The following provides examples of existing OER that can be used for the indicated courses. Please find the available OER for all disciplines at OER by Discipline. The structure presented here aligns with the Global Studies TMC.
Core: 2 course (minimum 6 units)
Introduction to Global Studies (C-ID GLST 101)
Global Issues (C-ID GLST 102)
- No resources identified.
List A: Select 5 courses, at least one from 4 of the 5 following areas (minimum of 15 units):
Culture and Society Area
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (C-ID ANTH 120)
- Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology, 2nd Edition (American Anthropological Association, 2020) (CC-BY-NC 4.0)
- Cultural Anthropology – LibreTexts (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0)
- The Art of Being Human: A Textbook for Cultural Anthropology (New Prairie Press, 2018) (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- Introduction to Anthropology (Jennifer Hasty, David G. Lewis, & Marjorie M. Snipes, 2022, OpenStax) (CC BY)
- Introduction to Anthropology: Holistic and Applied Research on Being Human (Palmiotto A, Homsey-Messer L, Ford B, Poole A, Adams A, Allard F, Chadwick W, 2022) (CC BY-SA)
World History since 1500 (C-ID HIST 160)
- Modern World History: New Perspectives (OERI Project, 2024) (CC BY-NC-SA) – LibreTexts
- World History Since 1500: An Open and Free Textbook (Rankin and Weise, 2022) (CC-BY 4.0)
- World History, Volume 2: from 1400 (Kordas, Lynch, Nelson, and Tatlock, 2022) (OpenStax) (CC BY 4.0)
- Modern World History (Allosso and Williford) – Pressbooks (CC BY-NC-SA)
Any anthropology or history course articulated as major preparation for one of the CSU majors associated with the AoE.
Geography Area
Introduction to Physical Geography (C-ID GEOG 110)
- Physical Geography (Patrich, 2024) – College of the Canyons (CC BY)
- The Physical Environment: an Introduction to Physical Geography (Ritter, 2021) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Supplemental Materials: Physical Geography (Lenkeit-Meezan) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC)
- Physical Geography and Natural Disasters (Dastrup, 2021) – Open Geography Education (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Fundamentals of Physical Geography, 2nd edition (2018)
- Physical Geography – Version 1 (Patrich and Radtke, 2020)
Introduction to Human Geography (C-ID GEOG 120)
- Introduction to Human Geography (Dastrup) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Introduction to Human Geography: A Disciplinary Approach (Graves, 2020) (CC BY-NC)
World Regional Geography (C-ID GEOG 125)
- OERI Contemporary World Geographies (Gregorio, Naraghi, Ray, Scott, Sellers, and Wallace) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Introduction to World Regional Geography (Dastrup, 2019) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- World Regional Geography: People, Places and Globalization (Berglee, 2012) – Saylor Academy (CC BY-NC-SA)
Any geography course articulated as major preparation for one of the CSU majors associated with the AoE.
Economic Area
Principles of Microeconomics (C-ID ECON 201)
Principles of Macroeconomics (C-ID ECON 202)
Any economics course articulated as major preparation for one of the CSU majors associated with the AoE.
Politics Area
Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics (C-ID POLS 130)
Introduction to International Relations (C-ID POLS 140)
- Understanding Global Politics (Bloor, 2022) – E-International Relations (CC BY-NC)
- International Relations Theory (McGlinchey, Walters and Scheinpflug, 2022) – E-International Relations Publishing (CC BY-NC)
- A Short Introduction to World Politics (Meacham, 2020) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-ND)
- Canvas Course Shell for Introduction to International Relations (CC BY-NC)
- Human Security in World Affairs: Problems and Opportunities (2nd ed., Lautensach and Lautensach, eds., 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- International Relations (McGlinchey, ed. 2017) (CC BY-NC)
- Meditations on Diplomacy: Comparative Cases in Diplomatic Practice and Foreign Policy (Chan, 2017) (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Any political science course articulated as major preparation for one of the CSU majors associated with the AoE.
Humanities Area
Survey of World Literature I (C-ID ENGL 140)
- World Literature I: Beginnings to 1650 (Getty and Kwon, 2015)
- Compact Anthology of World Literature (Getty and Kwon, 2015)
Survey of World Literature II (C-ID ENGL 145)
Any 3rd or 4th term foreign language course.
Any course articulated as major preparation for one of the CSU majors associated with the AoE and articulated as CSU GE C1 (arts) or C2 (humanities)
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