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 Computer Science and available OER for all disciplines at OER by Discipline. Please note that the structure presented here aligns with the Early Childhood Education TMC.
“Core” Courses – Minimum Units 28 units (at least 7 units double count as GE credit)
Programming Concepts and Methodology I (C-ID COMP 122)
- Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python (CC BY-NC-SA)
- A Byte of Python
- Think Python 2e
- Python for Everybody
Programming Concepts and Methodology II (C-ID COMP 132)
- Open DSA (Copyrighted)
- C++ reference
- CISC 187 Course Reader (Parillo) (GNU Free Documentation License)
- Open Data Structures (in C++) (CC BY)
Computer Architecture and Organization (C-ID COMP 142)
- x86-64 Assembly Language Programming with Ubuntu
- Programmed Introduction to MIPS Assembly Language (CC BY-NC)
- Introduction to MIPS Assembly Language Programming
- Below C Level
Discrete Structures (C-ID COMP 152)
- A Spiral Workbook for Discrete Mathematics (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Discrete Mathematics: An Open Introduction (CC BY-SA)
- Applied Discrete Structures – Website
- Mathematics for Computer Science
Single Variable Calculus
Single Variable Calculus I (C-ID MATH 210) & II (C-ID MATH 220) – Early Transcendentals
- 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 Single Variable Calculus I (C-ID MATH 211) & II (C-ID MATH 221) – Late Transcendentals (No resources identified for MATH 221)
- 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 Single Variable Calculus Sequence (C-ID MATH 900S)
- See above.
Physics
Calculus-Based Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A (C-ID PHYS 205)
- 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)
Other Sciences
Calculus-Based Physics for Scientists and Engineers B (C-ID PHYS 210)
- 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)
OR 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)
OR 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)
- 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.)
OR 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)
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