Social Work and Human Services TMC and Open Educational Resources

The following list provides examples of existing OER that can be used for the indicated courses. Please note that the structure presented here aligns with the Social Work and Human Services TMC.

“Core” Courses: 21 Units

Introduction to Social Work and Human Services (C-ID SWHS 110)

• 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)

Social Work and Human Services Seminar (C-ID SWHS 120A)

• NASW Code of Ethics (National Association of Social Workers, 2021) – English Version (Unknown License)

Social Work and Human Services Fieldwork (C-ID SWHS 120B)

• Succeeding at Your Internship: A Handbook Written for and with Students (Mruk and Moor, 2020) – LibreTexts (CC BY-NC-SA)

Introduction to Sociology (C-ID SOCI 110)

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

• 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)

Introductory Psychology (C-ID PSY 110)

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

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

Statistics –

Introduction to Statistics (C-ID MATH 110)

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

• OpenIntro Statistics (Diez, Barr, and Cetinkaya-Rundel) (CC BY-SA)
• Statistics Using Technology (Kozak) (CC BY-SA) – Coconino Community College website
• Introductory Statistics (OpenStax) – LibreTexts (CC BY 4.0)
• Foundations in Statistical Reasoning (Kaslik) – LibreTexts (CC BY-SA-NC)

Or Introduction to Statistics in Sociology (C-ID SOCI 125)

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

Biology –

Human Physiology w/Lab (C-ID BIOL 120B)

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

• A Mixed Course-Based Research Approach to Human Physiology (Karri Haen Whitmer, 2021) – PressBooks (CC-BY-SA)

Or Human Anatomy and Physiology w/Lab (C-ID BIOL 115S)

• UGA Anatomy and Physiology 1 (Massey et al., 2019) – Galileo  (CC BY 4.0)

Or Human Anatomy w/Lab (C-ID BIOL 110B)

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

Or Human Biology (or other biology course articulated as major preparation)

• Human Biology (Wakim and Grewal, 2021) – LibreTexts  (CC BY) and Canvas ancillaries (CC BY) 

Economics –

Microeconomics (C-ID ECON 201)

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

• Principles of Microeconomics 3e (Greenlaw and Shapiro, 2022) (OpenStax) (CC BY 2.0)

Or Macroeconomics (C-ID ECON 202)

• Principles of Macroeconomics 3e (Greenlaw and Shapiro, 2022) (OpenStax) (CC BY 2.0)

List A: 6 units (2 course) from the following:

Introduction to Criminal Justice (C-ID AJ 110)

See full list with descriptions, comments, and licensing on the OER and Administration of Justice page.

• Criminal Justice: A Overview of the System (McKee, 2018) (OER-QMS)
• Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System (Burke, Carter, Fedorek, Morey, Rutz-Burri, & Sanchez, 2019) (CC BY-SA)
• Introduction to Criminology (Cartwright) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
• Criminal Justice (Lumen Learning) (Licenses Vary)

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (C-ID ANTH 120)

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

• Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology, 2nd Edition (American Anthropological Association, 2020) (CC-BY-NC 4.0)
• Cultural Anthropology – LibreTexts (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0)
• The Art of Being Human: A Textbook for Cultural Anthropology (New Prairie Press, 2018) (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0)
• Introduction to Anthropology (Jennifer Hasty, David G. Lewis, & Marjorie M. Snipes, 2022, OpenStax) (CC BY)
• Introduction to Anthropology: Holistic and Applied Research on Being Human (Palmiotto A, Homsey-Messer L, Ford B, Poole A, Adams A, Allard F, Chadwick W, 2022) (CC BY-SA)

Child Growth and Development (C-ID CDEV 100)

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

• Understanding the Whole Child: Growth and Development Conception through Adolescence (Saddleback College) – Pressbooks (CC BY)
• Child Growth and Development – LibreTexts (CC BY, except where otherwise noted)
• Child Growth and Development (Zaar) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• The Whole Child: Development in the Early Years – (Budzyna and Buckley) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Infant and Child Development: From Conception Through Late Childhood – Simple Book Publishing (Parnes and Pagano) (CC BY-NC-SA)

Child, Family and Community (C-ID CDEV 110)

• Child, Family and Community (Laff and Ruiz) – LibreTexts (CC BY, except where otherwise noted)
• Child Family Community: The Socialization of Diverse Children (ASCCC OERI, 2022) – LibreTexts (CC BY)
• Children, Families, Schools, and Communities [Revised Edition] – (Giovannini) (CC BY-NC-SA)

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)

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

US History to 1877 (C-ID HIST 130)

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

• 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., 2013) (CC BY-SA)

US History from 1865 (C-ID HIST 140)

• United States History, Volume 2 (Trowbridge) (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)

Introduction to Abnormal Psychology (C-ID PSY 120)

• Fundamentals of Psychological Disorders, 3rd edition (Alexis Bridley and Lee Daffin, 2024) – Pressbooks (CC-BY-NC SA 4.0)
• Abnormal Psychology (Jorden Cummings, 2020) – Pressbooks (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Introduction to Abnormal Psychology (Raechel Soicher, 2022) – Noba project (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Abnormal Psychology (Lumen Learning) (Varied Licenses – terms of each page must be reviewed)
• Ancillary materials for Abnormal Psychology (Sean Callahn, Elizabeth Ann Dose, Luba Ibrahim & Marla Means, 2022) – Open ALG Affordable Learning Georgia (CC BY-NC-SA)

Lifespan Psychology (C-ID PSY 180)

• Lifespan Development (Beyer et al., 2024) – OpenStax (CC BY)
• Lifespan Development: A Psychological Perspective Fourth Edition (Lally and Valentine-French, 2022) (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
• Human Growth and Development (Newton, 2022) – Pressbooks (CC BY)
• Psychology through the Lifespan (Alisa Beyer and Julie Lazzara, 2020) (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
• Lifespan Development (Lumen Learning) (Varied Licenses – terms of each page must be reviewed)
• Human Growth and Development Question Library (Cotter, Fisk and Grissett, 2018) – Galileo (CC BY-SA)
• Human Development (Callahan, Dose, Wright, Pace, Earl, and Nummerdor, 2020) – Georgia Highlands College (Varied Licenses)

Drugs, Health, and Society (C-ID PHS 103)

No resources identified.

Introduction to Social Justice (C-ID SJS 110)

See full list with descriptions, comments, and licensing on the OER and Social Justice Studies page.

No resources identified.

Social Problems (C-ID SOCI 115)

• Social Problems: Continuity and Change (Lumen Learning for SUNY) (CC BY-NC-SA)
• Social Problems: Continuity and Change (College of the Canyons, 2015) (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

Introduction to Race and Ethnicity (C-ID SOCI 150)

• 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)

Any other course or courses that have articulation as major preparation for one the identified destination majors at a CSU or any CSU-transferable course that is part of a CAADE or CAADAC recognized program at a CCC.

This page was last edited on July 22, 2024.