Indicated resources are samples. Find a complete curated collection at Open Educational Resources – English and Literature and the available OER for all disciplines at OER by Discipline. Please note that the structure presented here aligns with the English TMC; local Associate Degrees for Transfer will be different as the TMC introduces flexibility at the Core and beyond.
Required Core Courses:
Option 1
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 Literature (C-ID ENGL 120)
See the C-ID English 110 list below. As per the course description, C-ID English 110, Argumentative Writing and Critical Thinking Through Literature, is designed to include English 120 content.
Option 2
Argumentative Writing and Critical Thinking Through Literature (C-ID ENGL 110)
- Surface and Subtext: Literature, Research, Writing (Carly-Miles et al, 2024) (CC BY-NC)
- Literature, Critical Thinking, & Writing (Shehorn, 2023) (CC BY)
- Writing and Literature: Composition as Inquiry, Learning, Thinking, and Communication (Bennet, 2017)
- Writing and Critical Thinking Through Literature (Ringo and Kashyap, 2020) – LibreTexts
- The Open Anthology of Literature in English (O’Brien) (CC BY-NC)
- Literature, the Humanities, and Humanity (Steinberg, 2014) (CC BY-NC-SA)
List A – Select two of the following:
Survey of American Literature 1 (C-ID ENGL 130)
- The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature (DeRosa et al., 2016) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Digital American Literature Anthology (O’Connor, 2019) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Becoming America: An Exploration of American Literature from Precolonial to Post-Revolution (Kurant, 2018)
- American Literature I: An Anthology of Texts From Early America Through the Civil War (Kurtz) (CC BY-SA)
- Authoring America: A Survey of American Literature from the Beginnings to 2020, VOLUME 2: American Literature from 1820-1865 (Grogan, 2021) (CC BY-SA)
- Authoring America: A Survey of American Literature from Its Beginnings to 2020, VOLUME 1: American Literature from Its Beginnings to 1820 (Grogan, 2021) (CC BY-SA)
Copyright Resources
- Cal OER 2024
- Fall 2024 Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Program – An Overview and Update
- Making Open Educational Resources (OER) Magic with Student Workers
- Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Open Educational Resources (OER) to Support Student Learning
- OER Liaison Kickoffs – Fall 2024
- ADAPT Level 4 – Creating and Using Question Banks in ADAPT
- Succeeding at Your Internship: A Handbook Written for and with Students (Mruk and Moor, 2020) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
- NASW Code of Ethics (National Association of Social Workers, 2021) – English Version (Unknown License)
- Social Work & Social Welfare: Modern Practice in a Diverse World, 2nd Edition (Cullen and Cullen, 2021) (CC BY-NC)
- Introduction to Social Work at Ferris State University (Ferris State University, 2017) (CC BY)
- Introduction to Human Services (Pearce, 2020) – Linn-Benton Community College (CC BY)
- Introduction to Social Work: A Look Across the Profession (Langford and Keaton, 2022) – Mavs Open Press (CC BY-NC)
- ADAPT Level 3 – Using ADAPT in Canvas
- Physical Geography (Patrich, 2024) – College of the Canyons (CC BY)
- California Geography (Patrich, 2024) – College of the Canyons (CC BY)
- ADAPT Level 2 – Creating in ADAPT
- ADAPT Level 1 – Accessing ADAPT and Finding Existing Assessments
- Microbiology ADAPT Ancillaries (Liu et al, 2024) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Open Educational Resources (OER) Integration, Embedded Content, and Peer Online Course Review (POCR) Guidelines
- Microbiology Canvas Ancillaries (Liu, 2022) (CC BY 4.0)
- Fundamentals of Business Law (Randall et al., 2020) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Introduction to Remixing in LibreTexts Workshop
- Criminal Court Processes & Procedures (Raber) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Microbiology for Earth Scientists (Kirk) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Microbiology (Kaiser) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Mathematics for Computer Science (Lehman, Thomson Leighton, and Meyer, 2015) (CC BY-SA)
- Introduction to Business (OpenStax)
- How Can We Best Assign Diverse Contemporary Literature and Nonfiction Books in Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Classes? A discussion for English faculty
- Administration of Justice Open Educational Resources (OER) Introduction and Brainstorming Session
- Astronomy and Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Math OER Office Hours
- American Sign Language (ASL) and Open Educational Resources (OER) Office Hours
- A Deep Dive into Open Educational Resources (OER) Options for Digital Journalism and Public Relations
- Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework Office Hour
- Spanish Open Educational Resources (OER) Homework Hackathon 2: Let’s have fun with ADAPT
- Moving Math and Statistics Courses to Open Educational Resources (OER)/ Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC)
- Sharing Open Educational Resources (OER) Within and Across Ethnic Studies Disciplines
- Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework Assessment Process
- Open Educational Resources (OER) for English: How Students Can Annotate the Text Together
- Updates on Geography Open Educational Resources (OER) and Future Projects
- Open Educational Resources (OER) in Economics: Filling the Gaps
- A Guide to Analyzing Arguments in an Academic Setting (UMass Dartmouth, 2024) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Heritages of Change: Curatorial Activism and First-Year Writing (Tracy, 2024) (CC BY-NC)
- Surface and Subtext: Literature, Research, Writing (Carly-Miles et al, 2024) (CC BY-NC)
- Rhetoric – What, Why, and How? (Skyline College English, 2023) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
- The ASCCC Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI): Resources and Services to Support Your Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Pathway Development
- Continuing the Path to Zero in Spanish Open Educational Resources (OER): Tarea Libre 2
- Using Open Educational Resources (OER) to Teach Statistics – A Focus on the How and Why
- MyOpenMath (MOM) for STEM Courses Office Hour
- Teaching Data Science with Open Source Stack
- Classical Mechanics (Tom Weideman) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)
- Electricity and Magnetism (Tom Weideman) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)
- Counseling and OER Office Hour
- Getting Spanish Homework to Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) with LibreTexts ADAPT
- Modern World History: New Perspectives (OERI Project, 2024) (CC BY-NC-SA) – LibreTexts
- World History Since 1500: An Open and Free Textbook (Rankin and Weise, 2022) (CC-BY 4.0)
- World History Project: Origins to the Present (Bob Bain and Trevor Getz, 2024) (CC BY-NC)
- Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Funding: The Next Phases and ZTC Funding Q&A
- Incorporating Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) in the Creation of Open Educational Resources (OER)
- OERL Conversation: Back to Our Roots – Chatting About Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Lifespan Development: A Psychological Perspective Fourth Edition (Lally and Valentine-French, 2022) (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
- The Carnap Book (Leach-Krouse and Ehrlich, 2024) (CC BY)
- Open Educational Resources (OER) Faculty Community of Practice
- Human Growth and Development (Newton, 2022) – Pressbooks (CC BY)
- Beyond Traditional Spanish Homework: Adding Project Based Learning to your Open Educational Practices
- What Open Educational Resources (OER) Does Philosophy Need?
- OERL Conversation: All Things Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC)
- History: Creating Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Pathways
- Psychology through the Lifespan (Alisa Beyer and Julie Lazzara, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
- Art and Art History Collaboration Update
- Chemistry and Open Educational Resources (OER): Barrier(s), Challenges, and Resources
- Open Educational Resources (OER) for Statistics: Math, Psychology, Sociology, Oh My!
- Understanding Global Politics (Bloor, 2022) – E-International Relations (CC BY-NC)
- International Relations Theory (McGlinchey, Walters and Scheinpflug, 2022) – E-International Relations Publishing (CC BY-NC)
- Political Philosophy Reader An Open Educational Resource (Levin, 2019) – N.G.E. Far Press (CC BY-SA)
- Anthropology and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Conversation
- Unlocking Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Communications 256: Intercultural Communication (College of the Canyons, Stokes Rice) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Speak Out, Call In: Public Speaking as Advocacy Author (Mepes, 2019) – Pressbooks (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Introduction to California Government and Politics (Reti) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Funding the Development of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Navigating Your Local Context
- Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), Open Educational Resources (OER), and Political Science Cohort: What Can I Expect?
- Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC) Labs – Lab-Specific Challenges and Solutions
- Open Educational Resources (OER) for Anatomy, Physiology, and Microbiology
- Lifespan Development (Lumen Learning) (Varied Licenses – terms of each page must be reviewed)
- Anti-Racism in Action: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework Basics Training
- Biotechnology and Open Educational Resources (OER): Collecting Material for Curation and Creation
- Student Participation in Local Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Efforts
- A Photographic Atlas for Botany (Morrow, 2020) – ASCCC OERI (CC-BY-NC)
- Hospitality Management and Open Educational Resources (OER)
- OERL Conversation: Tracking Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Projects
- Human Growth and Development Question Library (Cotter, Fisk and Grissett, 2018) – Galileo (CC BY-SA)
- True Access: Ensuring Student Access to Course Resources on Day 1
- Rock and Mineral Collections for Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC) Geology Lab Courses: Help Determine our Strategy
- Early Childhood Education (ECE) and Open Educational Resources (OER): Videos and Other Hard-to-Find Content.
- Early Childhood Education (ECE) and Open Educational Resources (OER): Walking Through Available OER for the ECE Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT)
- Open Educational Resources (OER) for Psychology: Strong and Getting Stronger
- Communication Studies Open Educational Resources (OER) Projects and Cohort Work
- Emotional Intelligence for Open Educational Resources (OER) Advocacy
- Mythbusting: Addressing Misconceptions About Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Human Development (Callahan, Dose, Wright, Pace, Earl, and Nummerdor, 2020) – Georgia Highlands College (Varied Licenses)
- OER Liaison Spring 2024 Kick-Off
- Open Educational Resources (OER) Curation and Advanced Licensing
- Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti-Racism (IDEA), Open Educational Resources (OER), and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Evaluating Open Educational Resources (OER) for Accessibility
- Searching for Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Spring 2024 OERL Kick-off
- Introduction to Creative Commons Licensing
- Understanding the Whole Child: Growth and Development Conception through Adolescence (Saddleback College) – Pressbooks (CC BY)
- Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Collaboration Cohorts
- Understanding Open Educational Resources (OER), Copyright, and Fair Use
- Budget Basics for OER Liaisons
- An Introduction to Social Psychology (Thomas Edison State University and Diana Sanchez, 2022) – Pressbooks (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Microbiology Laboratory Manual (Hartline, 2023) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework Office Hours
- Math OER Office Hours
- Exploring the Fall 2023 Open Educational Resources (OER) Liaison Survey Data
- Psychology Open Educational Resources (OER) Office Hours
- Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI) Office Hours
- Celebrating Successes, Finding Support for Challenges, and Looking Ahead
- New Open Educational Resources (OER) Books and Resources in Ethnic Studies and Chicanx/Latinx Studies
- Examples of OER Development Processes
- Data, Open Educational Resources (OER), and Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC) Pathways: Using Research to Understand and Advocate
- Biotechnology and Open Educational Resources (OER): Achieve Greatness
- Introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) for English
- Art Appreciation (Asa Sion Mittman, 2023) – Smart History (CC BY-NC)
- Economics OER Office Hours – November
- Chemistry Open Educational Resources (OER) Office Hours
- Overview of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Philosophy
- Writing and Artificial Intelligence: An Open Educational Resources (OER) Guide
- Supporting Faculty in Considering, Adopting, and Creating Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Different Types of Assessments in MyOpenMath
- Organic Chemistry: A Tenth Edition (McMurry, 2023) – OpenStax (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Problem Solving in Teams and Groups (Piercy) (CC BY)
- COMM 1: Introduction to Public Speaking (2023) – Fresno City College (CC BY-NC-SA)
- 6.01 Recommendations for the Implementation of AB 607 (Kalra, 2023) Amendments to California Education Code §66406.9
- 7.02 Clarification of Licensing Requirement and Inclusion of CC BY-NC License in Procedures and Standards of the Board of Governors
- 17.01 Sustainability and Institutionalization of Zero-Textbook-Cost Pathway Efforts
- 17.02 Part-time Faculty Inclusion in OER and ZTC Pathways
- 20.02 Provide Student Access to Free Open Educational Course Resources
- Environmental Geology (Steven Earle, 2021) (CC BY-NC-SA) – Thompson Rivers University, British Columbia
- World History, Volume 2: from 1400 (Kordas, Lynch, Nelson, and Tatlock, 2022) (OpenStax) (CC BY 4.0)
- Compensating for Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Projects
- Introduction to Art History I: An OER Textbook for Survey of Western Art from Prehistory through the Middle Ages (Myers, Caldwell, Taylor, ) (ASCCC OERI, 2022) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- All Are Welcome: An Introduction to the Hospitality Industry – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC)
- Journalism and Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Critical Language Awareness: Language Power Techniques and English Grammar (Reinhardt et al, 2023) (CC BY-NC)
- Culturally Responsive Composition: A Writer’s Handbook (Gurevitch, 2023) (CC BY)
- University Academic Writing for International Students: A Usage-based Approach (Moder et al, 2020) (CC BY)
- Writing for Inquiry and Research (Kessler et al, 2023) (CC BY-NC)
- Elements of Creative Writing (Tracey et al, 2023) (CC BY-NC)
- Literature, Critical Thinking, & Writing (Shehorn, 2023) (CC BY)
- Critical Worlds Subtitle: A Targeted Introduction to Literary Analysis (Liza Long, 2023) – Pressbooks (CC BY)
- English OER Drop-In Office Hour
- Open Educational Resources (OER) for Physics Labs Share-Out
- Counseling Conversations: Open Education Resources (OER) and Your Thoughts
- Yo puedo: segundos pasos (Silvaggio-Adams and Vallejo-Alegre, Milne Open Textbooks, 2021) (CC BY-NC)
- Yo puedo: para empezar (Silvaggio-Adams and Vallejo-Alegre, Milne Open Textbooks, 2021) (CC BY-NC)
- Review Existing Online Educational Resources (OER) for Hospitality Management
- Introduction to Philosophy (Smith, N., et al, 2023) – OpenStax (CC BY)
- American Sign Language (ASL) and Open Education Resources (OER)—Updates and Open Discussion about OER and Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC)
- The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Open Educational Resources(OER)
- Historians Connect and Create Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Current OER Efforts in Political Science
- What’s New in Early Childhood Education Open Educational Resources (OER)
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Adopting and Using OERs in a Real Art History Classroom
- Existing and Pipeline Geology Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI) Office Hours
- Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) Resolutions: The What, How, and Why
- Spanish Open Educational Resources (OER) Hackathon: Let’s create a HW Collection
- Economics Open Educational Resources (OER) Office Hours
- Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework Office Hours
- Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI) Office Hours
- Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC) Degrees for Communication Studies: Where are the gaps?
- Communicating Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) and Low Textbook Cost (LTC) to Students and Colleagues
- Getting Spanish to Zero – An Openly-Licensed Homework Option for Spanish
- The Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework Assessment Process
- College Algebra 2e (CC BY)
- Accelerating and Implementing Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC) Pathways
- Exploring a Medical Anthropology Open Educational Resources (OER)
- OER Liaison Kick Off – September 29
- Earth @Home: Earth Science of the Western United States (Hermsen and Hendricks, 2022) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- OERI Office Hours – Thursdays
- Biopsychology (ASCCC OERI, 2022 Draft) – LibreTexts (License varies)
- Psyc 310: Biological Psychology (Keys)- LibreTexts (Licenses vary)
- Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach (Amory, Massey, Miller, and Brown) (CC BY)
- Introduction to Baking and Pastries (Rink and Thibodeaux, 2021) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Supervision in the Hospitality Industry, 9th Edition (Walker, 2020) – Google Books
- Culinary Foundations (Cheramie and Thibodeaux, 2021) – Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Culinary Production and Operations (Raja, Christian, 2021) – Canvas (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Hospitality Cost Control – (Bojorge, Roxana, 2021) – Canvas Shell (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Hospitality Laws (Bojorge, Roxanne, 2021) – Canvas Shell (CC BY-NC-SA)
- OERI Office Hours – Mondays
- Anti-Racism in Action: Applying the IDEA Framework to OER
- Writing as Material Practice – Substance, Surface and Medium (Piquette et al.) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)
- Introduction to Archaeology: A Workbook (Lemke, 2020) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Archaeology (Ruth) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Zero Textbook Course (ZTC) Mapping: High- and Low-Tech Solutions
- OER Liaison Kick Off – September 19
- OER Liaison Survey Development Conversation
Survey of American Literature 2 (C-ID ENGL 135)
- Writing the Nation: A Concise Guide to American Literature 1865 to Present (Berke et al., 2015)
- Authoring America: A Survey of American Literature from the Beginnings to 2020, Volume 4: American Literature from 1914-1945 (Grogan, 2021) (CC BY-SA)
- Authoring America: A Survey of American Literature from the Beginnings to 2020, Volume 3: American Literature from 1865-1914 (Grogan, 2021) (CC BY-SA)
- Authoring America: A Survey of American Literature from Its Beginnings to 2020, VOLUME 1: American Literature from Its Beginnings to 1820 (Grogan, 2021) (CC BY-SA)
Copyright Resources
- Cal OER 2024
- Fall 2024 Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Program – An Overview and Update
- Making Open Educational Resources (OER) Magic with Student Workers
- Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Open Educational Resources (OER) to Support Student Learning
- OER Liaison Kickoffs – Fall 2024
- ADAPT Level 4 – Creating and Using Question Banks in ADAPT
- Succeeding at Your Internship: A Handbook Written for and with Students (Mruk and Moor, 2020) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
- NASW Code of Ethics (National Association of Social Workers, 2021) – English Version (Unknown License)
- Social Work & Social Welfare: Modern Practice in a Diverse World, 2nd Edition (Cullen and Cullen, 2021) (CC BY-NC)
- Introduction to Social Work at Ferris State University (Ferris State University, 2017) (CC BY)
- Introduction to Human Services (Pearce, 2020) – Linn-Benton Community College (CC BY)
- Introduction to Social Work: A Look Across the Profession (Langford and Keaton, 2022) – Mavs Open Press (CC BY-NC)
- ADAPT Level 3 – Using ADAPT in Canvas
- Physical Geography (Patrich, 2024) – College of the Canyons (CC BY)
- California Geography (Patrich, 2024) – College of the Canyons (CC BY)
- ADAPT Level 2 – Creating in ADAPT
- ADAPT Level 1 – Accessing ADAPT and Finding Existing Assessments
- Microbiology ADAPT Ancillaries (Liu et al, 2024) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Open Educational Resources (OER) Integration, Embedded Content, and Peer Online Course Review (POCR) Guidelines
- Microbiology Canvas Ancillaries (Liu, 2022) (CC BY 4.0)
- Fundamentals of Business Law (Randall et al., 2020) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Introduction to Remixing in LibreTexts Workshop
- Criminal Court Processes & Procedures (Raber) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Microbiology for Earth Scientists (Kirk) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Microbiology (Kaiser) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Mathematics for Computer Science (Lehman, Thomson Leighton, and Meyer, 2015) (CC BY-SA)
- Introduction to Business (OpenStax)
- How Can We Best Assign Diverse Contemporary Literature and Nonfiction Books in Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Classes? A discussion for English faculty
- Administration of Justice Open Educational Resources (OER) Introduction and Brainstorming Session
- Astronomy and Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Math OER Office Hours
- American Sign Language (ASL) and Open Educational Resources (OER) Office Hours
- A Deep Dive into Open Educational Resources (OER) Options for Digital Journalism and Public Relations
- Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework Office Hour
- Spanish Open Educational Resources (OER) Homework Hackathon 2: Let’s have fun with ADAPT
- Moving Math and Statistics Courses to Open Educational Resources (OER)/ Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC)
- Sharing Open Educational Resources (OER) Within and Across Ethnic Studies Disciplines
- Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework Assessment Process
- Open Educational Resources (OER) for English: How Students Can Annotate the Text Together
- Updates on Geography Open Educational Resources (OER) and Future Projects
- Open Educational Resources (OER) in Economics: Filling the Gaps
- A Guide to Analyzing Arguments in an Academic Setting (UMass Dartmouth, 2024) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Heritages of Change: Curatorial Activism and First-Year Writing (Tracy, 2024) (CC BY-NC)
- Surface and Subtext: Literature, Research, Writing (Carly-Miles et al, 2024) (CC BY-NC)
- Rhetoric – What, Why, and How? (Skyline College English, 2023) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
- The ASCCC Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI): Resources and Services to Support Your Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Pathway Development
- Continuing the Path to Zero in Spanish Open Educational Resources (OER): Tarea Libre 2
- Using Open Educational Resources (OER) to Teach Statistics – A Focus on the How and Why
- MyOpenMath (MOM) for STEM Courses Office Hour
- Teaching Data Science with Open Source Stack
- Classical Mechanics (Tom Weideman) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)
- Electricity and Magnetism (Tom Weideman) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)
- Counseling and OER Office Hour
- Getting Spanish Homework to Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) with LibreTexts ADAPT
- Modern World History: New Perspectives (OERI Project, 2024) (CC BY-NC-SA) – LibreTexts
- World History Since 1500: An Open and Free Textbook (Rankin and Weise, 2022) (CC-BY 4.0)
- World History Project: Origins to the Present (Bob Bain and Trevor Getz, 2024) (CC BY-NC)
- Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Funding: The Next Phases and ZTC Funding Q&A
- Incorporating Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) in the Creation of Open Educational Resources (OER)
- OERL Conversation: Back to Our Roots – Chatting About Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Lifespan Development: A Psychological Perspective Fourth Edition (Lally and Valentine-French, 2022) (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
- The Carnap Book (Leach-Krouse and Ehrlich, 2024) (CC BY)
- Open Educational Resources (OER) Faculty Community of Practice
- Human Growth and Development (Newton, 2022) – Pressbooks (CC BY)
- Beyond Traditional Spanish Homework: Adding Project Based Learning to your Open Educational Practices
- What Open Educational Resources (OER) Does Philosophy Need?
- OERL Conversation: All Things Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC)
- History: Creating Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Pathways
- Psychology through the Lifespan (Alisa Beyer and Julie Lazzara, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
- Art and Art History Collaboration Update
- Chemistry and Open Educational Resources (OER): Barrier(s), Challenges, and Resources
- Open Educational Resources (OER) for Statistics: Math, Psychology, Sociology, Oh My!
- Understanding Global Politics (Bloor, 2022) – E-International Relations (CC BY-NC)
- International Relations Theory (McGlinchey, Walters and Scheinpflug, 2022) – E-International Relations Publishing (CC BY-NC)
- Political Philosophy Reader An Open Educational Resource (Levin, 2019) – N.G.E. Far Press (CC BY-SA)
- Anthropology and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Conversation
- Unlocking Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Communications 256: Intercultural Communication (College of the Canyons, Stokes Rice) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Speak Out, Call In: Public Speaking as Advocacy Author (Mepes, 2019) – Pressbooks (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Introduction to California Government and Politics (Reti) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Funding the Development of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Navigating Your Local Context
- Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), Open Educational Resources (OER), and Political Science Cohort: What Can I Expect?
- Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC) Labs – Lab-Specific Challenges and Solutions
- Open Educational Resources (OER) for Anatomy, Physiology, and Microbiology
- Lifespan Development (Lumen Learning) (Varied Licenses – terms of each page must be reviewed)
- Anti-Racism in Action: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework Basics Training
- Biotechnology and Open Educational Resources (OER): Collecting Material for Curation and Creation
- Student Participation in Local Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Efforts
- A Photographic Atlas for Botany (Morrow, 2020) – ASCCC OERI (CC-BY-NC)
- Hospitality Management and Open Educational Resources (OER)
- OERL Conversation: Tracking Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Projects
- Human Growth and Development Question Library (Cotter, Fisk and Grissett, 2018) – Galileo (CC BY-SA)
- True Access: Ensuring Student Access to Course Resources on Day 1
- Rock and Mineral Collections for Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC) Geology Lab Courses: Help Determine our Strategy
- Early Childhood Education (ECE) and Open Educational Resources (OER): Videos and Other Hard-to-Find Content.
- Early Childhood Education (ECE) and Open Educational Resources (OER): Walking Through Available OER for the ECE Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT)
- Open Educational Resources (OER) for Psychology: Strong and Getting Stronger
- Communication Studies Open Educational Resources (OER) Projects and Cohort Work
- Emotional Intelligence for Open Educational Resources (OER) Advocacy
- Mythbusting: Addressing Misconceptions About Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Human Development (Callahan, Dose, Wright, Pace, Earl, and Nummerdor, 2020) – Georgia Highlands College (Varied Licenses)
- OER Liaison Spring 2024 Kick-Off
- Open Educational Resources (OER) Curation and Advanced Licensing
- Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti-Racism (IDEA), Open Educational Resources (OER), and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Evaluating Open Educational Resources (OER) for Accessibility
- Searching for Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Spring 2024 OERL Kick-off
- Introduction to Creative Commons Licensing
- Understanding the Whole Child: Growth and Development Conception through Adolescence (Saddleback College) – Pressbooks (CC BY)
- Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Collaboration Cohorts
- Understanding Open Educational Resources (OER), Copyright, and Fair Use
- Budget Basics for OER Liaisons
- An Introduction to Social Psychology (Thomas Edison State University and Diana Sanchez, 2022) – Pressbooks (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Microbiology Laboratory Manual (Hartline, 2023) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework Office Hours
- Math OER Office Hours
- Exploring the Fall 2023 Open Educational Resources (OER) Liaison Survey Data
- Psychology Open Educational Resources (OER) Office Hours
- Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI) Office Hours
- Celebrating Successes, Finding Support for Challenges, and Looking Ahead
- New Open Educational Resources (OER) Books and Resources in Ethnic Studies and Chicanx/Latinx Studies
- Examples of OER Development Processes
- Data, Open Educational Resources (OER), and Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC) Pathways: Using Research to Understand and Advocate
- Biotechnology and Open Educational Resources (OER): Achieve Greatness
- Introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) for English
- Art Appreciation (Asa Sion Mittman, 2023) – Smart History (CC BY-NC)
- Economics OER Office Hours – November
- Chemistry Open Educational Resources (OER) Office Hours
- Overview of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Philosophy
- Writing and Artificial Intelligence: An Open Educational Resources (OER) Guide
- Supporting Faculty in Considering, Adopting, and Creating Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Different Types of Assessments in MyOpenMath
- Organic Chemistry: A Tenth Edition (McMurry, 2023) – OpenStax (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Problem Solving in Teams and Groups (Piercy) (CC BY)
- COMM 1: Introduction to Public Speaking (2023) – Fresno City College (CC BY-NC-SA)
- 6.01 Recommendations for the Implementation of AB 607 (Kalra, 2023) Amendments to California Education Code §66406.9
- 7.02 Clarification of Licensing Requirement and Inclusion of CC BY-NC License in Procedures and Standards of the Board of Governors
- 17.01 Sustainability and Institutionalization of Zero-Textbook-Cost Pathway Efforts
- 17.02 Part-time Faculty Inclusion in OER and ZTC Pathways
- 20.02 Provide Student Access to Free Open Educational Course Resources
- Environmental Geology (Steven Earle, 2021) (CC BY-NC-SA) – Thompson Rivers University, British Columbia
- World History, Volume 2: from 1400 (Kordas, Lynch, Nelson, and Tatlock, 2022) (OpenStax) (CC BY 4.0)
- Compensating for Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Projects
- Introduction to Art History I: An OER Textbook for Survey of Western Art from Prehistory through the Middle Ages (Myers, Caldwell, Taylor, ) (ASCCC OERI, 2022) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- All Are Welcome: An Introduction to the Hospitality Industry – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC)
- Journalism and Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Critical Language Awareness: Language Power Techniques and English Grammar (Reinhardt et al, 2023) (CC BY-NC)
- Culturally Responsive Composition: A Writer’s Handbook (Gurevitch, 2023) (CC BY)
- University Academic Writing for International Students: A Usage-based Approach (Moder et al, 2020) (CC BY)
- Writing for Inquiry and Research (Kessler et al, 2023) (CC BY-NC)
- Elements of Creative Writing (Tracey et al, 2023) (CC BY-NC)
- Literature, Critical Thinking, & Writing (Shehorn, 2023) (CC BY)
- Critical Worlds Subtitle: A Targeted Introduction to Literary Analysis (Liza Long, 2023) – Pressbooks (CC BY)
- English OER Drop-In Office Hour
- Open Educational Resources (OER) for Physics Labs Share-Out
- Counseling Conversations: Open Education Resources (OER) and Your Thoughts
- Yo puedo: segundos pasos (Silvaggio-Adams and Vallejo-Alegre, Milne Open Textbooks, 2021) (CC BY-NC)
- Yo puedo: para empezar (Silvaggio-Adams and Vallejo-Alegre, Milne Open Textbooks, 2021) (CC BY-NC)
- Review Existing Online Educational Resources (OER) for Hospitality Management
- Introduction to Philosophy (Smith, N., et al, 2023) – OpenStax (CC BY)
- American Sign Language (ASL) and Open Education Resources (OER)—Updates and Open Discussion about OER and Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC)
- The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Open Educational Resources(OER)
- Historians Connect and Create Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Current OER Efforts in Political Science
- What’s New in Early Childhood Education Open Educational Resources (OER)
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Adopting and Using OERs in a Real Art History Classroom
- Existing and Pipeline Geology Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI) Office Hours
- Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) Resolutions: The What, How, and Why
- Spanish Open Educational Resources (OER) Hackathon: Let’s create a HW Collection
- Economics Open Educational Resources (OER) Office Hours
- Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework Office Hours
- Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI) Office Hours
- Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC) Degrees for Communication Studies: Where are the gaps?
- Communicating Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) and Low Textbook Cost (LTC) to Students and Colleagues
- Getting Spanish to Zero – An Openly-Licensed Homework Option for Spanish
- The Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework Assessment Process
- College Algebra 2e (CC BY)
- Accelerating and Implementing Zero-Textbook-Cost (ZTC) Pathways
- Exploring a Medical Anthropology Open Educational Resources (OER)
- OER Liaison Kick Off – September 29
- Earth @Home: Earth Science of the Western United States (Hermsen and Hendricks, 2022) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- OERI Office Hours – Thursdays
- Biopsychology (ASCCC OERI, 2022 Draft) – LibreTexts (License varies)
- Psyc 310: Biological Psychology (Keys)- LibreTexts (Licenses vary)
- Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach (Amory, Massey, Miller, and Brown) (CC BY)
- Introduction to Baking and Pastries (Rink and Thibodeaux, 2021) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Supervision in the Hospitality Industry, 9th Edition (Walker, 2020) – Google Books
- Culinary Foundations (Cheramie and Thibodeaux, 2021) – Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Culinary Production and Operations (Raja, Christian, 2021) – Canvas (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Hospitality Cost Control – (Bojorge, Roxana, 2021) – Canvas Shell (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Hospitality Laws (Bojorge, Roxanne, 2021) – Canvas Shell (CC BY-NC-SA)
- OERI Office Hours – Mondays
- Anti-Racism in Action: Applying the IDEA Framework to OER
- Writing as Material Practice – Substance, Surface and Medium (Piquette et al.) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)
- Introduction to Archaeology: A Workbook (Lemke, 2020) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Archaeology (Ruth) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Zero Textbook Course (ZTC) Mapping: High- and Low-Tech Solutions
- OER Liaison Kick Off – September 19
- OER Liaison Survey Development Conversation
Survey of British Literature 1 (C-ID ENGL 160)
- British Literature through History (CC BY-NC-SA)
- British Literature I: Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century and Neoclassicism (Robinson and Getty, 2018) (CC BY-SA)
Survey of British Literature 2 (C-ID ENGL 165)
- English Literature: Victorians and Moderns (Sexton)
- British Literature II: Romantic Era to the Twentieth Century and Beyond (Robinson, 2018)
- British Literature through History (CC BY-NC-SA)
Survey of World Literature 1 (C-ID ENGL 140)
- World Literature I: Beginnings to 1650 (Getty and Kwon, 2015)
- Compact Anthology of World Literature (Getty and Kwon, 2015)
Survey of World Literature 2 (C-ID ENGL 145)
Survey of Literature in English 1 (C-ID ENGL 150)
Survey of Literature in English 2 (C-ID ENGL 152)
Survey of Literature in English 3 (C-ID ENGL 155)
- No resources identified.
List B – Select one from the following if Option 1 was selected above; Select two from the following if Option 2 was selected above
Any course from List A not used above.
See above.
Any English course articulated as preparation for the English major at any CSU.
No resources identified.
Introduction to Creative Writing (C-ID ENGL 200)
- Elements of Creative Writing (Tracey et al, 2023) (CC BY-NC)
- Write or Left: Intro to Creative Writing (Priebe, 2019) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Vanguard: Exercises for the Creative Writing Classroom (Bailey et al, 2020) (CC BY)
- Introduction to Creative Writing (Lein, 2021) (CC BY)
- Creative Writing, Creative Process: Ruminations and Exercises (Cheney, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA)
Children’s Literature (C-ID ENGL 180)
- Kids Read the Best Stuff (Priebe, 2022) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- The Inside, Outside, and Upside Downs of Children’s Literature: From Poets and Pop-ups to Princesses and Porridge (Schuster) (CC BY-NC-ND)
List C – Select one of the following:
Any course from Lists A or B not used above.
See above.
Any CSU transferable English course.
Any language course other than English which is articulated to fulfill CSU GE Area C.
Any CSU transferable literature course offered in another department.
Introduction to Reporting and News Writing or Introduction to Journalism (C-ID JOUR 110)
Business Communication (C-ID BUS 115)
- Business Communication for Success (Saylor Academy, 2010) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Schaffer M. et al., 2019, with updates in 2020) (CC BY, except where otherwise noted).
- Business English for Success (McLean S., 2011) Saylor Foundation (CC-BY-NC-SA)
- Business Writing (Lumen Learning/CourseHero) (CC-BY-NC-SA, unless noted otherwise).
- Communication Beginnings: An Introductory Listening and Speaking Text for English Language Learners. (Abrahams D., Portland State University Library, 2017) (CC-BY-NC)
Oral Interpretation of Literature (C-ID COMM 170)
- No resources identified.
Introduction to Theater (C-ID THTR 111)
No resources identified.
Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology (C-ID ANTH 130)
- No resources identified.
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