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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.

Anthropology

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

Biology

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

Computer Information Science

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://www.learnfree.org/series/microsoft-excel-tips


Algorithm Design/Problem Solving (CISP 300)

Introduction to Structured Programming – C/C++ (CISP 360) and Object Oriented Programming with C++ (CISP 400)

ARC contacts,

Early Childhood Education

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

Geosciences

General Geology

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

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

Exercises and Activities

InTeGrate: https://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/index.html 


ARC contact, Glenn Jaecks, jaecksg@arc.losrios.edu

Math and Statistics

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

Nutrition

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

 

Physics

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

Psychology

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)

Sociology

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

Welding

ARC Contact, Jose Bueno III, buenoij@arc.losrios.edu

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