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 Open Educational Resources and Geology and alternatives for the other disciplines in the TMC on their respective pages (Open Educational Resources and Chemistry; Open Educational Resources and Math).
The structure presented here aligns with the Geology TMC. If you are using – or are aware of – OER for any courses listed here for which no resources are indicated, please let us know.
Required “Core” Courses: (26 minimum units)
Physical Geology with Lab (C-ID GEOL 101)
- See resources below
OR Physical Geology (C-ID GEOL 100) and Physical Geology Laboratory (C-ID GEOL 100L)
Physical Geology
- An Introduction to Geology (Johnson, Affolter, Inkenbrandt, and Mosher, 2019)
- Physical Geology – 2e (Earle, 2019) (CC BY)
- The Dynamic Earth (Kious and Tilling, 2022) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)
- Introduction to Physical Geology (Staff, Miracosta College)
- Fundamentals of Geology (Schulte) (CC BY 4.0)
- Physical Geology (Panchuk, 2021) – First University of Saskatchewan Edition (CC BY)
Physical Geology Laboratory
- Phyiscal Geology Laboratory (Johnson) (CC BY-SA)
- 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) (CC BY-NC-SA)
Historical Geology with Lab (C-ID GEOL 111)
- While resources for both the lecture and the lab have been identified, the text identified for the lecture component of the course is not comprehensive enough to be the only text for the course.
OR Historical Geology (C-ID GEOL 110) and Historical Geology Laboratory (C-ID GEOL 110L)
Historical Geology
Historical Geology Laboratory
General Chemistry for Science Majors (C-ID CHEM 120S)
OER Textbooks for Chemistry 120S
- OpenStax Chemistry 2e (Flowers et al.; 2019); OpenStax Chemistry 2e (Flowers et al.; 2019) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- OpenStax Chemistry 2e Atoms First (Flowers et al.; 2019); OpenStax Chemistry 2e Atoms First (Flowers et al.; 2019) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- General Chemistry: An Atoms First Approach (Halpern, 2016) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)
- General Chemistry: Principles, Patterns, and Applications (Averill and Eldredge, 2011); General Chemistry: Principles, Patterns, and Applications (Averill and Eldredge, 2011) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NA-SA)
Additional OER for Chemistry 120S
Single Variable Calculus I Early Transcendentals (C-ID MATH 210) and Single Variable Calculus II Early Transcendentals (C-ID MATH 220)
- Contemporary Calculus I (Hoffman) (CC BY)
- Community Calculus (Guichard) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- APEX Calculus 1 (Hartman) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Active Calculus (Boelkins et al., 2017) (CC BY-SA)
- Calculus Vol 1 (Strang, Herman) – OpenStax (CC BY-NC-SA)
OR Single Variable Calculus I – Late Transcendentals (C-ID MATH 211) and Single Variable Calculus II – Late Transcendentals (C-ID MATH 221)
- Contemporary Calculus I (Hoffman) (CC BY)
- Community Calculus (Guichard) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- APEX Calculus 1 (Hartman) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Active Calculus (Boelkins et al., 2017) (CC BY-SA)
- Calculus Vol 1 (Strang, Herman) – OpenStax (CC BY-NC-SA)
OR Single Variable Calculus Sequence (C-ID MATH 900S)
- No resources identified.
Recommended Where Available:
Calculus-Based Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A (C-ID PHYS 205) and Calculus-Based Physics for Scientists and Engineers: B (C-ID PHYS 210)
Calculus-Based Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A
- 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)
- Introductory Physics – Building Models to Describe Our World (Martin et al.) (CC BY-SA)
Calculus-Based Physics for Scientists and Engineers: B
- 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)
Organismal Biology (C-ID BIOL 140)
- 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)
- OpenStax Biology 2e (Clark et al., 2018) (CC BY 4.0)
- Biofundamentals (Klymkowsky and Cooper, 2021) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
- Boundless Biology (Boundless, n.d.) – LumenLearning (Licenses vary.)
Mineralogy (C-ID GEOL 280)
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