The following provides examples of existing OER that can be used for the indicated courses. Please find all potential OER identified for the discipline at OER by Discipline. Please note that the structure presented here aligns with the Environmental Science TMC.
“Core” Courses: 37-39 units
Option 1
Biology Sequence for Majors (C-ID BIOL 135S)
- Biology I Laboratory Manual (Faculty of College of the Redwoods and Tidewater Community College, n.d.) – LumenLearning
- Principles of Biology I Lab Manual (Burran and DesRochers, 2015) – GALILEO) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Biology 2nd Edition (Clark et al., 2018) – OpenStax (CC BY 4.0)
- Biofundamentals (Klymkowsky and Cooper, 2021) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
- Boundless Biology (Boundless, n.d.) – LumenLearning (Licenses vary.)
General Chemistry for Science Majors I, with Lab (C-ID CHEM 110)
- OpenStax Chemistry (Flowers et al.; 2019) (CC BY)
- OpenStax Chemistry 2e Atoms First (Flowers, et al.; 2019) (CC BY)
- General Chemistry: An Atoms First Approach (Halpern, 2016) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)
- General Chemistry: Principles, Patterns, and Applications (Averill and Eldredge, 2011) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
Or Option 2
Cell and Molecular Biology (C-ID BIOL 190)
- Principles of Biology (Bartee et al., n.d.) – Open Oregon (CC BY 4.0 International)
- Basic Cell and Molecular Biology 4th edition (Bergtrom, 2020) – University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (CC BY 4.0 International)
General Chemistry for Science Majors Sequence A (C-ID CHEM 120S)
- OpenStax Chemistry (Flowers et al.; 2019) (CC BY)
- OpenStax Chemistry 2e Atoms First (Flowers, et al.; 2019) (CC BY)
- General Chemistry: An Atoms First Approach (Halpern, 2016) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)
- General Chemistry: Principles, Patterns, and Applications (Averill and Eldredge, 2011) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
Additional Resources for General Chemistry for Majors (C-ID CHEM 110 and 120 S)
And the following courses
Intro to Environmental Science (C-ID ENVS 100)
Physical Geology & Physical Geology Lab (C-ID GEOL 100 and GEOL 100L)
- Historical Geology: A free online textbook for Historical Geology Courses (Affolter et al., 2020) (CC BY-NC 4.0)
- GEOS: A Physical Geology Lab Manual for California Community Colleges (Branciforte and Haddad, 2021) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)
- Laboratory Manual for Introductory Geology (Deline, Harris, and Tefend, 2019);
or Physical Geology with Lab (C-ID GEOL 101)
See Physical Geology & Physical Geology Lab above.
or Introduction to Physical Geography & Physical Geography Laboratory (C-ID GEOG 110 and GEOG 111)
- Physical Geography Lab Manual (Ray et al., 2020) (CC BY-NC 4.0) – LibreTexts
- Physical Geography Lab Manual (Pesses, Welsh, and Adams, 2017) (CC BY 4.0)
- 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)
or Introduction to Physical Geography, with Lab (C-ID GEOG 115)
Introduction to Statistics (C-ID MATH 110) & Single Variable Calculus I – Early Transcendentals (C-ID MATH 210)
- Contemporary Calculus I (Hoffman) (CC BY)
- Community Calculus (Guichard) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- APEX Calculus 1 (Hartman);
- Active Calculus (Boelkins et al., 2017)
- Calculus Vol 1 (Strang, Herman) – OpenStax
- OpenIntro Statistics (Diez, Barr, and Cetinkaya-Rundel) (CC BY-SA)
- Statistics Using Technology (Kozak) (CC BY-SA) – Coconino Community College website
- Introductory Statistics (OpenStax) – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)
- Foundations in Statistical Reasoning (Kaslik) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA-NC)
Or Single Variable Calculus I – Late Transcendentals (C-ID MATH 211)
- Contemporary Calculus I (Hoffman) (CC BY)
- Community Calculus (Guichard) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- APEX Calculus 1 (Hartman);
- Active Calculus (Boelkins et al., 2017)
- Calculus Vol 1 (Strang, Herman) – OpenStax
Or Business Calculus (C-ID MATH 140)
Principles of Microeconomics (C-ID ECON 201)
Physics Algebra/Trigonometry – Based Physics AB (C-ID PHYS 100S)
- College Physics (OpenStax, 2020)
- Light and Matter (Crowell, 2020) (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Spiral Physics (D’Alessandris) (CC BY-NC-SA) – LibreTexts
Or Calculus-Based Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A (C-ID PHYS 205)
- Classical Mechanics (Tom Weideman) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)
- University Physics Volume 1 (OpenStax, 2020) (CC BY 4.0)
- Classical Mechanics with Numerical Methods (Budarz)
- Mechanics (Crowell, 2019) (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Calculus-Based Physics I (Schnick) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- University Physics I – Classical Mechanics (Gea-Banacloche) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Book: Introductory Physics – Building Models to Describe Our World (Martin et al.) (CC BY-SA)
And Calculus-Based Physics for Scientists and Engineers: B (C-ID PHYS 210)
- Electricity and Magnetism (Tom Weideman) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)
- University Physics Volume 2 (OpenStax, 2020) (CC BY 4.0)
- Fields and Circuits (Crowell, 2020) (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Calculus-Based Physics II (Schnick) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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