Indicated resources are samples. Find a complete curated collection at Open Educational Resources and History and the available OER for all disciplines at OER by Discipline. Please note that the structure presented here aligns with the History TMC; local Associate Degrees for Transfer will be different as the TMC introduces flexibility (e.g., “select three units”) from List A and beyond.
Required Core:
United States History to 1877 (C-ID HIST 130)
- U.S. History (OpenStax) (CC BY)
- The American Yawp (Locke and Wrights, eds.)(CC BY-SA)
- Sage American History: A Survey of America’s Past (CC BY-NC-SA)
- American Environmental History (Allosso)
- African American History (Collins) – Google Docs (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, unless otherwise indicated)
- American History I: Colonial Period to Civil War (Williamson and Aiello) (CC BY)
- History in the Making: A History of the People of the United States of America to 1877 (Locks et al.) (CC BY-SA)
United States History from 1865 (C-ID HIST 140)
- History 111: U.S. History Since 1865 (Lane) (CC BY 4.0)
- U.S. History (OpenStax) (CC BY)
- The American Yawp (Locke and Wrights, eds.)(CC BY-SA)
- Sage American History: A Survey of America’s Past (CC BY-NC-SA)
- American Environmental History (Allosso)
- African American History (Collins) – Google Docs (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, unless otherwise indicated)
- United States History, Volume 2 (Trowbridge) (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
List A – Select 2 courses:
World History to 1500 (C-ID HIST 150) or Western Civilization I (C-ID HIST 170)
World History to 1500
- World History, Volume 1: to 1500 (Kordas, Lynch, Nelson, and Tatlock, 2023) (OpenStax) (CC BY 4.0)
- World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 (Berger et al.) (CC BY-SA)
Western Civilization I
World History Since 1500 (C-ID HIST 160) or Western Civilization II (C-ID HIST 180)
World History Since 1500
- 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, Volume 2: from 1400 (Kordas, Lynch, Nelson, and Tatlock, 2022) (OpenStax) (CC BY 4.0)
- Modern World History (Allosso and Williford) – Pressbooks (CC BY-NC-SA)
Western Civilization II
List B – Select 1 course from each area
Area 1
World History to 1500 or World History Since 1500 if not used in List A
- See above.
OR a non-western history course (any history course not pertaining to the US or Europe) articulated as fulfilling Cal-GETC Area 3B or 4
- None identified. Please let us know if you are using OER for a non-Western history course.
OR any course from the humanities or social sciences (including history) that addresses any historically under-represented group or nonwestern subject articulated as fulfilling CalGETC Area 3B or 4
Intercultural Communication (C-ID COMM 150)
- Communications 256: Intercultural Communication (College of the Canyons, Stokes Rice) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Exploring Intercultural Communication (Grothe) in LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Intercultural Communication for the Community College (Krumrey-Fulks, 2019, PressBooks)
- Intercultural Communication Version 2 (Rice, College of the Canyons, 2019) (CC BY 4.0)
- Language and Culture in Context: A Primer on Intercultural Communication (Godwin-Jones)
- Intercultural Communication (Ahrndt, University of Missouri – St. Louis, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- Speaking of Culture (Weil – Rebus) (CC BY-NC 3.0)
Courses
- COMM311: Intercultural Communication (Saylor) (CC BY 3.0)
- Communicating Across Cultures (MIT Open Courseware) (CC BY-NC-SA)
POLS 140 – Introduction to International Relations (C-ID POLS 140)
- 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)
- A Short Introduction to World Politics (Meacham, 2020) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-ND)
- Canvas Course Shell for Introduction to International Relations (CC BY-NC)
- Human Security in World Affairs: Problems and Opportunities (2nd ed., Lautensach and Lautensach, eds., 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- International Relations (McGlinchey, ed. 2017) (CC BY-NC)
- Meditations on Diplomacy: Comparative Cases in Diplomatic Practice and Foreign Policy (Chan, 2017) (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Introduction to Race and Ethnicity (C-ID SOCI 150)
- Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (Ounjian, 2023) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Immigrant and Refugee Families (Ballard et al.) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC)
- Minority Studies (Dunn) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Race and Ethnic Relations in the U.S.: An Intersectional Approach (2021) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Human Social Life (Kennedy, 2018) (CC BY-NC-SA)
OR a language other than English which is articulated as fulfilling Cal-GETC Area 3B
Elementary Spanish I (C-ID SPAN 100)/Elementary Spanish II (C-ID SPAN 110)
- 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)
- Instructor Guide: Tarea Libre I (ASCCC OERI, Moon, Lee, Harmon, and Meléndez-Ballesteros) (CC BY)
- Pluma (Hernández, 2021) (CC BY NC SA)
- ¡Cultivemos! 1 and ¡Cultivemos! 2 (CSU Pueblo) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Nuestra comunidad latina (Amores and Rodríguez, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- Spanish II (Celis, 2019) (License not specified)
- Spanish 3 (Kelly-Glasoe, Soltman, & Flores, 2013) (CC BY 3.0)
- Spanish 2 (Kelly-Glasoe, Soltman, & Flores, 2013) (CC BY 3.0)
- Spanish 1 (Kelly-Glasoe, Soltman, & Flores, 2013) (CC BY 3.0)
- ¡Chévere! Introductory Spanish I and II (Small, Escudero, Montoya, and Ed Beck., 2021, State University of New York, College at Oneonta) (CC-BY)
- Beginning Spanish, ¡Empecemos por aquí! Ceciliano and Notman, 2022, Portland State University) (CC-BY-NC)
- Spanish I: Beginning Spanish Language and Culture (Dean, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- ¡Naveguemos juntos! (2021) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC 4.0)
- Libro Libre (Huebener) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- Introductory Spanish II (Lumen) (Licenses vary)
- Introductory Spanish I (Lumen) (Licenses vary)
- Hola a Todos: Elementary Spanish I (Stone et al, 2018) (CC BY 3.0)
- Elementary Spanish I (Serrano, 2016) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- ¡Bienvenidos! Spanish Language Textbook (Farmer et al., 2020) (CC BY 4.0)
Area 2
Any history course (including List A courses, if not used above)
See above.
OR any non-history course from the humanities or social sciences related to history articulated as fulfilling Cal-GETC Area 3B or 4
No resources identified.
OR any introductory level social sciences course articulated as fulfilling Cal-GETC Area 4
Intro to Cultural Anthropology (C-ID ANTH 120)
- Introduction to Anthropology: A Four Field Approach (Edited by Pawlowicz; Brooks; Phaup; and Rector) (CC-BY-NC)
- Introduction to Anthropology (Hasty, Lewis, and Snipes, 2022) – OpenStax (CC BY)
- Introduction to Anthropology: Holistic and Applied Research on Being Human (Palmiotto, Homsey-Messer, Ford, Poole, Adams, Allard, and Chadwick, 2022) (CC BY-SA)
- Cultural Anthropology (Saneda and Field, 2020) – LibreTexts (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0)
- Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology, 2nd Edition (Brown, Tubelle de Gonzalez, and McIlwraith – American Anthropological Association, 2020) (CC-BY-NC 4.0)
- The Art of Being Human: A Textbook for Cultural Anthropology (Wesch – New Prairie Press, 2018) (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Principles of Microeconomics (C-ID ECON 201)
- Microeconomics 1e (Medeiros, 2024) – LibreTexts (CC-BY-NC-SA)
- Principles of Microeconomics 3e (Greenlaw and Shapiro, 2022) (OpenStax) (CC BY 2.0)
- The Economy 2.0: Microeconomics (Bowles et al., 2023) – CORE Econ (CC BY-NC-ND)
- Principles of Microeconomics (Curtis and Irvine, 2021) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Allocation, Distribution, and Policy: Notes, Problems, and Solutions in Microeconomics (Bowles and Chen, 2025) (CC BY-NC)
- Microeconomics: Theory Through Applications (Cooper and John, 2011) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Principles of Economics (Rittenberg and Tregarthen, 2016) (CC BY-NC-SA) – University of Minnesota’s Open Textbook Library
Principles of Macroeconomics (C-ID ECON 202)
- Principles of Macroeconomics 3e (Greenlaw and Shapiro, 2022) (OpenStax) (CC BY 2.0)
- Macroeconomics 1e (Medeiros, 2025) – LibreTexts (CC-BY-NC-SA)
- Principles of Macroeconomics (Curtis and Irvine, 2017) (CC BY-NC-SA)
- The Economy 2.0: Macroeconomics (Bowles et al., 2025) – CORE Econ (CC BY-NC-ND)
- Macroeconomics: Institutions, Instability, and Inequality (Carlin and Soskice, 2024) (CC BY-NC)
- Principles of Economics (Rittenberg and Tregarthen, 2016) (CC BY-NC-SA) – University of Minnesota’s Open Textbook Library
Introduction to Political Science (C-ID POLS 150)
- Introduction to Political Science (Rom, Hidaka, and Walker, et al., 2022) (CC BY 4.0) – OpenStax
- An Introduction to Politics (Sell, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA) – LibreTexts
- Politics, Power, and Purpose: An Orientation to Political Science (Jay Steinmetz, 2021) – Pressbooks (CC BY)
Introduction to Human Geography (C-ID GEOG 120)
- Introduction to Human Geography (Dastrup) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Introduction to Human Geography: A Disciplinary Approach (Graves, 2020) (CC BY-NC)
Introductory Psychology (C-ID PSY 110)
- Introduction to Psychology: Moving toward Diversity and Inclusion (McFarlane, Shi, Ramoo, and Yousef, 2024) (CC-BY-NC-SA)
- Introductory Psychology (OpenStax) – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)
- Introduction to Psychology (2019) by Jorden A. Cummings & Lee Sanders (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)
- Psychology: The Science of Human Potential by Jeffrey Levy (CC-BY 4.0)
Introduction to Sociology (C-ID SOCI 110)
- Introduction to Sociology 3e (OpenStax) (CC BY)
- Sociology (Barkan) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
- Sociology (Boundless) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA)
- Introduction to Sociology (Hammond and Cheney) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
- Introduction to Sociology (College of the Canyons) – PDF (CC BY 4.0)
- Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World (Saylor Academy, 2016) (CC BY-NC-SA)
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