Open Educational Resources and the Spanish Transfer Model Curriculum

Indicated resources listed below are samples. Find a complete curated collection of OER (including descriptions and other comments) for the discipline at Open Educational Resources and Spanish.  Please note that the structure presented here aligns with the Spanish TMC. While all local Associate Degrees for Transfer will consist of some version of the Core Courses, the TMC introduces flexibility with respect to “List A”, as well as the options colleges provide to students who need courses to substitute for units they placed out of. If you are using OER to teach courses in your local Spanish ADT that are not listed at Open Educational Resources and Spanish or on this page,  please let us know what OER you are using.

“Core” Courses

Local departmental placement evaluation determines the course level where individual students begin the core courses. Credit or placement equivalent to two years of college level Spanish are required. If a student places out of any course and is not awarded units for that course, the student will have to take additional units to compensate for the course/units needed to reach at least 18 total units in the major (per Title 5 regulations). Course substitutions are made at the discretion of the local college and may or may not be delineated in the local degree. Suggested substitutions include courses in List A. Additional suggested substitutions have also been provided below.

Elementary Spanish I (C-ID SPAN 100) and 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)

Intermediate Spanish I (C-ID SPAN 200) or Spanish for Heritage Speakers I (C-ID SPAN 220)

• ¡Que viva la música! Repaso de conversación (Corrales-Martín, 2021, North Board Press Temple UP) (CC BY-NC 4.0)

  It is an open textbook intended for conversation review, typically a fourth-semester Spanish class.  The textbook is organized around nine different songs that provide students opportunities to practice, aurally and orally, as well as in writing, the main communicative goals and key grammatical structures learned in previous classes.  It can also be used in similar high school classes.

  

• Acceso (Rossomondo, 2020) (CC BY-NC 4.0)

  This is a complete interactive online curriculum for intermediate-level learners of second-year Spanish developed at the University of Kansas. Acceso is made up of eight units, beginning with the United States and then tracing the diachronic route of the Spanish language from Spain through the Americas, ending in the Southern Cone. There is also a Vocabulario section, an online glossary, and additional Gramática section with grammar explanations.

  

• Entrada Libre: Intermediate/Advanced Spanish Manual (Ballesteros et al., 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

  Entrada libre is an intermediate/advanced college-level Spanish OER grammar manual for second language learners and heritage speakers of Spanish at the community college level. Instructors will be able to download the entire manual as well as the Entrada Libre H5P activities library or use the OER Remixer from LibreTexts to adapt, edit, and customize content and publish it in their course management system. Each of the 24 units includes a reading with examples of the grammar points used in context, grammar explanation, and self-graded follow-up activities for practice using H5P as a formative assessment. Entrada libre can be used with Acceso, an existing open-access project created by the University of Kansas which contains great cultural readings and resources for intermediate and advanced levels.

  

• Español y cultura en perspectiva (Balasch et al.) (Licenses vary)

  This collection of nine critical-thinking thematic lessons (.pdf format) is composed of Spanish language readings and communicative activities for intermediate-level students of Spanish.

  

• Instructor Guide: Tarea Libre 2 (ASCCC OERI, Moon, Lee, Harmon, and Díaz-Rodil) (CC BY)

  The Tarea Libre 2 project is a comprehensive and accessible OER question bank consisting of 800 interactive activities created in LibreTexts ADAPT for intermediate and advanced Spanish courses. This resource includes a variety of formative and summative assessments that address diverse skills. Each module offers multiple levels of engagement, enabling instructors to create tailored homework assignments for varying skill levels. Students can practice speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills effectively through these activities.

  

• Manual de gramática básica y avanzada del español (Thomas and McAlister, 2020) (CC BY-NC 4.0)

  Manual de gramática básica y avanzada del español (Thomas and McAlister, 2020) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC 4.0)
  El objetivo principal del libro es resumir las reglas básicas de gramática que se aprenden en los primeros años del estudio formal del español, y luego ofrecer un análisis más avanzado de algunas áreas gramaticales en las que los hablantes de español intermedio/avanzado necesitan enfocarse en más detalle.
  El libro está organizado en cuatro secciones: i) Las partes del discurso; ii) La oración simple; iii) El sistema de objetos; y iv) Las oraciones coordinadas y complejas.  En las primeras tres secciones, cada capítulo está organizado en dos partes: Gramática básica y Gramática avanzada del tema indicado.  En la parte de Gramática básica, se presenta la gramática del tema consistente con un currículo de los cursos introductorios e intermedios de español en un contexto académico (i.e. la universidad). En la parte de Gramática avanzada, se presenta una perspectiva más avanzada de la gramática de español, consistente con un curso  de gramática avanzada en un programa académico de lengua. Access the Manual de gramática básica y avanzada del español resource site.

  

• Manual de gramática y composición (Oechler, Gettysburg College, 2021) (CC BY-NC-SA)

  Este libro está diseñado para estudiantes de nivel intermedio tirando a avanzando (entre B1 y C1, digamos). En él se provee información sobre la gramática del español (es decir, del castellano) e indicaciones para mejorar las destrezas relacionadas con la composición. Cuando sea posible, se proponen páginas adicionales con ejercicios interactivos para continuar el estudio de los temas presentados. Este libro es una combinación y adaptación, u OER remix, de varios textos abiertos con mis propias aportaciones.

  

• Mi idioma, mi comunidad: español para bilingües (Foulis and Alex) (CC BY-NC-ND)

  This OER textbook for heritage language learners of Spanish centers on students’ experiences with language, identity, and belonging in the Midwest through real-world applications. H5P activities are embedded in the lessons.  It uses a project-based approach that outlines how students engage in real-life applications by exploring culturally relevant topics in language use, arts, festivals, food, ethnography, oral history, digital lives, and the university. Through multimedia such as podcasts, videos, neighborhood maps, and music, promote interactive exploration of culturally relevant content while supporting students’ language maintenance and growth.

  

• Palabras propias: La historia cultural del mundo hispanohablante a través de textos primarios.

  Authors: Andrés Rabinovich, Ginett Pineda, Lina Muñoz, Mirla González, Oscar Cardoner Sebio y Sean Gullickson.  University of Kansas. (CC BY-NC) It contains 15 modules on topics ranging from Alfonso el Sabio to Diego Maradona. The goal of this project is to provide high-quality, accessible primary sources to those teaching and studying the histories and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world and the indigenous peoples of Latin America. Our modules cover a wide range of topics, but all consist of the same essential parts:

  • A brief introduction that provides socio-historical context for the primary document.
  • The text itself, often glossed for improved comprehension by non-native speakers of Spanish.
  • A set of activities that range from comprehension to analysis, from using new vocabulary to answering creative writing and essay prompts.

  

• Pluma (Hernández, 2021) (CC BY NC SA)

  PLUMA is a narrative-based language learning program for the first three levels of college Spanish. This program is organically aligned with ACTFL, featuring Can-Do Statements as an organizing principle. It is grounded in narrative-based teaching and learning that evolves from people’s lived experiences and fragments of the history and culture of their countries of origin. Storytelling serves as a model for learners to tell their own stories; it promotes the exploration of deep culture;  it provides a space within which to frame and understand one’s own attitudes and perceptions; and finally, it cultivates intercultural communication. This program follows a carefully scaffolded sequence of targeted comprehensible input and includes formative and summative learning activities and assessments of learning.PLUMA embraces diversified content along with pedagogical practices that guide and assess learners in a non-punitive way as they develop communicative proficiency. Learning is meant to mimic the way we learned our first languages, through recursive loops of contextualized input and feedback, but accelerated because of the life experiences and points of reference we already have.
  3 VOLUMES. 5 eMagazine ISSUES PER VOLUME:
  Volume 1, issues 1-5, prepares learners to communicate in Spanish at the Novice-high level (ACTFL)
  Volume 2, issues 1-5, prepares learners to communicate in Spanish at the Intermediate-low level.
  Volume 3, issues 1-5, prepares learners to communicate in Spanish at the Intermediate-mid level.

  

• Problem-Based Units for Advanced Students of Spanish (Thompson) (CC BY-NC)

  A set of four problem-based learning (PBL) units presenting students with compelling, real-world problems to solve collaboratively in small groups.  The purpose of these PBL units is to provide advanced students of Spanish (generally 3rd and 4th-year college students) a series of problems from Spanish culture and society.  Each unit introduces a problem that students must solve collaboratively in small teams according to a process.  The units are: 1. ¿Mezquita o Catedral?, 2. ¿Arte o tortura?, 3. ¿Protección o racismo?, and 4. ¿Independencia o sedición?

  

• Redes 2. Curso de español intermedio (Warnock, Portland State University) (CC BY-NC 4.0)

  Redes 2. Curso de español intermedio – LibreTexts (Warnock, Portland State University) (CC BY-NC 4.0)
  It contains 6 modules each with grammar lessons, explanations, H5P activities, and additional activities in Google docs.

  • Módulo Uno: identidades y relaciones humanas
  • Módulo Dos: Dale sabor a la vida
  • Módulo Tres: Nuestro entorno
  • Módulo Cuatro: Un mundo sin fronteras
  • Módulo Cinco: Vivir a toda prisa
  • Módulo Seis: La salud y el bienestar

  

• Spanish 1050 Intermediate Spanish (Fountain and Deifell) (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

  This is an online textbook with 5 units:

  • Unidad 1: La comunidad hispana en los Estados Unidos: imágenes y estereotipos
  • Unidad 2: Tradiciones e historias: música, fiestas y leyendas hispanas
  • Unidad 3: El arte y el cine en España y América Latina
  • Unidad 4: España y América Latina en el mundo actual
  • Unidad 5: Selecciones literarias

  

Intermediate Spanish II (C-ID SPAN 210) or Spanish for Heritage Speakers II (C-ID SPAN 230)

• ¡Que viva la música! Repaso de conversación (Corrales-Martín, 2021, North Board Press Temple UP) (CC BY-NC 4.0)

  It is an open textbook intended for conversation review, typically a fourth-semester Spanish class.  The textbook is organized around nine different songs that provide students opportunities to practice, aurally and orally, as well as in writing, the main communicative goals and key grammatical structures learned in previous classes.  It can also be used in similar high school classes.

  

• Acceso (Rossomondo, 2020) (CC BY-NC 4.0)

  This is a complete interactive online curriculum for intermediate-level learners of second-year Spanish developed at the University of Kansas. Acceso is made up of eight units, beginning with the United States and then tracing the diachronic route of the Spanish language from Spain through the Americas, ending in the Southern Cone. There is also a Vocabulario section, an online glossary, and additional Gramática section with grammar explanations.

  

• Entrada Libre: Intermediate/Advanced Spanish Manual (Ballesteros et al., 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

  Entrada libre is an intermediate/advanced college-level Spanish OER grammar manual for second language learners and heritage speakers of Spanish at the community college level. Instructors will be able to download the entire manual as well as the Entrada Libre H5P activities library or use the OER Remixer from LibreTexts to adapt, edit, and customize content and publish it in their course management system. Each of the 24 units includes a reading with examples of the grammar points used in context, grammar explanation, and self-graded follow-up activities for practice using H5P as a formative assessment. Entrada libre can be used with Acceso, an existing open-access project created by the University of Kansas which contains great cultural readings and resources for intermediate and advanced levels.

  

• Español y cultura en perspectiva (Balasch et al.) (Licenses vary)

  This collection of nine critical-thinking thematic lessons (.pdf format) is composed of Spanish language readings and communicative activities for intermediate-level students of Spanish.

  

• Instructor Guide: Tarea Libre 2 (ASCCC OERI, Moon, Lee, Harmon, and Díaz-Rodil) (CC BY)

  The Tarea Libre 2 project is a comprehensive and accessible OER question bank consisting of 800 interactive activities created in LibreTexts ADAPT for intermediate and advanced Spanish courses. This resource includes a variety of formative and summative assessments that address diverse skills. Each module offers multiple levels of engagement, enabling instructors to create tailored homework assignments for varying skill levels. Students can practice speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills effectively through these activities.

  

• Manual de gramática básica y avanzada del español (Thomas and McAlister, 2020) (CC BY-NC 4.0)

  Manual de gramática básica y avanzada del español (Thomas and McAlister, 2020) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC 4.0)
  El objetivo principal del libro es resumir las reglas básicas de gramática que se aprenden en los primeros años del estudio formal del español, y luego ofrecer un análisis más avanzado de algunas áreas gramaticales en las que los hablantes de español intermedio/avanzado necesitan enfocarse en más detalle.
  El libro está organizado en cuatro secciones: i) Las partes del discurso; ii) La oración simple; iii) El sistema de objetos; y iv) Las oraciones coordinadas y complejas.  En las primeras tres secciones, cada capítulo está organizado en dos partes: Gramática básica y Gramática avanzada del tema indicado.  En la parte de Gramática básica, se presenta la gramática del tema consistente con un currículo de los cursos introductorios e intermedios de español en un contexto académico (i.e. la universidad). En la parte de Gramática avanzada, se presenta una perspectiva más avanzada de la gramática de español, consistente con un curso  de gramática avanzada en un programa académico de lengua. Access the Manual de gramática básica y avanzada del español resource site.

  

• Manual de gramática y composición (Oechler, Gettysburg College, 2021) (CC BY-NC-SA)

  Este libro está diseñado para estudiantes de nivel intermedio tirando a avanzando (entre B1 y C1, digamos). En él se provee información sobre la gramática del español (es decir, del castellano) e indicaciones para mejorar las destrezas relacionadas con la composición. Cuando sea posible, se proponen páginas adicionales con ejercicios interactivos para continuar el estudio de los temas presentados. Este libro es una combinación y adaptación, u OER remix, de varios textos abiertos con mis propias aportaciones.

  

• Mi idioma, mi comunidad: español para bilingües (Foulis and Alex) (CC BY-NC-ND)

  This OER textbook for heritage language learners of Spanish centers on students’ experiences with language, identity, and belonging in the Midwest through real-world applications. H5P activities are embedded in the lessons.  It uses a project-based approach that outlines how students engage in real-life applications by exploring culturally relevant topics in language use, arts, festivals, food, ethnography, oral history, digital lives, and the university. Through multimedia such as podcasts, videos, neighborhood maps, and music, promote interactive exploration of culturally relevant content while supporting students’ language maintenance and growth.

  

• Palabras propias: La historia cultural del mundo hispanohablante a través de textos primarios.

  Authors: Andrés Rabinovich, Ginett Pineda, Lina Muñoz, Mirla González, Oscar Cardoner Sebio y Sean Gullickson.  University of Kansas. (CC BY-NC) It contains 15 modules on topics ranging from Alfonso el Sabio to Diego Maradona. The goal of this project is to provide high-quality, accessible primary sources to those teaching and studying the histories and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world and the indigenous peoples of Latin America. Our modules cover a wide range of topics, but all consist of the same essential parts:

  • A brief introduction that provides socio-historical context for the primary document.
  • The text itself, often glossed for improved comprehension by non-native speakers of Spanish.
  • A set of activities that range from comprehension to analysis, from using new vocabulary to answering creative writing and essay prompts.

  

• Pluma (Hernández, 2021) (CC BY NC SA)

  PLUMA is a narrative-based language learning program for the first three levels of college Spanish. This program is organically aligned with ACTFL, featuring Can-Do Statements as an organizing principle. It is grounded in narrative-based teaching and learning that evolves from people’s lived experiences and fragments of the history and culture of their countries of origin. Storytelling serves as a model for learners to tell their own stories; it promotes the exploration of deep culture;  it provides a space within which to frame and understand one’s own attitudes and perceptions; and finally, it cultivates intercultural communication. This program follows a carefully scaffolded sequence of targeted comprehensible input and includes formative and summative learning activities and assessments of learning.PLUMA embraces diversified content along with pedagogical practices that guide and assess learners in a non-punitive way as they develop communicative proficiency. Learning is meant to mimic the way we learned our first languages, through recursive loops of contextualized input and feedback, but accelerated because of the life experiences and points of reference we already have.
  3 VOLUMES. 5 eMagazine ISSUES PER VOLUME:
  Volume 1, issues 1-5, prepares learners to communicate in Spanish at the Novice-high level (ACTFL)
  Volume 2, issues 1-5, prepares learners to communicate in Spanish at the Intermediate-low level.
  Volume 3, issues 1-5, prepares learners to communicate in Spanish at the Intermediate-mid level.

  

• Problem-Based Units for Advanced Students of Spanish (Thompson) (CC BY-NC)

  A set of four problem-based learning (PBL) units presenting students with compelling, real-world problems to solve collaboratively in small groups.  The purpose of these PBL units is to provide advanced students of Spanish (generally 3rd and 4th-year college students) a series of problems from Spanish culture and society.  Each unit introduces a problem that students must solve collaboratively in small teams according to a process.  The units are: 1. ¿Mezquita o Catedral?, 2. ¿Arte o tortura?, 3. ¿Protección o racismo?, and 4. ¿Independencia o sedición?

  

• Redes 2. Curso de español intermedio (Warnock, Portland State University) (CC BY-NC 4.0)

  Redes 2. Curso de español intermedio – LibreTexts (Warnock, Portland State University) (CC BY-NC 4.0)
  It contains 6 modules each with grammar lessons, explanations, H5P activities, and additional activities in Google docs.

  • Módulo Uno: identidades y relaciones humanas
  • Módulo Dos: Dale sabor a la vida
  • Módulo Tres: Nuestro entorno
  • Módulo Cuatro: Un mundo sin fronteras
  • Módulo Cinco: Vivir a toda prisa
  • Módulo Seis: La salud y el bienestar

  

• Spanish 1050 Intermediate Spanish (Fountain and Deifell) (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

  This is an online textbook with 5 units:

  • Unidad 1: La comunidad hispana en los Estados Unidos: imágenes y estereotipos
  • Unidad 2: Tradiciones e historias: música, fiestas y leyendas hispanas
  • Unidad 3: El arte y el cine en España y América Latina
  • Unidad 4: España y América Latina en el mundo actual
  • Unidad 5: Selecciones literarias

  

Culture

• Acceso (Rossomondo, 2020) (CC BY-NC 4.0) A complete interactive online curriculum for intermediate-level learners of second-year Spanish developed at the University of Kansas.  

Grammar Review

• Entrada Libre (Ballesteros, Lee, Crisosto, and Moon, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)  Entrada Libre is an intermediate/advanced college-level Spanish OER grammar manual for second language learners and heritage speakers of Spanish at the community college level.
• Spanish Grammar Manual (Yepes, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA) This is a bilingual grammar manual for advanced students. It can be used for general review and reference in courses from second-year Spanish (B2) up.
• Redes 2: Curso de español intermedio (Warnock, 2021); Redes 2: Curso de español intermedio (Warnock, 2021) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC 4.0)  This OER was developed by Ines Warnock from Portland State University.  
• Español y cultura en perspectiva (Balasch et al.) Licenses vary. 
• Manual de gramática básica y avanzada del español (Thomas and McAlister, 2020); Manual de gramática básica y avanzada del español (Thomas and McAlister, 2020) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC 4.0)
• Mi idioma, mi comunidad: español para bilingües (Foulis and Alex) (CC BY-NC-ND)
• Manual de gramática y composición (Oechler, Gettysburg College, 2021) (CC BY-NC-SA)

For Heritage Speakers

• OER Spanish Heritage Speakers (Casas, 2021); OER Spanish Heritage Speakers (Casas, 2021) – LibreTexts. (Linn-Benton Community College, CC BY-NC-SA) 

List A – Select one from the following:

Spanish Composition

• Introducción a la escritura: Genre-Based Writing for Intermediate Spanish Students (Zapata, 2021) (CC BY-SA 4.0) This is a course for intermediate low/intermediate mid L2 Spanish students grounded in the tenets of the multiliteracies framework Learning by Design and Genre-Based Instruction.

Elementary or Intermediate Conversational Spanish

• ¡Que viva la música! Repaso de conversación (Corrales-Martín, 2021, North Board Press Temple UP) (CC BY-NC 4.0) This is an open textbook intended for conversation review, typically a fourth-semester Spanish class. 

Introduction to Spanish/Hispanic/Latin-American Literature

• Antología abierta de literatura hispana (Ward, 2019); Antología abierta de literatura hispana (Ward, 2019) – LibreTexts (CC BY)  This anthology focuses on canonical authors and an attempt to include voices that have been marginalized.  Each text includes an introduction and annotations created by students.  Some of the authors include: Don Juan Manuel, Cristóbal Colón, Hernán Cortés, Sor Juana, Gustavo Bécquer, Clorinda Matto de Turner, Rubén Darío, and many others.
• Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español (Sander, 2017); Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español (Sanders, 2017) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
  This is an introductory textbook on nineteenth-century Spanish literature with a thematic focus on legends and archetypes.  It is designed for intermediate Spanish students at the university level.  It includes poetry, drama in verse, and short story.
• Recorridos (Arnold and Potter, 2017) (CC BY) This textbook is designed to facilitate the teaching and understanding of Cervantes’s seminal work, Don Quijote, with historical information, narrative techniques, lists of characters, themes and keywords. 

Latin American/Spanish History

• LACLI (Latin American, U.S. Latinx, and Iberian Online Free E-Resources)  “LACLI is a collective effort to create a warehouse of online free e-resources with Latin American, Caribbean, U.S. Latinx, and Iberian full content.”

Hispanic/Latino Culture and Civilization

• Palabras propias (Rabinovich, Pineda, Muñoz, González, Sebio, and Gullickson, 2021) (CC BY-NC 4.0) 

Any course articulated as major preparation for the Spanish major

No resources identified.

OER for Suggested Course Substitutions

Courses with C-ID Descriptor:

Intercultural Communication (C-ID COMM 150)

See full list with descriptions, comments, and licensing on the OER and Communication Studies page

• 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)

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (C-ID ANTH 120)

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

• 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)

Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology

No resources identified

Introduction to Human Geography (C-ID GEOG 120)

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

• Introduction to Human Geography (Dastrup) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Introduction to Human Geography: A Disciplinary Approach (Graves, 2020) (CC BY-NC)

Introduction to Gender (C-ID SOCI 140)

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

• Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies (Kang, Lessard, & Heston, 2017) (CC BY 4.0)
• Global Women’s Issues: Women in the World Today, extended version (Bureau of International Information Programs, United States Department of State) (Public Domain)
• Introduction to Women’s Studies (College of the Canyons, 2017) (CC BY 4.0)
• Gendered Lives: Global Issues- Milne Open Textbooks (Fernandez and Nelson, 2021) (CC BY)
• The American LGBTQ Rights Movement: an introduction- Morgan and Rodriguez (Humboldt State University Press) (CC BY-SA)

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)

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)

Courses without a C-ID Descriptor

Introduction to Ethnic Studies

• Introduction to Ethnic Studies (ASCCC OERI, Fischer, Espinoza-Kulick, Acevedo, Hodges, Leal, and Cheshire) (CC BY-NC)
• Black Lives Matter Collective Storytelling Project (University of Washington, 2021) (CC BY-NC-ND)
• Latinxs and Black Lives Matter: Latinx Talk Mini-Reader #1 (Amador and Delgadillo, 2021) (CC BY-NC-ND)

Chicano/a or U.S. Latino Studies

• ADAPT Level 4 – Question Banks and ADAPT Canvas Integration
• The Environment in the Age of the Internet (Graf) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
• Writing for Strategic Communication Industries (Roberts, The Ohio State University) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC)
• Understanding Media and Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication (LibreTexts) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
• Public Opinion and American Democracy (MIT OpenCourseWare) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Classical Rhetoric and Modern Political Discourse (MIT OpenCourseWare) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Elements of Political Communication (WikiBook) (CC BY-SA)
• Communication for Business Success (LibreTexts) (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
• Human Relations (Dias, 2020) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Organizational Behavior – LibreTexts (Bauer and Erdogan) (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
• Organizational Communication – Theory, Research, and Practice (LibreTexts) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• ADAPT Level 3 – Fostering Oral Interaction with ADAPT’s Discuss-It Question Type
• ADAPT Level 2 – Creating in ADAPT
• ADAPT Level 1 – Accessing ADAPT and Finding Existing Assessments
• Introduction to Editing Pages in LibreTexts
• Introduction to the LibreTexts Remixer
• Project Leadership Webinar Series. Part 6: Training, Collaboration, and Support Systems
• Project Leadership Webinar Series, Part 5: Deployment and Sustainability – Publishing, Maintenance, and Scaling
• A Casebook for Comparative Politics (Johnson, Pashayan, Schuster, Tures, Pedreira, and Van Den Handel, 2025) (CC BY-NC)
• Principles of Marketing (OpenStax, 2023) (CC BY)
• Introductory Business Statistics 2e (OpenStax) (CC BY)
• Cal OER 2025
• Empowering Access: Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Resources for Computer Science and Information Technology & Information Systems (ITIS)
• Project Leadership Webinar Series, Part 4: Iterative Development – Content Creation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Remediation
• Learning MySQL By Example (Miles, 2021) (CC BY-NC-ND)
• Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing v4.0 (Cloud Security Alliance, 2017) (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)
• Cloud Computing Technology (2023) (Open Access)
• Cellular Internet of Things for Practitioners (Vahidnia and Dian, 2021) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
• A Person-Centered Guide to Demystifying Technology: Working together to observe, question, design, prototype, and implement/reject technology in support of people’s valued beings and doings (Wolske, 2020) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
• IoT Use Cases and Technologies (Dian and Vahidnia, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
• Computer Systems Security: Planning for Success (Tolboom) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Digital forensics (Sommer and Price, 2019) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
• GitHub – CyberSecurity Repository (2025)
• Computer Networking : Principles, Protocols and Practice, third edition (Bonaventure, 2019) (CC BY)
• Introduction to Information Systems Management (Wood, 2024) (CC BY unless stated otherwise)
• History 111: U.S. History Since 1865 (Lane) (CC BY 4.0) 
• ASCCC OERI Regional Meeting at East Los Angeles College – Introduction to Remixing and Open Homework Systems
• ASCCC OERI Regional Meeting at De Anza College – Introduction to Remixing and Open Homework Systems
• Project Leadership Webinar Series, Part 3: Project Planning – Time, Budgeting, and Compliance
• Open Educational Resources (OER) in Native American and Indigenous Studies
• Introduction to Oceanography (Webb) (CC BY)
• 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)
• Mathematics and OER Office Hour – Spring 2025 Schedule
• Public Relations Planning & Strategy (Carlin, 2023) (CC BY-SA)
• Public Relations Case Studies: Strategies and Actions (Schechter) (CC BY-NC-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)
• Check, Please! Starter Course for Fact Checkers (CC BY)
• Be Credible: Information Literacy for Journalism, Public Relations, Advertising and Marketing Students (Bobkowski and Younger, 2018) (CC BY-NC)
• Media Communication, Convergence and Literacy, Second Edition (E. Osei-Hwere and P. Osei-Hwere) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Foundations of Information Systems (OpenStax, 2025) (CC BY)
• Increasing Diversity through Supplemental Materials in Introduction to Philosophy
• Tools for Podcasting (Olmsted, 2019) (CC BY)
• Journalism 120: Online Journalism (Hiro, 2025) – Canvas Course (CC BY)
• Introduction to Computer Science (Openstax, 2024) (CC BY)
• Workplace Software and Skills (Openstax, 2023) (CC BY)
• Introduction to Systems (Baliga Systems Education Experiences) (CC BY-NC)
• Introduction to Linux (Holden-Gouveia) (CC BY-NC)
• Culturally Responsive Computing: An Introduction into Computer Science, Security, and Technology (Walton, 2024) – Pressbooks (CC BY-NC-SA)
• American Sign Language (ASL): Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) and Open Educational Resources (OERs)
• An Open Companion to Early British Literature: An Anthology and Guide (Villarreal, 2019) (CC BY-NC-ND)
• Exploring Open Educational Resources (OER) in Accounting: Best Practices and Needs
• Project Leadership Webinar Series, Part 2: Initiating Your OER Project –  Laying the Foundation
• Adding Women and Open Educational Resources (OER) in History Classrooms: Meet Kelsie Brook Eckert, Executive Director and Co-Founder of The Remedial Herstory Project
• Open Educational Resources (OER) for Education: A Conversation
• Modern Texts, Zero Cost: A Conversation for English Faculty Teaching Modern American and British Literature
• Marketing Your Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Efforts: Why and How
• Project Leadership Webinar Series, Part 1: Strategic Road mapping – Institutional Buy-in and Recruitment
• Open Educational Resources (OER) in Agriculture Business: A Conversation
• Physics Open Educational Resources (OER) Office Hours
• Spanish for Education Professions (Ortiz and Zimotti, 2021) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
• Vida Sana: An Intermediate Spanish Course for Health Professionals (Ribadeneira, Alegría, 2025) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• An Introduction to U.S. Public Policy: Theory and Practice (Knutson, 2023) – Minnesota Libraries Publishing Project (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Public Policy: Origins, Practice, and Analysis (Martin, Lee, Jr., and Hall, 2021) (CC BY-SA)
• Public Administration: The Essentials First Edition (Renfro, 2023) – University of Norther Iowa (CC BY-NC-SA)
• State and Local Government and Politics, 3rd Edition (Simon, Steel, and Lovrich, 2024) – Oregon State University (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Open Educational Resources (OER) for Kinesiology: Maximizing Impact
• Introduction to Kinesiology (Titus, 2024) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Introduction to Kinesiology (Ragsdale and Schaefer, 2025) (CC BY)
• Leveling Up Education: Using Open Educational Resources (OER) to Gamify Education
• Developing Open Educational Resources (OER) for Journalism Courses
• Mathematics Support Courses and Open Educational Resources (OER)
• Integrating RNA-Seq Research into Biology for Majors Courses
• Agribusiness Management 101 (Rossman, Affordable Course Transformation: The Pennsylvania State University, n.d.) (CC BY)
• Business Computers 365 (Lacher, Minnesota Libraries Publishing Project, 2019) (CC BY-NC-SA) – Pressbooks
• Exploring Business (University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing, 2016) (CC BY-NC-SA) – LibreTexts
• Building Community with Open Educational Resources (OER): Collaborative Course Design and Faculty Partnerships
• Dance Studies: Choreographing Dance and Life (Worth) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
• Waltzing Through Europe: Attitudes towards Couple Dances in the Long Nineteenth Century (Bakka; Buckland; Saarikoski; Wharton, 2020) (CC-BY)
• How to Ethically Integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into Sociology Courses
• Project Management Basics: Planning your Open Educational Resources (OER) Project
• Approaches to Integrating No-Cost Marking and XB12 (Instructional-Material-Cost) Coding into the Textbook Adoption Process
• Introduction to Psychology: Moving toward Diversity and Inclusion (McFarlane, Shi, Ramoo, and Yousef, 2024) (CC-BY-NC-SA)
• Administrative Procedures (APs) and Board Policies (BPs): Creating and Implementing APs and BPs for Open Educational Resources (OER) Sustainability
• LibreTexts’ ADAPT Homework Platform and the new Discuss-It
• Integrating Indigenous Perspectives and Global Issues in Spanish Open Educational Resources (OER)
• Revolutionizing Language Teaching: Human-Artificial Intelligence (AI) Collaborations for Open Educational Resources (OER) Creation and Open Educational Practices
• Converting Local Political Science (POLS) Courses to Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Using Open Educational Resource (OER)
• Child Abuse and Neglect: Stopping the Maltreatment of Our Future Generations – LibreTexts (Rethwisch & Marta) (CC BY-NC)
• Ensuring Student Access to Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Pathways
• Psychology Open Educational Resources (OER): OpenStax and Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Updates
• Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Aesthetically Enhance your Open Educational Resources (OER) in Canvas
• Engaging Students in Geography with Open Educational Resources (OER): Meet the “Backyard Geographer”, Jeremy Patrich
• Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework Office Hour
• Integrating, Advancing, and Sustaining Open Educational Resources (OER) for Access and Equity: Exemplary Program Showcase
• Introduction to African American Studies: An Anthology of Essays on Radical Black Thought, Intellect, and Culture (Jimenez, Mahnzili, Monroy, Phillips, and Wilkins, ASCCC OERI) (CC BY-NC)
• Identifying Open Homework Needs and Challenges: What Do Chemistry Faculty Need to Make ZTC a Success?
• Applying the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework to Open Educational Resources (OER): Human Anatomy
• Addressing the Homework Needs of Economics: Adaptive Homework Assignments and Graphing Technology
• What’s Still Missing? Filling the Gaps of Early Childhood Education (ECE) Open Educational Resources (OER)
• Anatomy and Physiology Courses: Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Getting to Zero
• Art and Art History Open Educational Resources (OER): Finding, Adopting, and Tracking
• Principles of Accounting Volume 1 Financial Accounting (OpenStax) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• ACCT 301: Financial Accounting (Black) (Mixed License)
• Principles of Accounting Volume 2 Managerial Accounting (OpenStax) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• ACCT 311: Managerial Accounting (Black) (Mixed License)
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Open Educational Resources (OER): Shaping the Future of Learning in the California Community Colleges
• Biotechnology: Needs and Un-Needs
• Incorporating IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism) in Hospitality Management Open Educational Resources (OER)
• Love At First Byte 2.0: Continuing the Romance of AI and OER in Communication Studies
• Anthropology: Open Educational Resource (OER) Sustainability
• Open Educational Resources (OER) for Introduction to Business
• Statistics for Social Justice Studies (Blustein, et al., ASCCC OERI) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Foundations of Library Services (ASCCC OERI, 2022) (CC BY-SA)
• Information Literacy – Basic Research Skills (Withers, 2019) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Introduction to College Research (Butler, et al., 2021) (CC BY)
• ASCCC OERI Italian 101 (Figueroa and Kading) (CC BY)
• French OER 2 (Carrasco, Zahedi, and Parrish, ASCCC OERI) (CC BY-NC)
• French OER 1 (Carrasco, Zahedi, and Parrish, ASCCC OERI) (CC BY-NC)
• Video Production Handbook (Shlisky, et al., ASCCC OERI) (CC BY-NC)
• Foundational Cooking Methods with Michael Frigm (CC BY)
• Workplace Safety for US Workers Textbook (Mosley, et al., ASCCC OERI)
• Introduction to Arabic II (Kassas, et al., ASCCC OERI) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Introduction to Arabic (Kassas, et al., ASCCC OERI) (CC BY)
• Findings from the 2024 Open Educational Resources (OER) Liaison Survey
• ASCCC 2025 Academic Academy
• Love at First Byte: AI and OER’s Digital Romance, a Communication Studies Love Story
• The Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI) and the Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Degree Program
• OER Liaison Kick-off Dates
• General Human Anatomy (Lange et al.) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Career/Life Planning (Martinez and Shaker, College of the Canyons, 2019) (CC BY)
• Blueprint for Success in College: Career Decision Making (Dillon, Rebus Community, 2019) (CC BY)
• COUNS-100 – Success Strategies for the Reentry Adult (Perez, College of the Canyons, 2020) (CC BY)
• First Gen Transfer: A Transfer Guide for First-Generation California Community College Students (Lezra Chenportillo, M.Ed., 2023) – San Jose City College (CC BY-NC)
• Student Success (Martinez, Nguyen, and Shaker, College of the Canyons, 2019) (CC BY)
• Preparing for College Success (OpenStax, 2023) (CC BY)
• Learning to Learn (Hovden, Nguyen, and Ortega, College of the Canyons, 2020) (CC BY)
• Introduction to College and Strategies for Success (Torgeson, College of the Canyons, 2023) (CC BY)
• College Success Strategies (Carbajal-Romo) (CC BY-SA)
• College Success (OpenStax, 2020) (CC BY)
• College Success Concise (OpenStax, 2023) (CC BY)
• Blueprint for Success in College and Career (Dillon, Rebus Community, 2021) (CC BY)
• Modern Blueprint for College and Career Success v 2.0 (Dillon, 2024)
• Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (Ounjian, 2023) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Introduction to Literature: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, and How They Shape Us (Young, 2024) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Literary Studies For A Sustainable Future (Espinoza-Vasquez, 2024) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Polyphony: Reader and Explorations for First-Year Writing (Snow, Takehana, and Ubiera, 2024) (CC-BY-NC-SA)
• Introduction to Teaching (Bonds) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Principles and Practices of Teaching Young Children (Stephens et al.) – LibreTexts (CC BY, except where otherwise noted)
• Understanding the Whole Child: Growth and Development Conception through Adolescence (Saddleback College) – Pressbooks (CC BY)
• Visualizing the Impact of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC)
• ECE Principles and Practices Prek-4 (Angelaccio) (CC BY)
• Introduction to Early Childhood Education (Barresi) (CC BY)
• Information Systems for Business and Beyond (Bourgeois) (CC BY)
• Trends in Open Educational Resources (OER) Awareness and Adoption: National and California-Specific Trends
• ASCCC OERI Regional Meeting – Introduction to Remixing and Open Homework Systems – South
• Collaborating for Computer Science Success: Adopting/Adapting a Shared Open Educational Resource (OER) Canvas Course Shell
• Deaf Culture OER (Nakaji, 2024) (CC BY)
• OERL Conversation: XB Implementation Community of Practice
• Introduction to Statistics for Psychology (Beyer, 2021) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Statistics Through an Equity Lens (Anthony, 2023) (CC-BY-NC-SA)
• Introduction to Applied Statistics for Psychology Students by Gordon Sarty (Univ of Saskatchewan, 2022) (CC-BY-NC-SA)
• Recentering Psych Statistics (Bikos, 2024) – Open Textbook Library (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Introduction to Statistics in the Psychological Sciences (Cote, Gordon, Randell, Schmitt and Marvin, 2023) – Pressbooks (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Elementary Statistics for Behavioral and Social Sciences (Oja, 2022) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA/CC BY-SA)
• Open Ethnic Studies Pedagogies
• Instructor Guide: Tarea Libre 2 (ASCCC OERI, Moon, Lee, Harmon, and Díaz-Rodil) (CC BY)
• Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience (OpenStax) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Child, Family and Community (Laff and Ruiz) – LibreTexts (CC BY, except where otherwise noted)
• Child Growth and Development – LibreTexts (CC BY, except where otherwise noted)
• Unveiling Tarea Libre 2: A New Open Educational Resource (OER) Homework Ancillary for Intermediate and Advanced Spanish
• Biotechnology: Something New and Something Needed
• Math Open Educational Resources (OER) Office Hours
• OERL Conversation: XB12 Implementation Community of Practice
• Beyond Homework: How to Use MyOpenMath for Science Labs
• Kinesiology and Open Educational Resources (OER): Identifying Needs
• Easier Strategies for Finding and Evaluating Open Educational Resource (OER) Materials – With and Without Generative AI
• Boost Engagement with Discuss-It: Interactive Asynchronous Conversations in ADAPT
• Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework Office Hour
• Lifespan Development (Riser, Spielman, and Biek) (2024) – Openstax (CC-BY 4.0)
• Looking at Art History Through an Equity Lens
• Physics and Open Educational Resources (OER): Overview and Update
• Introduction to Computer Information Systems (Thomas) – Canvas Course (CC BY-NC-SA)
• 111.04 Open Educational Resources and Publication Date 
• 105.03 Encouraging Transparency and Eliminating Automatic Billing Practices in Course Material Access
• 105.02 Encouraging Funding for Printing Lab Manuals to Achieve Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Status
• American Sign Language (ASL) and Open Educational Resources (OER) Office Hours
• Increasing Diversity in Philosophy Open Educational Resource (OER) Materials

• Chicano/a or U.S. Latino History and Literature – No resources identified
• Contemporary Latin-American Film – No resources identified.
• Modern Latin America – No resources identified.
• History of Mexico – No resources identified.

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