This site will serve as a directory for MiraCosta departments/subject areas which are collaborating on OER work and sharing their results, as well as a starting point for finding high-quality OER resources for the most common courses.
MiraCosta Departmental OER Resources
- Math
- Oceanography / Earth Science / Geology
- Sociology - SOC has a Canvas OER repository - if you are a SOC instructor and don't know how to access it, please contact the department chair.
Recommended OER Texts and Resources for Consideration by Discipline
- Note 1: If your discipline or course is not listed below, you may wish to review more general starting points in your search for open content. OASIS is an especially useful tool for discovering OERs by subject area.
- Note 2: CCC OEI Canvas course shells from Canvas Commons may be directly imported into a MiraCosta Canvas class when accessed after logging into MiraCosta Canvas.
Anthropology
- Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology is an open access text from SACC.
- Open Anthropology textbooks and databases is a curated resource from Houston CC.
Art
- See California Open Online Library for multiple reviewed texts for each of the following courses: Survey of Western Art from Prehistory through the Middle Ages and Survey of Western Art from Renaissance to Contemporary
Astronomy
- OpenStax Astronomy
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
Business
- OpenStax Business Statistics
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- See California Open Online Library for multiple reviewed texts for each of the following courses: Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Introduction to Business, Business Communication, Legal Environment of Business, Business Law, and Business Information Systems
Biology
- OpenStax Anatomy & Physiology
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax Concepts of Biology
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax Biology
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax Microbiology
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- See California Open Online Library for multiple reviewed texts for each of the following courses: Human Anatomy & Physiology; Human Physiology with Lab; Organismal Biology, Ecology, Evolution; Organismal Biology; and Cell & Molecular Biology
Chemistry
- OpenStax Chemistry
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax Chemistry (Atoms First)
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- See California Open Online Library for multiple reviewed texts for each of the following courses: Introduction to Chemistry; General Chemistry for Science Majors Sequence A; Quantitative Analysis (Chemistry); and Organic Chemistry for Science Majors Sequence A
Child Development
- See California Open Online Library for multiple reviewed texts for Child Growth and Development
Communication
- See California Open Online Library for multiple reviewed texts for Public Speaking, Introduction to Mass Communications, Introduction to Reporting and Newswriting
Computer Science
- See California Open Online Library for multiple reviewed texts for Computer Science Programming Concepts and Methodology
Economics
- OpenStax Economics 2e
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax Macroeconomics 2e
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax Microeconomics 2e
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
Earth Sciences
- See locally created resources for Earth Science, Geology, and Oceanography
- See California Open Online Library for multiple reviewed texts for Physical Geology
English & Literature
- See California Open Online Library for multiple reviewed texts for Argumentative Writing & Critical Thinking, Introduction to Literature
Film
- See California Open Online Library for multiple reviewed texts for Media Aesthetics and Cinematic Arts
Geography
- See California Open Online Library for multiple reviewed texts for Introduction to Physical Geography with Lab
History
- OpenStax US History
- CCC OEI Canvas Course for Part 1 of the text
- CCC OEI Canvas Course for Part 2 of this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- See California Open Online Library for multiple reviewed texts for US History to 1877 and US History from 1865
International Languages
- See California Open Online Library for multiple reviewed texts for Introduction to Spanish
Math
- OpenStax Prealgebra
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- OpenStax Elementary Algebra
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- OpenStax Intermediate Algebra
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- OpenStax Precalculus
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax Algebra & Trigonometry
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax College Algebra
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax Calculus 1
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax Calculus 2
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax Calculus 3
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax Statistics
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- See California Open Online Library for multiple reviewed texts for Introduction to Statistics, College Algebra for STEM, Precalculus, Calculus I Early Transcendentals, Single Variable Calculus II, and Introduction to Linear Algebra
Music
- See California Open Online Library for multiple reviewed texts for each of the following courses: Music Appreciation and Music Fundamentals
Philosophy
- See California Open Online Library for multiple reviewed texts for Introduction to Philosophy and Introduction to Logic
Physics
- OpenStax College Physics
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax University Physics 1
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- OpenStax University Physics 2
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- OpenStax University Physics 3
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- See California Open Online Library for multiple reviewed texts for Algebra/Trigonometry-Based Physics A
Political Science
- OpenStax American Government
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- See California Open Online Library for multiple reviewed texts for Introduction to American Government and Introduction to International Relations
Psychology
- OpenStax Psychology
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- See California Open Online Library for multiple reviewed texts for Introduction to Psychology and Introduction to Human Sexuality
Sociology
- OpenStax Sociology 2e
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- See California Open Online Library for multiple reviewed texts for Introduction to Sociology and Social Problems
Please let Jim Julius know of additional MiraCosta departmental OER resources.
