and page range. The accuracy of this information is very important for copyright purposes.
* Please note that we will not begin working on your coursepack until we have a finalized table of contents and all of the material.
Step
3. Providing all the material
Provide all the material, PDF format preferred. You can also leave your material at your Department’s main Office and we will pick it up. Please notify us at coursepacks@concordia.ca once the material is ready to be collected.
Please note that you do not need to provide material that was used in a previous term, as we already have it on file.
Step 4 (optional)
Once we have completed your coursepack, you will have the option of previewing a copy to ensure that it is to your liking. Following your approval, we will have copies printed and on sale at the Book Stop.
Instructors have access to a large library of coursepacks to can be easily reprinted or revised for adaptable content.
ACCO 330 Cost and Management Accounting
ACCO 435 Strategic Case Analysis
ACCO 691 Business Valuations
ADED 403 Diversity in Adult Education
AERO 481 Materials Engineering for Aerospace
AHSC 260 Program Planning, Design & Evaluation
AHSC 281 Introduction to Therapeutic Recreation
AHSC 330 Leadership in Small Groups
AHSC 343 Community Development I
AHSC 360 Play, Adult Learning & Development
AHSC 382 Qualitative Research Methods for Practitioners
AHSC 439 Human Relations Internship
AHSC 445 Community Development II
AHSC 451 Basic Counselling and Skills Concepts
AHSC 527 Case Management and Supervision: Advanced Youth
Work Intervention
AHSC 660 Philosophy and Ethics of Human Systems Intervention
ANTH 212 Elements of Ethnolinguistics
ANTH 377 Visual Anthropology
ANTH 472 Childhood and Youth
ANTH/SOCI 441 Material Culture
ANTH/SOCI 498 Law and Violence
ARTE 672/872 Critical Issues for Art Educators
ARTH 271 Aspects of Canadian Art
ARTH 272 From Realism to Abstraction in Canadian Art
ARTH 381 Feminist and Art History - Risk and Excess: Women Artists between the Wars (1919-1939)
ARTH 498 The Compulsive Browse: Forms of Attention and Pro duction in the Arts
ARTT399 Topics/Studio Ideas & Issues: Body Arts & the State
ASEM 652 Topics in Media Arts : Listening Practices / Pratiques d’écoute
BIOL 201 Introductory Biology Laboratory Manual
BIOL 364 Cell Physiology
BIOL 476 Introduction to Microfluidics and Synthetic Biology
BTM 387 E-Business
BTM 496 Information Technology Strategy, Sourcing, and Management
CART 215 Introduction to Game Design
CATA 262 Emergency Care Lab Manual
CATA 339 Rehab of the Extremities Lab Manual
CATA 439 Rehab of the Hip, Spine & Pelvis
CATA 441 Concepts in Manual Therapy
CATS 609 Introduction to Dance Movement Therapy
CEEN 167 IELTS - Academic Test Writing Preparation
CEEN 168 IELTS General Training Test Writing Preparation
CEFR 251 Communication orale - Le premier pas
CHEM 205 General Chemistry I - Laboratory Manual
CHEM 206 General Chemistry II - Laboratory Manual
CHEM 212 Analytical Chemistry for Biologists
CHEM 217 Introduction to Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Manual
CHEM 218 Laboratory Manual - Introductory Analytical Chemistry
CHEM 221 Introductory Organic Chemistry I - Laboratory Manual
CHEM 222 Introduction to Organic Chemistry II Laboratory Manual
CHEM 235 Laboratory Manual - Kinetics of Chemical Reactions
CHEM 241 Introductory Inorganic Chemistry
CHEM 271 Biochemistry I - Laboratory and Tutorial Manual
CHEM 293 Spectroscopy and Structure of Organic Compounds Laboratory Manual
CHEM 312 Intermediate Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Manual
CHEM 324 Organic III - Laboratory Manual
CHEM 375 Biochemistry II
CHEM 477 Advanced Lab in Biochemistry
CIVI 691 Topics in Civil Engineering - Climate Systems Analysis
CLAS 212 Roman Literature
CLAS 265 Mythologies of the Ancient Mediterranean
COMM 299 Strategic Business Decision Making
COMP 348 Principles of Programming Languages
COMP 665 Practice exercises and their solutions
DART 601 Research Methods in Design
DTHY 603 Studio/Works Improvisation
DTHY 645 Assessment in Drama Therapy
ECON 401 Advanced Microeconomic Theory
ECON 485 Health Economics
EDUC 301 Integrating Computers into the Elementary Classroom
EDUC 311 Child Development II: Ecology of the Family
EDUC 380 Teaching Language Arts I
EDUC 405 Children and Technology
EDUC 462/463/466 Child Studies Field Placement: Inclusive Practices in Childhood Settings
ELEC 273 Basic Circuit Analysis - Lab Manual
ELEC 275 Principles of Electrical Engineering - Lab Manual
ELEC 367 Introduction to Digital Communications
ELEC 413 CMOS ICs for Wireline Communication
ENGL 225 Introductory Creative Writing: Poetry
ENGL 226 Creative Writing--Prose Fiction
ENGL 227 Creative Writing: Introduction to Playwrighting
ENGL 233 Critical Reading
ENGL 235 Short Fiction
ENGL 238 Comedy
ENGL 246 Science Fiction
ENGL 249 Children’s Literature
ENGL 262 British Literature from 1660-1900
ENGL 348 Creative Writing: Poetry
ENGL 351 20th Century Writing by Women
ENGL 354 Narrative Theory and the Contemporary Short Story
ENGL 394 Contemporary Critical Theory
ENGL 398 Magic Languages: Written, Oral and Visual Performance Traditions of Conjuring
ENGL 498 Introduction to Oral Literary History
ENGL 672 Graduate Poetry Workshop
ENGL225 Introductory Creative Writing: Poetry
ENGL348 Creative Writing: Poetry
ENVS 604 Environmental Law and Policy Course Materials
ENVS 652 Data Collection and Analysis for EA
ENVS 668 Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Assessment
ESL 202 Developing Academic English Skills
ESL 204 Refining Academic English Language Skills
ESTU 611/ADIP 511 Educational Problems in Philosophical Perspective
ESTU 635/ ADIP 535 Studies in Educational Change: Women, Education and Development
ESTU 641 Education in pluri-cultural societies
ETEC 637 Intro to Digital Media in Education
ETEC 665 Intro to Digital Media in Education
EXCI 253 Human Anatomy I : Musculoskeletal anatomy
FFAR 298 Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Medium is The Message
FINA 320 Real Estate Investment
FINA 402 Short-Term Financial Management
FINA 405 Cases In Finance
FINA 408 Building a Profitable Trading System
FINA 411 Portfolio Management
FINA 415 Mergers and Acquisitions
FINA 455 Sustainable Investing
FINA 470 International Financial Management
FINA 482 International Bankng
FINA/IBUS382 Management of International Financial Institutions
FMAN 203 Introduction to Animation
FMPR 336 Introduction to Film Producing
FMST 398 Political Thrillers
FPST 301 The Indian Act & Resistance to It
FRAA 412 Grammaire de texte
FRAA 413 Rédaction I - Notes de cours et cahier d’exercices
FRAN 219 Initiation au français écrit
FRAN 221 Correction phonétique
FRAN 315 Correction phonétique (niveau avancé)
FRAN 318 Français des affaires
FTRA 306/626 Initiation à la traduction économique de l’anglais au français
FTRA 504/634 Traduction Litteraire de l’anglais au francais
GDBA 532 Accounting Cases
GDBA 536 Operations Management
GEOG 371 Landscape Ecology
GEOG 375 Hydrology
GEOG 466 Geomedia and the Geoweb
GERM 398 Selected Topics in German: Contemporary German Film
GIIM 621 Fixed Income
HEBR 210 Introduction to Modern Hebrew
HIST 209 Quebec to 1867
HIST 211/IRST211 History of Ireland
HIST 251 United States to the Civil War Era
HIST 285 Introduction to Law and Society
HIST 344 Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia
HIST 385 Europe in the Age of Dictators - 1914-1945
HIST 398 The Baroque
HIST 398/IRST316 The Irish Revolution, 1913-1923
HIST 437/610 The First World War in European History
HIST 600 Historical Theories and Methods
IBUS - MANA 466 Management of Multinational Corporation
IBUS-FINA 382 Management of International Financial Institutions
IBUS 471 Topics in International Business/Internationalization of SMEs
IRST 211/HIST211 History of Ireland
IRST 312/HIST 330 Great Irish Famine
IRST 314/HIST 398 Independent Ireland from the Civil War to the Celtic Tiger
IRST 315/HIST 398 The Troubles in Northern Ireland
IRST 398/ENGL356 Special Topics in Irish Studies
JAZZ 200 The Language of Jazz
JAZZ 210 Jazz Aural Perception II
LBCL 292 Modes of Expression and Interpretation 1
LBCL 295 History of Art
LBCL 393 Modes of Expression and Interpretation II
LBCL 490 The Twentieth Century and Beyond
LBCL 495 Liberal Arts College Special Studies: 17th Century to the Present
LOYC 230 Globalization and Diversity
MANA 481 Introduction to Management Consulting
MANA 482 Financing Entrepreneurial Ventures
MANA 670 Introduction to Management Consulting
MANA 695 Global Competition and International Strategies
MANA/IBUS 466 Management of Multinational Corporations
MARK 486 Product Strategy and Innovation
MARK 495 Strategic Marketing Planning
MAST 217 Introduction to Mathematical Thinking
MATH 202 College Algebra and Trigonometry
MBA 648 Business Process Management
MECH 321 Properties & Failure of Materials
MECH 343 Theory of Machines
MSCA 632 Investments & Derivatives: Theory and Empirical Applications
MSCM 682 Sourcing/Global Logistics
MUSI 201 Introduction to Music Fundamentals
MUSI 212 Aural Perception II
MUSI 251 Harmony I
MUSI 252 Melody and Counterpoint
MUSI 352 Harmony II
PERC 209 The Engaged Theatre Artist
PERC 384 Performance Creation Studio II: Collaborative Practice
PERC 390 Playback Theatre Lab
PHIL 220 Introduction to Philosophy of Science
PHIL 236 Environmental Ethics
PHIL 265 Introduction to Metaphysics - Reality in Focus
PHIL 342 Political Philosophy
PHIL 377 20th Century Continental Philosophy
PHIL 387 Existentialism
PHIL 489AA/649AA Phenomenology and Bodies of Language
PHYS 224 Introduction to experimental mechanics
PHYS 225 Laboratory Manual - Introduction to Experimental Electricity
PHYS 226 Laboratory Manual - Introduction to Experimental Waves and Modern Physics
PHYS 230 Experimental Physics I Laboratory Manual
PHYS 330 Experimental Physics II Laboratory Manual
POLI 302 Causes of War
POLI 318 Introduction to Strategic Studies
POLI 324 Parliament and the Charter
POLI 376/IRST398 Politics of Northern Ireland
POLI 402 Advanced Seminar in IPE
POLI 409 Canada: State-Society Relations
POLI 419 Nuclear Strategic Studies
POLI 481 Advanced Seminar in European Politics
POLI 487 Special Issues in African Development
POLI 487 American Political Development
POLI 488 Ethics and Accountability
POLI 488 Advanced Seminar in Canadian and Québec Politics
POLI 496 Collectivities in Politics
POLI 621 Political Leadership and Decision Making
POLI 626/801 Seminar in Comparitive Politics
POLI 629 Critical Perspectives on Development
POLI 681/687/481 Special Topics: European Union
PSYC 311 Research Methods II
PSYC 354 Evolutionary Foundations of Behaviour
PSYC 420 Self in Social Context
PSYC 423 Emotion
PSYC 448 Clinical Advances Issue: The Psychology of Addictions
PSYC 468 Cognitive Aging
RELI 227/HIST 298 Introduction to Iranian Civilization
RELI 312 Justice and Social Conflict in a Globalized World
RELI 331/ENGL398 Holocaust Literature
RELI 386 Witchcraft, Magic and Religion
RELI 398 Saints, Singers and Songwriters: Jewish Music from the Psalms to Leonard Cohen
RELI 398/ENGL 398 Hebrew Bible and Contemporary Literature
RELI 409 Methodology and the Study of Religion
SCOL 270 Historical, Philosophical, and Social Aspects of Science
SCOM 374 Supply Chain Logistics
SCPA 201 Introduction to Public Policy and the Public Interest
SCPA 203 Affaires publiques et communautaires au Quebec et au Canada SOCI 212 Statistics I
SCPA 398 Community Organizing 101
SCPA 450 From neoliberal ideology to global capitalism and its discontents
SCPA 503 Beyond Capitalism for a Better WorldBeyond Capitalism
SOCI 212 Statistics I - Statistics Made Easy: Descriptive Statistics
SOCI 213 Statistics II
SOCI 244 Sociology of Leisure
SOCI 275 Self and Society
SOCI 298 Sociology of Business
SOCI 300 Classical Social Theory
SOCI 325 Social Change
SOCI 376 Socialization
SOCI 402 Contemporary Sociological Theory
SOCI 403 Contemporary Cultural Theory
SOCI 602 Issues in Classical Sociological Theory: Classical Sociology and Religion
SOCI/ANTH441 Material Culture
SOCI/ANTH 475 Men and Masculinities
SOCI/ANTH483 Nationalism and Racism - A Historical Comparative Perspective
SOEN 287 Software Engineering Web Programmimg
SPAN 301 Redactar I
SPAN 303 Critical Readings of Hispanic Texts
SPAN 305 Communicative Strartegies and Oral Communic tion For NonNative Speakers_Estrategias Comunicativas Y Producción Oral en Español
SPAN 310 Hispanic Literature
SPAN 365 The History of Spanish Culture
SPAN 398 Science Fiction in Hispanic Contexts - English Edition
SPAN 398 Science Fiction in Hispanic Contexts - Spanish Edition
SPAN 412 Drama and Poetry in Renaissance and Baroque Spain: 1500-1690
SPAN 422 Spain in Transition: 1960 to the Present
SPAN 450 The Short Narrative in Spain and Spanish America
SPAN 469 Hispanic Poetry and Poetics
SPAN 472 Discourses of Discovery, Colonization and Resistance
SPAN 473 Literary Translation in Spanish
SPAN 475 Translation Issues in Spanish American Culture
SSDB 493 Topics in Sexuality II - Sex Work and Community Organizing
TESL 351 History of the English Language
TESL 415 Assessment and Course Design
URBS 393 Law & Regulation in Urban Planning
WSDB 290 Introduction to Historical Perspectives in Women’s Studies
WSDB 391 Health Issues: Feminist Perspectives
1. Why are due dates for coursepacks so early and what if I am late to submit my request?
We encourage professors to submit their coursepack requests by a certain date to ensure that we have adequate time to clear all copyrights and obtain any special permissions that may be required. Special permissions can take anywhere from a few hours to a few weeks. Once this process is complete, there are several other important steps required in creating a coursepack. All requests received by the due date are guaranteed to be completed and at the Book Stop bookstore in time for the beginning of the term.
This does not mean that all requests submitted after the due date will be late getting on the shelves. We always do our best to complete coursepacks in time for classes, however, there is no ‘guarantee’ for coursepack requests that are submitted late.
We also work in date of order when we receive requests (this means a completed order form, table of contents and all material).
2. Why do I need to fill out a form?
There are several important things we need to know before we can get started. Having you complete an order form ensures that we have all the information needed to create a coursepack exactly the way you want it. The Coursepack Request Form tells us whose name(s) should be on the front cover, what the title of the coursepack should be (usually, but not always, the name of the course), what the course code and section is, how many complimentary copies are needed (for the professor and T.A.(s), where desk copies should be sent, how to contact you, and other helpful details.
The form must be completed even if you wish to order an exact reprint of a previous coursepack.
3. What is the difference between a ‘reprint’, ‘partial reprint’ and ‘new’ coursepack?
A ‘reprint’ is an exact reproduction of a coursepack used in a previous semester. Small changes can be made like dates and office hours on the syllabus and/or table of contents. However, a reprint essentially means that there will be no changes to the number of pages of the coursepack or the content.
A ‘partial reprint’ means that changes are being made to a previous coursepack (additions, deletions, and/or rearranging readings).
A new coursepack is simply a coursepack with all new material.
4. Do I need to re-submit material that I have previously used in a coursepack if I would like an exact reprint or partial reprint? You do not need to re-submit any material that has been used in a previous coursepack. We have coursepacks dating back to 2008 on file and we can simply extract the necessary readings. We kindly ask that you advise us during which term the readings were used.
When ordering a partial reprint, you must submit the new readings only and an updated table of contents. Please note that indicating to us which readings from the previous coursepack are to be removed, and which readings are being added is extremely helpful to us and speeds up the process significantly.
5. Why do I need to submit a table of contents and what do I need to include on it?
A table of contents is required in your coursepack as per Quebec Copyright law. We are required by law to maintain strict compliance with the regulations set out by COPIBEC. COPIBEC is a non-profit organization which acts on behalf of rights holders (authors, publishers, etc.) to manage the reproduction rights of their copyrighted works and to ensure compensation to these individuals. We must report the use of all works included in coursepacks and therefore we require all the bibliographic information.
5. Why do I need to submit a table of contents and what do I need to include on it? (part 2)
The formatting of your table of contents is at your discretion, however each citation must include the author’s name, work title, chapter title or number, the publisher and year of publication, and the page numbers you wish to include. * Always include the name or number of the chapter even if you are only using a part of it; simply including ‘excerpt’ is not acceptable.
Example: Higonnet, Anne. “Chapter Two.” 31-49. Pictures of Innocence: The History and Crisis of Ideal Childhood. New York: Thames and Hudson Ltd. 1998.
Please note that although you may choose to include two or more consecutive chapters, the page ranges must be separated. Example: Higonnet, Anne. “Chapter Two” and “Chapter Three” 31-49, 50-71. Pictures of Innocence: The History and Crisis of Ideal Childhood. New York: Thames and Hudson Ltd. 1998.
6. Do copyrights need to be cleared even if I am using the same material as for a previous term?
Yes. Copyrights must be cleared for each term, even for readings that were used before.
7. What percentage am I permitted to use from a book or textbook?
You are permitted to include up to 25% of books that fall under the COPIBEC license. If you exceed this amount, we can make a special request via COPIBEC in order to use the additional pages. If you wish to include a work that is not included in the license at all, we can contact the rights holder directly and request permission to include the reading. However, this can take time (up to several weeks) and will often result in additional copyright fees. If we come across any readings that we believe will significantly delay the production of the coursepack, we will contact you and discuss your options with you.
8. How can I avoid excessive copyright fees?
It is possible to create a coursepack with no copyright fees. However, having some fees is perfectly normal and sometimes unavoidable. There is a charge of $0.12 for every page you include between 15% of a book and the maximum of 25%. Fees for using over 25% or for works that are not included in the license vary from work to work, publisher to publisher.
A Coursepacks Copyright Representative will contact you if the fees for your coursepack are deemed to be excessive. He or she will discuss your options with you.
9. Is everything on the Web public domain and why should I avoid using web material in my coursepack?
No, not everything on the Web is free to use or ‘public domain’. Articles or other content that you find on websites (online journals, magazines, blogs, etc.) are often subject to copyright by either the author or the owner of the website. Most sites have a Copyright Notice that specifies how the works on the site can and cannot be used. It is important to note that since we sell coursepacks in a bookstore, we are considered a commercial operation.
The rights holders must be contacted and must give us their permission if we are to include their work in a coursepack. As mentioned above, all special requests can take time and possibly result in additional copyright fees at the discretion of the copyright holder.
Since web content can be accessed by your students for free, we encourage professors to avoid using it in their coursepacks.
10. What material is considered public domain?
‘Public domain’ refers to works that are available for unrestricted copying by the general public without the need for explicit permission. Materials that are considered to be in the public domain include works whose copyright have expired, works that were created too early to have copyright protection, and works donated to the public by authors or artists. Remember: publishers hold copyright. Therefore, a 2010 publication of Shakespeare’s Hamlet would still require copyright permission from the rights holder (the publisher). Copyright has expired only on original editions of Shakespeare works, not more recent publications.
11. How do I provide my material?
You can send PDFs of your material to coursepacks@concordia.ca.
Professors must supply all the material they wish to include.
12. What is an ePack? Can I choose not to make one available?
An ePack is a digital version of the coursepack. When you fill out the Coursepack Order Form, you may indicate whether or not you would like to make an ePack available to your students so that they have the option of choosing the format they prefer.
Students can purchase their ePack access codes at the Book Stop bookstore and access it virtually anywhere with an internet connection using their log-in information and password.
Please note that ePacks cannot be printed. Business cases can be available as an ePack.
13. What is a ‘preview’ and is it mandatory?
When a coursepack is complete, we will email you to let you know that a copy is available for preview. You may drop by the Coursepack Office to pick up a copy and review it to ensure that everything is exactly the way you wanted it and that all special instructions (if any) have been followed.
Previewing the coursepack is optional. If you do not wish to preview the coursepack, we ask that you advise us in writing (via email or on the coursepack order form) so that we may go ahead and have the coursepack sent to the printers as soon as possible.
14. If I cannot preview the coursepack myself, may I have a colleague preview it? Can you send a preview copy to me? Can you send an electronic copy for me to preview?
If you are unable to come in to preview the coursepack, you may send a proxy to look it over for you. Contact us at coursepacks@concordia.ca to make arrangements.
We are not permitted to send electronic preview copies.
15. What changes can or cannot be made once I have previewed the coursepack?
The purpose of the preview is to ensure that all text is legible, all necessary pages have been included according to the table of contents provided, and all special instructions have been followed. We can make small adjustments to improve legibility, and of course, if we have overlooked something, we will certainly fix it.
However, changes to the order of the readings or removing/adding readings are not permitted at this stage. If you have decided that there are additional readings you would like your students to read for their course, you may submit a request for a supplemental coursepack.
