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 Journalism collection and the available OER for all disciplines at OER by Discipline. The structure presented here aligns with the Journalism TMC.
Required Core (9 units minimum):
Introduction to Mass Communications (C-ID JOUR 100)
- Media Communication, Convergence and Literacy, Second Edition (E. Osei-Hwere and P. Osei-Hwere) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- A Guide to Newswriting, Third Edition (Cuslidge-Staiano, 2024) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Media Studies 101 (Pearson, 2013) in Pressbooks (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Media, Society, Culture and You (Poepsel, 2018) (CC BY)
- Understanding Media and Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication (Saylor Academy, 2012) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
Introduction to Reporting and Newswriting (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)
Lower Division Student Media Practicum I (C-ID JOUR 130)
- Be Credible: Information Literacy for Journalism, Public Relations, Advertising and Marketing Students (Bobkowski and Younger, 2018) (CC BY-NC)
- A Guide to Newswriting, Third Edition (Cuslidge-Staiano, 2024) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Writing for Electronic Media (Champagne, 2017) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Web Literacy for Student Fact Checkers (Caufield, 2021) – Pressbooks (CC BY-NC-SA)
List A – Select 1 course (3 units minimum):
Multimedia Reporting JOUR 120
- Tools for Podcasting (Olmsted, 2019) (CC BY)
- Journalism 120: Online Journalism (Hiro, 2025) – Canvas Course (CC BY)
- Writing for Electronic Media (Champagne, 2017) (CC BY-NC-SA)
Intermediate Reporting/News writing JOUR 210
- Media Communication, Convergence and Literacy, Second Edition (E. Osei-Hwere and P. Osei-Hwere) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- A Guide to Newswriting, Third Edition (Cuslidge-Staiano, 2024) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Web Literacy for Student Fact Checkers (Caufield, 2021) – Pressbooks (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Writing for Strategic Communications (Ohio State University) in Pressbooks (CC BY-NC-SA)
Introduction to Public Relations JOUR 150
- Public Relations Planning & Strategy (Carlin, 2023) (CC BY-SA)
- The Evolving World of Public Relations (NSCC and Martinelli, 2021) (CC BY-NC)
- Write Like a PR Pro: Why writing is still crucial in a digital and visual world (Sterenberg, 2023) (CC BY-NC)
- Writing for Strategic Communications (Ohio State University) in Pressbooks (CC BY-NC-SA)
Introduction to Photojournalism JOUR 160
- Documentary Photography and Photojournalism: Still Images of a World in Motion (MIT OpenCourseWare, 2002) (CC BY)
- Digital Foundations: Introduction to Media Design with the Adobe Creative Cloud – Revised Edition (Burrough and Mandiberg, 2017) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Digital Photography for Graphic Communications (Adams, Asaleh, Seto, Lisi, and Habekost) (CC BY)
- Media, Society, Culture and You (Poepsel, 2018) (CC BY)
Introduction to Visual Communication JOUR 170
Lower Division Student Media Practicum II JOUR 131
- Check, Please! Starter Course for Fact Checkers (CC BY)
- Writing for Electronic Media (Champagne, 2017) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Web Literacy for Student Fact Checkers (Caufield, 2021) – Pressbooks (CC BY-NC-SA)
List B – Select 2 courses (6 units minimum):
Introduction to Photography (C-ID ARTS 260)
- No resources identified.
Desktop Publishing
No resources identified.
Introduction to Statistics (C-ID MATH 110) OR Introduction to Statistics in Sociology (C-ID SOCI 125)
- Statistics for Social Justice Studies (Blustein, et al., ASCCC OERI) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- 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)
- Statistics for the Social Sciences (Pelz, Lumen Learning) (License varies)
- PSPP (CC BY-NC-SA)
Introduction to Communication Studies or Introduction to Communication Theory (C-ID COMM 180)
- Communication Theory (WikiBooks) (CC BY-SA)
- Communication Literacy: An Introduction to Communication Studies by Newsom & Montenegro (Newsom, Montenegro, Lengel, and Yeung) – Creative Commons
- Introduction to Communication (Paynton and Hahn) in LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)
- Communication in the Real World – An Introduction to Communication Studies (CC BY-NC-SA)
Principles of Microeconomics (C-ID ECON 201) OR Principles of Macroeconomics (C-ID ECON 202)
- Principles of Macroeconomics 3e (Greenlaw and Shapiro, 2022) (OpenStax) (CC BY 2.0)
- Principles of Microeconomics 3e (Greenlaw and Shapiro, 2022) (OpenStax) (CC BY 2.0)
Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics (C-ID POLS 130)
- A Casebook for Comparative Politics (Johnson, Pashayan, Schuster, Tures, Pedreira, and Van Den Handel, 2025) (CC BY-NC)
- Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics (Bozonelos, Wendt, Lee, Scarffe, Omae, Franco, Martin, and Velduis) (ASCCC OERI, 2022) (CC BY-NC)
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 Logic (C-ID PHIL 110) OR Symbolic Logic (C-ID PHIL 210)
- The Carnap Book (Leach-Krouse and Ehrlich, 2024) (CC BY)
- forallx: Calgary, An Introduction to Formal Logic (Magnus, 2020) (CC BY)
- forallx: An Introduction to Formal Logic (Magnus, 2017) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)
- A Concise Introduction to Logic (DeLancey, 2017) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Open Logic Text (Open Logic Project, 2021) (CC BY)
- Symbolic Logic: An Accessible Introduction to Serious Mathematical Logic (Ray, 2021) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Modern Formal Logic Primer (Teller, 1989 – LibreTexts (Copyrighted, Free for Instructional and Educational Use)
- Logic & Critical Thinking: An Open Educational Resource (Levin and Sheley, 2019) (CC BY-NC-ND)
- Fundamental Methods of Logic (Knachel, 2017) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Logical Reasoning (Dowden, 2020) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking (Van Cleave, 2017) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Clear and Present Thinking (Myers, 2017) (CC BY-ND)
- Thinking Well: A Logic & Critical Thinking Textbook (ver 3.2) (Lavin, 2022) (CC BY)
Argumentation or Argumentation and Debate (C-ID COMM 120)
- Logic and Critical Thinking (Levin and Sheley) (CC BY-NC-ND)
- Logical Reasoning (Bradley H. Dowden, California State University Sacramento) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- The (In)Credible Argument: Crafting and Analyzing Arguments in College (Kepka) (PressBooks) (CC BY 4.0)
- Arguing Using Critical Thinking (Marteney) in LibreTexts (CC BY-NC)
- How Arguments Work: A Guide to Writing and Analyzing Texts in College (Mills et al., ASCCC OERI, 2022) – LibreTexts
- A Concise Introduction to Logic (DeLancey, 2017) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
Introduction to Critical Thinking
No resources identified.
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