OER and the English Transfer Model Curriculum (TMC)

Indicated resources are samples. Find a complete curated collection at Open Educational Resources – English and Literature and the available OER for all disciplines at OER by Discipline. Please note that the structure presented here aligns with the English TMC; local Associate Degrees for Transfer will be different as the TMC introduces flexibility at the Core and beyond.

Required Core Courses:

Option 1

Argumentative Writing and Critical Thinking (C-ID ENGL 105)

• Reading, Writing and Evaluating Argument (Werry, 2019) – Word (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Arguments in Context: An Introduction to Critical Thinking (Robinson, 2021)
• Write What Matters: A modular open educational resource to support first-year writing courses in Idaho (Long et al., MSL Academic Endeavors, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Informed Arguments: A Guide to Writing and Research (Pantuso, et al, Texas A&M, 2019) (CC BY-NC-SA
• Claim Your Voice in First Year Composition, Vol. 2 (Kiefer and Rock, 2021) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• A Dam Good Argument (Delf et al, 2022)
• How Arguments Work: A Guide to Writing and Analyzing Texts in College (Mills et al.,  ASCCC OERI, 2022) – LibreTexts

Introduction to Literature (C-ID ENGL 120)

See the C-ID English 110 list below. As per the course description, C-ID English 110, Argumentative Writing and Critical Thinking Through Literature, is designed to include English 120 content.

Option 2

Argumentative Writing and Critical Thinking Through Literature (C-ID ENGL 110)

• Surface and Subtext: Literature, Research, Writing (Carly-Miles et al, 2024) (CC BY-NC)
• Literature, Critical Thinking, & Writing (Shehorn, 2023) (CC BY)
• Writing and Literature: Composition as Inquiry, Learning, Thinking, and Communication (Bennet, 2017)
• Writing and Critical Thinking Through Literature (Ringo and Kashyap, 2020) – LibreTexts
• The Open Anthology of Literature in English (O’Brien) (CC BY-NC)
• Literature, the Humanities, and Humanity (Steinberg, 2014)  (CC BY-NC-SA)

List A – Select two of the following:

Survey of American Literature 1 (C-ID ENGL 130)

• The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature (DeRosa  et al., 2016) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
• Digital American Literature Anthology (O’Connor, 2019) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Becoming America: An Exploration of American Literature from Precolonial to Post-Revolution (Kurant, 2018)
• American Literature I: An Anthology of Texts From Early America Through the Civil War (Kurtz) (CC BY-SA)
• Authoring America: A Survey of American Literature from the Beginnings to 2020, VOLUME 2: American Literature from 1820-1865 (Grogan, 2021) (CC BY-SA)
• Authoring America: A Survey of American Literature from Its Beginnings to 2020, VOLUME 1: American Literature from Its Beginnings to 1820 (Grogan, 2021) (CC BY-SA)

Copyrighted and Openly Licensed

• American Literature I (Lumen Learning)American Literature I (Lumen Learning) – LibreTexts

Survey of American Literature 2 (C-ID ENGL 135)

• Writing the Nation: A Concise Guide to American Literature 1865 to Present (Berke et al., 2015)
• Authoring America: A Survey of American Literature from the Beginnings to 2020, Volume 4: American Literature from 1914-1945 (Grogan, 2021) (CC BY-SA)
• Authoring America: A Survey of American Literature from the Beginnings to 2020, Volume 3: American Literature from 1865-1914 (Grogan, 2021) (CC BY-SA)
• Authoring America: A Survey of American Literature from Its Beginnings to 2020, VOLUME 1: American Literature from Its Beginnings to 1820 (Grogan, 2021) (CC BY-SA)

Copyrighted and Openly Licensed

• American Literature I (Lumen Learning)American Literature I (Lumen Learning) – LibreTexts
• American Literature II (Lumen)American Literature II (Lumen) – LibreTexts

Survey of British Literature 1 (C-ID ENGL 160)

• British Literature through History (CC BY-NC-SA)
• British Literature I: Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century and Neoclassicism (Robinson and Getty, 2018) (CC BY-SA)

Survey of British Literature 2 (C-ID ENGL 165)

• English Literature: Victorians and Moderns (Sexton)
• British Literature II: Romantic Era to the Twentieth Century and Beyond (Robinson, 2018)
• British Literature through History (CC BY-NC-SA)

Survey of World Literature 1 (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 2 (C-ID ENGL 145)

• Compact Anthology of World Literature II: Volumes 4, 5, and 6 (Turlington et al., 2018)

Survey of Literature in English 1 (C-ID ENGL 150)

• Literature in Context: An Open Anthology (National Endowment for the Humanities, Marymount University, and University of Virginia) (CC BY-NC-SA)

Survey of Literature in English 2 (C-ID ENGL 152)

• Literature in Context: An Open Anthology (National Endowment for the Humanities, Marymount University, and University of Virginia) (CC BY-NC-SA)

Survey of Literature in English 3 (C-ID ENGL 155)

No resources identified.

List B – Select one from the following if Option 1 was selected above; Select two from the following if Option 2 was selected above

Any course from List A not used above.

See above.

Any English course articulated as preparation for the English major at any CSU.

No resources identified.

Introduction to Creative Writing (C-ID ENGL 200)

• Elements of Creative Writing (Tracey et al, 2023) (CC BY-NC)
• Write or Left: Intro to Creative Writing (Priebe, 2019) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Vanguard: Exercises for the Creative Writing Classroom (Bailey et al, 2020) (CC BY)
• Introduction to Creative Writing (Lein, 2021) (CC BY)
• Creative Writing, Creative Process: Ruminations and Exercises (Cheney, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA)

Children’s Literature (C-ID ENGL 180)

• Kids Read the Best Stuff (Priebe, 2022) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• The Inside, Outside, and Upside Downs of Children’s Literature: From Poets and Pop-ups to Princesses and Porridge (Schuster) (CC BY-NC-ND)

List C – Select one of the following:

Any course from Lists A or B not used above.

See above.

Any CSU transferable English course.

Any language course other than English which is articulated to fulfill CSU GE Area C.

Any CSU transferable literature course offered in another department.

Introduction to Reporting and News Writing or Introduction to Journalism (C-ID JOUR 110)

• Broccoli and Chocolate: A Beginner’s Guide to Journalism News Writing (Hiro, 2024) (CC BY-SA)
• Writing for Electronic Media (Champagne, 2017) (CC BY-NC-SA)

Business Communication (C-ID BUS 115)

• Business Communication for Success (Saylor Academy, 2010) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship  (Schaffer M. et al., 2019, with updates in 2020) (CC BY, except where otherwise noted).
• Business English for Success (McLean S., 2011) Saylor Foundation (CC-BY-NC-SA)
• Business Writing (Lumen Learning/CourseHero) (CC-BY-NC-SA, unless noted otherwise).
• Communication Beginnings: An Introductory Listening and Speaking Text for English Language Learners. (Abrahams D., Portland State University Library, 2017) (CC-BY-NC)

Oral Interpretation of Literature (C-ID COMM 170)

No resources identified.

Introduction to Theater (C-ID THTR 111)

No resources identified.

Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (C-ID ANTH 130)

• Essentials of Linguistics, 2nd Edition (Anderson et al., 2022) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
• Languages and Worldview (Allard-Kropp, 2024) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

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