Nutrition and Dietetics TMC and Open Educational Resources

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 Nutrition. Please note that the structure presented here aligns with the Nutrition TMC.

“Core” Courses: 15-21 units

Introduction to Nutrition Science (C-ID NUTR 110)

• Human Nutrition – 2020 Edition (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa) (CC BY-NC-SA, per text Preface)

Introductory Psychology (C-ID PSY 110)

See full list with descriptions, comments, and licensing on the OER and Psychology page.

• Introductory Psychology (OpenStax) – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)
• Discover Psychology 2.0: A Brief Introductory Text (Diener and Biswas-Diener) (CC-BY-NC-SA)
• Introduction to Psychology (2019) by Jorden A. Cummings & Lee Sanders is licensed under a CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0.
• Psychology: The Science of Human Potential by Jeffrey Levy (CC-BY 4.0)

General Chemistry for Science Majors I, with Lab (C-ID CHEM 110) or General Chemistry for Science Majors Sequence A (C-ID CHEM 120S)

See full list with descriptions, comments, and licensing on the OER and Chemistry page.

• Resources for General Chemistry for Majors (C-ID CHEM 110 and 120 S)

Microbiology with Lab

• Microbiology (Parker et al., 2016) – OpenStax  (CC BY)
• Microbiology Canvas Ancillaries (Liu, 2022) (CC BY 4.0) 
• Microbiology: A Laboratory Experience (Ahern, 2018) – Open SUNY Textbooks  (CC BY-NC-SA) 

List A. *Select 1-2 courses from the following: 3-13 units

General Chemistry for Science Majors Sequence A (2nd semester) (C-ID CHEM 120S)

See C-ID CHEM 120S under “Core Courses”.

Organic Chemistry for Science Majors I, with Lab (C-ID CHEM 150)

• Organic Chemistry: A Tenth Edition (McMurry, 2023) – OpenStax (CC BY-NC-SA)
• LibreTexts Organic Chemistry (LibreTexts, 2022) (CC BY-SA)

Human Physiology with Lab (C-ID BIOL 120B)

See full list with descriptions, comments, and licensing on the OER and Biology page.

• A Mixed Course-Based Research Approach to Human Physiology (Karri Haen Whitmer, 2021) – PressBooks (CC-BY-SA)
• Human Physiology (Young et al., n.d.) – WikiBooks  (CC BY-SA)

Human Anatomy with Lab (C-ID BIOL 110B)

• Human Anatomy Lab Manual (Wilk-Blasczak, 2018) – Mavs Open Press  (CC BY 4.0 International)
• Human Anatomy Laboratory Manual (Librande, 2022) – OERCommons (CC-BY-SA)
• Human Anatomy (Menefee et al., 2021) – LibreTexts (CC-BY)

Human Anatomy and Physiology with Lab (C-ID BIOL 115S)

• Anatomy and Physiology 2nd edition (Betts et al., 2018) – OpenStax (CC BY 4.0)
• UGA Anatomy and Physiology 1 (Massey et al., 2019) – Galileo  (CC BY 4.0)

Introduction to Statistics (C-ID MATH 110)

See full list with descriptions, comments, and licensing on the OER and Mathematics page.

• 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 Introduction to Statistics in Sociology (C-ID SOC 125)

See full list with descriptions, comments, and licensing on the OER and Sociology page.

• Introductory Statistics (OpenStax) – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)
• Statistics for the Social Sciences (Pelz, Lumen Learning) (License varies)
• PSPP (CC BY-NC-SA)

List B Select 1 course from the following: 3-4 units

Principles of Food with lab (C-ID NUTR 120)

No resources identified.

Any other course(s) articulated as major preparation for the nutrition/dietetics major at CSU or UC.

This page was last updated February 6, 2023.