This page was developed to promote faculty adoption of OER / ZTC materials. Information on this page has been frozen as of Fall 2020. For a current comprehensive listing of courses at BCC where OER or ZTC materials, see the OER @ BCC - Course Catalog View tab on the left.
Course | OER Text Books Adopted (Click to link to this book) | Traditional Text Book Last Used for this Course | Instructor/Champion | Contact Email |
Astronomy 10 | Fraknoi, Andrew, David Morrison, and Sidney C. Wolff. Astronomy. Houston, OpenStax, 2016. |
Arny, Thomas T., and Stephen E. Schneider. Explorations: an introduction to Astronomy. 7th ed., New York, McGraw Hill, 2014. $78.00 |
Matt Fillingim |
mfillingim@peralta.edu |
Biology 1A |
Rye, Connie, Robert Wise, Vladimir Jurukovski, |
Urry, Lisa A., Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, and Jane B. Reece. Campbell Biology. 11th ed., New York, Pearson, 2016. $159.00 | Randy Yang | kryang@peralta.edu |
Biology 1B |
Rye, Connie, Robert Wise, Vladimir Jurukovski, |
Reece, Jane B., Lisa A. Urry, Steven A. Wasserman, Michael L. Cain, and Peter B. Minorsky. Campbell Biology. 10th ed., New York, Pearson, 2014. $179.00 |
Pieter DeHaan |
pdehaan@peralta.edu |
Biology 1B |
Rye, Connie, Robert Wise, Vladimir Jurukovski, |
Reece, Jane B., Lisa A. Urry, Steven A. Wasserman, Michael L. Cain, and Peter B. Minorsky. Campbell Biology. 10th ed., New York, Pearson, 2014. $179.00 | Riva Bruen | rbruenn@peralta.edu |
Biology 10 |
Fowler, Samantha, Rebecca Roush, James Wise, |
Simon, Eric J., Jean L. Dickey, Jane B. Reece, Kelly A. Hogan, and Nel A. Campbell. Campbell Essential Biology. 6th ed., San Francisco, Pearson, 2016. $153.00 |
Pieter DeHaan | pdehaan@peralta.edu |
Business 5 |
Portolese-Diaz, Laura. Human Relations. Boston, Saylor Foundation, Washington D.C., 2017.
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Reece, Barry. Effective Human Relations: Interpersonal and Organizational Applications. 12th ed., Mason, OH, Cengage Learning, 2014. $99.00 |
Rabab Chowdhury | rchowdhury@peralta.edu |
Business 19 |
Business Communication for Success. |
Lehman, Carol, Debbie DuFrene, and Robyn Walker. BCOM8. 8th ed., Boston, Cengage Learning, 2017. $75.00 |
Tracey Coleman | tcoleman@peralta.edu |
Chemistry 1A |
Flowers, Paul, Klaus Theopold, Richard Langley, |
Zumdahl, Stephen S., and Susan A. Zumdahl. Chemistry. 9th ed., Belmont, CA, Cengage Learning, 2014. $95.00 Wentworth, R.A.D., and Barbara H. Munk. Experiments in General Chemistry, Lab Manual by Wentworth. Belmont, CA, Cengage Learning, 2013. $45.00 |
Siraj Omar | somar@peralta.edu |
Chemistry 1B |
Flowers, Paul, Klaus Theopold, Richard Langley, |
Zumdahl, Stephen S., and Susan A. Zumdahl. Chemistry. 9th ed., Belmont, CA, Cengage Learning, 2014. $95.00 Wentworth, R.A.D., and Barbara H. Munk. Experiments in General Chemistry, Lab Manual by Wentworth. Belmont, CA, Cengage Learning, 2013. $45.00 |
Neeta Sharma |
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Chemistry 30A |
Bishop, Mark. Introduction to Chemistry – |
Bishop, Mark. An Introduction to Chemistry. 2nd ed., Monterey, CA, Chiral Publishing Company, 2008. $95.00 |
Anu Sharma | asharma@peralta.edu |
Communications 3 |
Mclean, Scott. Basics of Communication Studies. 2nd ed., New York, Pearson, 2011. $69.00 |
Evy Pine | epine@peralta.edu | |
Communications 45 |
Public Speaking Project, The Public Speaking |
Fujishin, Randy. The Natural Speaker. 8th ed., New York, Routledge, 2014. $53.00 |
Evy Pine | epine@peralta.edu |
English 1A |
Customized ZCT teaching materials from Patricia Nelson. Writing for Success. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing, |
Brandon, Lee, and Kelly Brandon. Paragraphs and Essays: With Integrated Readings. 12th ed., Belmont, CA, Cengage Learning, 2012. $60.00 |
Patricia Nelson | pnelson@peralta.edu |
English 201A |
Customized ZCT teaching materials from Patricia Nelson. Writing for Success. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing, 2015, open.lib.umn.edu/writingforsuccess/.
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Brandon, Lee, and Kelly Brandon. Paragraphs and Essays: With Integrated Readings. 12th ed., Belmont, CA, Cengage Learning, 2012. $60.00 |
Patricia Nelson | pnelson@peralta.edu |
English 201B |
Customized ZCT teaching materials from Patricia Nelson. Writing for Success. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing, 2015, open.lib.umn.edu/writingforsuccess/.
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Brandon, Lee, and Kelly Brandon. Paragraphs and Essays: With Integrated Readings. 12th ed., Belmont, CA, Cengage Learning, 2012. $60.00 |
Patricia Nelson | pnelson@peralta.edu |
English 208A |
Customized ZCT teaching materials from Patricia Nelson. Writing for Success. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing, 2015, open.lib.umn.edu/writingforsuccess/.
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Brandon, Lee, and Kelly Brandon. Paragraphs and Essays: With Integrated Readings. 12th ed., Belmont, CA, Cengage Learning, 2012. $60.00 | Patricia Nelson | pnelson@peralta.edu |
English 5 |
Krause, Steven D. The Process of Research Writing. |
Lunsford, Andrea A., John J. Ruszkiewicz, and Keith Walters. Everything's an Argument with Readings with 2016 MLA Update. 7th ed., Bedford/St. Martin's, 2016. $74.00 |
Sabrina Nelson | snelson@peralta.edu |
Geography 1 |
Lenkeit-Meezan, K. Allison. Physical Geography, Sofia Open Content Initiative, 2004. Accessed 2 Feb. 2018.Dynamic Earth: Introduction to Physical Geography, edited by R. Adam Dastrup, Open Geography Education, 2016. Accessed 2 Feb. 2018. Physical Geography. Lumen Learning. Ritter, Michael E. The Physical Environment: an Introduction to Physical Geography. 2006. Date visited. |
Hess, Darrel. McKight's Physical Geography: a Landscape Appreciation. 3rd Edition, Pearson, 2011. $90.00 |
Cady Bow | cbow@peralta.edu |
Geography 1L | Customized ZCT teaching materials from Cady Bow | Custom ZTC teaching materials from Cady Bow | Cady Bow | cbow@peralta.edu |
Geography 2 |
Rubenstein, James M. The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography. 12th ed., Harlow, UK, Pearson, 2016. $142.00 |
Cady Bow | cbow@peralta.edu | |
Geography 14 |
Law, Michael, and Amy Collins. Getting to Know ArcGIS. 4th ed., New York, Esri Press, 2015. $45.00 |
Cady Bow | cbow@peralta.edu | |
History 7A | Corbett, P. Scott, Volker Janssen, John M. Lund, Todd Pfannestiel, and Paul Vickery. U.S. History. Houston, OpenStax, 2014. |
Nash, Gary B., Julie Roy Jeffrey, John R. Howe, Allan M. Winkler, and Allen F. Davis. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society: Concise Edition, Volume 1. 8th ed., Pearson, 2016. $52.00 Binder, Fredrick, and David Reimers. The Way We Lived: Essays and Documents in American Social History, Volume I: 1865 - Present. 7thth ed., vol. 1, Belmont, CA, Wadsworth Publishing, 2012, 2 vols. $72.00 |
Tim Rose | trose@peralta.edu |
History 7B | Corbett, P. Scott, Volker Janssen, John M. Lund, Todd Pfannestiel, and Paul Vickery. U.S. History. Houston, OpenStax, 2014. |
Nash, Gary B., Julie Roy Jeffrey, John R. Howe, Allan M. Winkler, and Allen F. Davis. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society: Concise Edition, Volume 1. 8th ed., Pearson, 2016. $52.00 Binder, Fredrick, and David Reimers. The Way We Lived: Essays and Documents in American Social History, Volume II: 1865 - Present. 7thth ed., vol. 2, Belmont, CA, Wadsworth Publishing, 2012, 2 vols. $72.00 |
Tim Rose | trose@peralta.edu |
History 7B |
Foner, Eric. Give Me Liberty!: An American History. Vol. 1. 5th ed., New York, W. W. Norton, 2016. $122.00 Foner, Eric. Voices of Freedom: A Documentary History. 5th ed., New York, W. W. Norton, 2016. $30.00 |
Susan Khan |
skhan@peralta.edu |
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Math 3B | Trench, William F., "Elementary Differential Equations" (2013). Faculty Authored Books. 8. https://digitalcommons.trinity.edu/mono/8 | Boyce, Richard, C DiPrima, and Douglas B. Meade. Elementary Differential Equations. 11th ed., Hoboken, Wiley & Sons, 2017. $77.00 | Khalilah Beal | kbeal@peralta.edu |
Math 3F | Boyce, Richard, C DiPrima, and Douglas B. Meade. Elementary Differential Equations. 11th ed., Hoboken, Wiley & Sons, 2017. $77.00 | Khalilah Beal | kbeal@peralta.edu | |
Math 13 |
Brase, Charles H., and Corrinne P. Brase. Understandable Statistics: Concepts and Methods. 11th ed., Boston, Cengage Learning, 2014. $119.00 |
Chad Montgomery | cemontgomery@peralta.edu | |
Political Science 20 | Customized content curated by Charlotte Lee from open web resources |
Payne, Richard J., Global Issues: Politics, Economics, and Culture. 4th edition, New York: Pearson, 2013. $41.00 |
Charlotte Lee | clee@peralta.edu |
Physics 4A | Ling, Samuel J., Jeff Sanny, and William Moebs. University Physics Volume 1. Houston, Openstax, 2016. | Giancoli, Douglas C. Physics for Scientists & Engineers Volumes 1-3. 4th ed., Pearson, 2010. $268.00 | Benjamin Stahl | bstahl@peralta.edu |
Physics 4C | Ling, Samuel J., Jeff Sanny, and William Moebs. University Physics Volume 3. Houston, Openstax, 2016. |
Giancoli, Douglas C. Physics for Scientists & Engineers Volumes 1-3. 4th ed., Pearson, 2010. $268.00 |
Andrew Park | bpark@peralta.edu |
If one individual bought 1 copy each of the traditionally published textbooks listed above (less the duplicated identical class sections), the total cost savings (using January 2018 "new" prices from Amazon) would be:
$2,850.00
Total amount of savings based on student enrollment in classes with OER adoptions since Fall 2016 based on 658 students enrolled assuming each would have purchased a new textbook (7 instructors reporting as of 3/23/2018):
$85,473.00
BCC faculty, if you've adopted OER materials for your classes, or are using zero cost textbooks (ZCT, meaning - zero cost to students) teaching materials, please let us know! We'd like publicize that fact here. Thank you for your efforts as an "early adopter."