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Check out the Open Educational Resources (OER) currently being used by faculty at American River College. This list includes disciplines, specific courses, and the materials instructors have adopted.
Biological Anthropology (ANTH 300)
Shook, B., Nelson, K., Aguilera, K., & Braff, L. Explorations: An Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology. Press Books. ISBN 9781931303637. https://pressbooks-dev.oer.hawaii.edu/explorationsbioanth/ CC BY-NC 3.0
The Foundations of Biology (BIOL 300)
Fowler, S., Roush, R., Wise, J. (2013). Concepts of Biology. OpenStax. ISBN 9781938168116. https://openstax.org/details/books/concepts-biology CC BY 4.0
Introduction to Electronic Spreadsheets (CISA 315)
Brown, N., et al. Beginning Excel 2019. Pressbooks. https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/beginningexcel19/ CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
Free Excel Tutorials from GFCGlobal https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/topics/excel
Algorithm Design/Problem Solving (CISP 300)
Introduction to Structured Programming – C/C++ (CISP 360) and Object Oriented Programming with C++ (CISP 400)
- Halterman, R.L. (2018), Fundamentals of C++ Programming, First Edition (draft). Internet Archive Open Library. https://openlibrary.org/books/OL27680892M/Fundamentals_of_C_Programming (Copyrighted, but free to use)
- Hansen, J.A. (2013). The Rook’s Guide to C++, First Edition. VDOC.PUB https://vdoc.pub/documents/the-rooks-guide-to-c-3djg573dgmh0 CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
- Downey, A.B. (1999). Think C++ version 1.1.0. Green Tea Press. https://www.greenteapress.com/thinkcpp/thinkCScpp.pdf CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- Busbee, K.L. (2013). Programming Fundamentals - A Modular Structured Approach using C++. OpenStax. http://cnx.org/content/col10621/1.22 CC BY 3.0
- Downey, A.B. (2012). How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: C++. Open Textbook Library. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/619 CC BY-NC
ARC contacts,
- Damon Antos, antosd@arc.losrios.edu
- Tak Auyeung, auyeunt@arc.losrios.edu
website: https://dtkb.org/~auyeunt/teaches/ARC/
Child Development (ECE 312)
Paris, J., Ricardo, A., & Raymond, D. (2019). Child Growth and Development. Version 1.2. College of the Canyons. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iyBGgSPUJBQlJpBNKnSoaD2v6fN0Q4ej CC BY 4.0
ARC contact, Todd LaMarr, lamarrt@arc.losrios.edu
General Geology
- Earle, S. (2019). Physical Geology – 2nd Edition. Victoria, B.C.: BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/physicalgeology2ed/ CC BY 4.0
- Neser, L. (2023). Introduction to Earth Science. Blacksburg: Virginia Tech Department of Geosciences. https://doi.org/10.21061/introearthscience CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Historical Geology
Bentley, C. Layou, K. Kohrs, R, et al. (2020/in progress). Historical Geology. Opengeology.org. https://opengeology.org/historicalgeology/ CC BY-NC 4.0
Oceanography
- Segar, D.A. (2018). Introduction to Ocean Sciences, 4th Edition. https://reefimages.com/index.php?mod_rewrite=on&page=oceansci.php CC BY-NC 3.0
- Web, P. (2021). Introduction to Oceanography. Pressbooks. https://rwu.pressbooks.pub/webboceanography/ CC BY 4.0
Atmospheric Sciences (Used in Earth Science)
Nugent, A. DeCou, D. Russell, S., et al. (2019). Atmospheric Science: ATMO 200 Companion Text. Pressbooks. https://pressbooks-dev.oer.hawaii.edu/atmo/front-matter/introduction/ CC BY 4.0
Astronomy (Used in Earth Science)
Fraknoi, A., Morrison, D., Wolff, S., et al. (2022). Astronomy. OpenStax. https://openstax.org/details/books/astronomy CC BY 4.0
Climate Change
- Schmittner, A. (2018). Introduction to Climate Science. Open Oregon. https://open.oregonstate.education/climatechange/ CC BY-NC 4.0
- Websites
- IPCC global documents (several volumes, in process of new edition as of 2022): https://www.ipcc.ch
- National Climate Assessment: https://nca2018.globalchange.gov
- California Scoping Plan: https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/classic/cc/scopingplan/revised2017spu.pdf
Exercises and Activities
InTeGrate: https://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/index.html
ARC contact, Glenn Jaecks, jaecksg@arc.losrios.edu
Probability and Statistics (STAT 300) and STAT 10
Chima Sanchez, F. (2021) Introduction to Probability & Statistics: An Interdisciplinary Approach. URL: https://drive.google.com/file/d/164glwdV4jLCfNUH1eW-fMnEe42WJ4y5r/view CC BY 4.0
ARC contact, Francisco Chima Sanchez, chimasf@arc.losrios.edu
Children's Health, Safety and Nutrition (NUTRI 320)
Paris, J. (2018). Safety, Health, and Nutrition in Early Childhood Education. College of the Canyons. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/908 CC BY
General Physics (PHYS 350)
Urine, P.P., Hinrichs, R. (2020). College Physics. OpenStax. ISBN 9781506698090. https://openstax.org/details/books/college-physics CC BY 4.0
Mechanics of Solids and Fluids (PHYS 410)
Moebs, W., Ling, S., Sanny, J. (2016). University Physics Volume 1. OpenStax. ISBN 9781506698175
https://openstax.org/details/books/university-physics-volume-1 CC BY 4.0
General Principles (PSYCH 300)
Biswas-Diener & E. Diener (Eds). (2022) Discover Psychology 2.0 - A Brief Introductory Text. Noba textbook series: Psychology. Champaign, IL: DEF publishers. http://noba.to/5wjrz72n
ARC Contact, Sara Gorchoff, GorchoS@arc.losrios.edu
Human Development : A Lifespan (PSYC 370)
- Lally, M., Valentine-French, S. (2019) Lifespan Development: A Psychological Perspective Second Edition. http://dept.clcillinois.edu/psy/LifespanDevelopment.pdf CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
- Garvey, A. (2022) Lifespan Development Chapter Narrations in Canvas Commons. https://lor.instructure.com/resources/1413545ad0ab4d6392d460750151d26c?shared CC BY-NC-SA
ARC Contact, Andréa Paula Pantoja Garvey, GarveyA@arc.losrios.edu
Introductory Sociology (SOC 300)
Conerly, T., Holmes, K., Lal Tamang, A. (2021). Introduction to Sociology 3e. OpenStax. ISBN 9781711493978. https://openstax.org/details/books/introduction-sociology-3e CC BY 4.0
ARC Contact, Jose Bueno III, buenoij@arc.losrios.edu
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