Open Educational Resources (OER) at Berkeley City College

Courses at BCC with specific sections taught using OER textbooks have a notation in the Class schedule.

For each course, the name of instructor(s) teaching an OER section, email address, and link is given. Note, OER may be used for the main textbook, but additional commercial textbooks may also be required.

KEY:

• OER - Open Educational Resource. Free in digital form, materials may be altered. Printed version may be purchased at low cost if printed version desired.
• ZTC -  Zero Textbook Cost. Digital materials that are free to students. The  copyright owner does not allow the book to be changed or altered.

• AFRAM 001,  Introduction to African American Studies, 3 units
  • (Jimmy Crutison, jcrutison@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• ANTHR 001, Introduction to Physical Anthropology, 3 units
  • (Thomas Kies, tkies@peralta.edu) OER - EXPLORATIONS: An Open Invitation To Biological  Anthropology.
  • (Daniel Cusimano, dcusimano@peralta.edu) OER - EXPLORATIONS: An Open Invitation To Biological  Anthropology.
  • (Nicole Wilson, nwilson@peralta.edu) OER - EXPLORATIONS: An Open Invitation To Biological  Anthropology.

• ANTHR 001L, Physical Anthropology Lab, 1 unit
  • (Daniel Cusimano, dcusimano@peralta.edu) OER - Title??
  • (Mary George, mgeorge@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• ANTHR 003, Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology, 3 units
  • (Thomas Kies, tkies@peralta.edu) OER - Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology, 2nd Edition, 2020

• ASTR 10, Descriptive Astronomy, 3 units
  • (Matt Fillingim, mfillingim@peralta.edu) OER - Astronomy. OpenStax, 2022.

• BIOL 1A, General Biology, 5 units
  • (Randy Yang, kryang@peralta.edu) OER - Biology 2e, OpenStax. 2022.
    • Additional commercial textbook required.

• BIOL 1B, General Biology, 5 units
  • (Pieter DeHaan, pdehaan@peralta.edu) OER - Biology 2e, OpenStax. 2022.
  • (Riva Bruen, rbruenn@peralta.edu) OER - Concepts of Biology, OpenStax. 2022.

• BIOL 10, Introduction to Biology, 4 units
  • (Jacob Bertrand, jbertrand@peralta.edu) OER - Concepts of Biology, OpenStax. 2022.
  • (Julia Chang, jchang@peralta.edu) OER - Concepts of Biology, OpenStax. 2022.
  • (Pieter DeHaan, pdehaan@peralta.edu) OER - Concepts of Biology, OpenStax. 2022.

• BIOL 050 - Introductory Biotechnology with Laboratory, 4 units
  • (Scott Blitch, sblitch@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• BUS 5, Human Relations in Business,  3 units
  • Rabab Chowdhury (rchowdhury@peralta.edu) OER - Human Relations. Saylor Foundation. 2017.

• BUS 19, Business Communications, 3 units
  • Tracey Coleman (tcoleman@peralta.edu) OER - Business Communication for Success. 2015

• CHEM 1A, General Chemistry, 5 units
  • (Siraj Omar, somar@peralta.edu) OER -  Chemistry 2e. OpenStax. 2022.
  • (Gurnam Singh, gsingh@peralta.edu) OER -  Chemistry 2e. OpenStax. 2022.
  • (Ali Dehghani, adehghani@peralta.edu) OER -  Chemistry 2e. OpenStax. 2022.
  • (Neeta Sharma, nsharma@peralta.edu) OER -  Chemistry 2e. OpenStax. 2022.

• CHEM 1B, General Chemistry, 5 units
  • (Siraj Omar, somar@peralta.edu) OER -  Chemistry 2e. OpenStax. 2022.
  • (Neeta Sharma, nsharma@peralta.edu) OER -  Chemistry 2e. OpenStax. 2022.
  • (Avy Valladares, lvalladares@peralta.edu) OER -  Chemistry 2e. OpenStax. 2022.

• CHEM 30A, Introductory General Chemistry, 4 units
  • (Alicia Muhn, amuhn@peralta.edu), OER -  Chemistry Atoms First 2e. 2022.
  • (Dean Covalt, dcovalt@peralta.edu), OER -  Chemistry Atoms First 2e. 2022.
  • (Anu Sharma, asharma@peralta.edu) Low Cost - Introduction to Chemistry - Atoms. $20.00

• COMM 3, Introduction to Human Communication, 3 units
  • (Evy Pine, epine@peralta.edu) OER - A Primer on Communication Studies v. 1.0
  • (Deborah Farris, dfarris@peralta.edu) ?
  • (Mariella Thaning, mthaning@peralta.edu)
  • (Jennifer Zenovich, jzenovich@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• Persuasion and Critical Thinking,  3 units

  • (Cora Leighton, cleighton@peralta.edu) OER - Title??
  • (Pati Shojaee, pshojaee@peralta.edu) OER - Title??
  • (Jennifer Zenovich, jzenovich@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• COMM 6, Inter-cultural Communication, 3 units
  • (Cora Leighton, cleighton@peralta.edu) OER - Title??
  • (Mariella Thaning,  mthaning@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• COMM 10, Gender and Communication, 3 units
  • (Patti Shoajee, pshojaee@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• COMM 19, Survey of Mass Media, 3 units
  • (Mariella Thaning,  mthaning@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• COMM 20, Interpersonal Communication Skills, 3 units
  • (Allen Conkle, aconkle@peralta.edu) OER - Title??
  • (Cora Leighton, cleighton@peralta.edu) OER - Title??
  • (Jennifer Zenovich, jzenovich@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• COMM 45, Public Speaking, 3 units
  • (Allen Conkle, aconkle@peralta.edu) OER - Title??
  • (Evy Pine, epine@peralta.edu) OER - Public Speaking. 2011.

  • (Deborah Farris, dfarris@peralta.edu) OER - Public Speaking. 2011. 

• COUN 24, College Success, 3 units
  • (Catherine Nicols, cnichols@peralta.edu) ?
  • (Susan Truong, struong@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• COUN 57 -  Career and Life Planning, 3 units
  • (Susan Truong, struong@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• ENGL 1A, Composition and Reading, 4 units
  • (Patricia Nelson, pnelson@peralta.edu) ZTC - Writing for Success. 2015

• ENGL 1A Plus enrollment in 508a,B,C lab), Composition and Reading, 4 units
  • (Nima Najafi Kianfar, nnkianfar@peralta.edu) ?

• ENGL 5, Critical Thinking in Reading and Writing, 3 units
  • (Grace Ebron, gebron@peralta.edu) ?
  • (Sabrina Nelson, snelson@peralta.edu) OER - Writing for Success. 2015, and The Process of Research Writing, Version 1.0 2007

• ENGL 86, Introduction to Playwriting and Screenwriting, 3 units

  • (Yolanda Young, yyoung@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• ENGL 87, Intermediate to Playwriting and Screenwriting, 3 Units

  • (Yolanda Young, yyoung@peralta.edu) OER -  Title??

• ENGL 88 - Intermediate to Playwriting and Screenwriting, 3 units

  • (Yolanda Young, yyoung@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• ENGL 89 - Playwriting and Screenwriting Special Projects, 3 units
  • (Yolanda Young, yyoung@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• ENGL 208A, Writing Workshop, 1 unit
  • (Patricia Nelson, pnelson@peralta.edu) ZTC - Writing for Success. 2015

• ESOL 263A, Listening and Speaking 3, 4 units
  • (James Seger, jaseger@peralta.edu)  OER - Title??
  •  ​​(Elizabeth Boner, eboner@peralta.edu)  OER - Title??

• ESOL 263B, Listening and Speaking 3, 4 units
  • (James Seger, jaseger@peralta.edu)  OER - Title??
  •  ​​​(Elizabeth Boner, eboner@peralta.edu)  OER - Title??

• ESOL 563, Listening and Speaking 3, 0 units
  • (James Seger, jaseger@peralta.edu)  OER - Title??
  •  ​​​(Elizabeth Boner, eboner@peralta.edu)  OER - Title??

• ETHST 2, Theoretical Approaches To Critical Ethnic Studies, 3 units
  • (Wayne Wolbert, wwolbert@peralta.edu)  OER - Title??

• GEOG 1, Physical Geography, 3 units

  • (Cady Bow, cbow@peralta.edu) OER - The Physical Environment: an OER Geography Textbook. 2020.

  • (Elena Givental, egivental@peralta.edu) OER - The Physical Environment: an OER Geography Textbook. 2020.

  • (Irene Liou, iliou@peralta.edu) ?

• GEOG 1L, Physical Geography Lab , 1 unit
  • (Cady Bow, cbow@peralta.edu) ZTC - (materials from instructor)
  • (Irene Liou, iliou@peralta.edu) ?

• GEOG 5,World Regional Geography, 3 units
  • (Elena Givental, egivental@peralta.edu) ?

• HIST 2B, History of European Civilization, 3 units
  • (Richard Kim, rkim@peralta.edu) OER -  ?

• HIST 3A, World History to 1500, 3 units
  • (Richard Kim, rkim@peralta.edu) OER -  ?

• HIST 3B, Modern World History 1500 - Present, 3 units
  • (Tim Rose, trose@peralta.edu) ?

• HIST 7A, History of the United States to 1877, 3 units
  • (Richard Kim, rkim@peralta.edu) OER -  ?
  • (Tim Rose, trose@peralta.edu) OER -  U.S. History. OpenStax. 2022.

• HIST 7B, History of the United States since 1865, 3 units
  • (Susan Khan, skhan@peralta.edu) OER -  U.S. History. OpenStax. 2022.
  • (Robert Noonan, rnoonan@peralta.edu) ?
  • (Tim Rose, trose@peralta.edu) OER -  U.S. History. OpenStax. 2022.

• HIST 19, History of California, 3 units
  • (Susan Khan, skhan@peralta.edu) OER -  Title??

• HIST 21, U.S. Women: A Social History, 3 units
  • (Susan Khan, skhan@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• HLTED 1, Exploring Health Issues, 3 units
  • (Yamini Oseguera-Bhatnagar, Ybhatnagar@peralta.edu) ?
  • (Melina Winterton, mwinterton@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• HUMAN 1, Introduction to Humanities, 3 units
  • (Dylan Eret, deret@peralta.edu)  ZCT - Title??
  • (Laura Ruberto, lruberto@peralta.edu) ZCT - Title??

  • (Avy Valladares, lvalladares@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• HUMAN 15, POPULAR CULTURE, 3 units
  • (Dylan Eret, deret@peralta.edu)  ZCT - Title??

• HUMAN 21, Film: Art and Communication, 3 units
  • (Laura Ruberto, lruberto@peralta.edu) ZCT - Title??
  • (Luis Valladares, lvalladares@peralta.edu) ZCT - Title??

• HUMAN 40, Religions of the World, 3 units
  • (Dylan Eret, deret@peralta.edu)  ZCT - Title??

• HUMAN 57, Film Directors and Artists, 4 units
  • (Luis Valladares, lvalladares@peralta.edu) ZCT - Title??

• HUSV 117, Introduction to Behavioral Health, 3 units
  • (Melina Winterton, mwinterton@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• HUSV 500A, Bridge to Community Health Worker Careers I, 0 units
  • (Sonja Herbert,  sonjaherbert@hotmail.com) OER - Title?

• HUSV 500B, Bridge to Community Health Worker Careers II, 0 units
  • (Sonja Herbert,  sonjaherbert@hotmail.com) OER - Title?

• LIS 85, Introduction to Information Resources, 2 units
  • (Heather Dodge, hdodge@peralta.edu) ZTC
  • (Jenny Yap, jyap@peralta.edu) ZTC

• MATH 3B, Calculus II, 5 units

  • (Khalilah Beal, kbeal@peralta.edu) OER - Elementary Differential Equations. Digital Commons. 2013.

• MATH 3F, Differential Equations, 3 units

  • (Khalilah Beal, kbeal@peralta.edu) OER - Elementary Differential Equations. Digital Commons. 2013.

• MATH 13, Introduction to Statistics, 4 units
  • (Michael Orkin, morkin@peralta.edu) ZTC - Title??
  • (Chad Montgomery, cemontgomery@peralta.edu) ZTC - Title??
  • (Gaston Sanchez Trujillo, gsancheztrujillo@peralta.edu) ZTC - Title??

• MMART 3 -  Introduction to Digital Art, 3 units
  • (Michel Bohbot, mbohbot@peralta.edu) ZTC

• MMART 5 -  Introduction to Motion Graphics, 3 units
  • (Mary Clarke-Miller, mclarkemiller@peralta.edu) ZTC

• MMART 5 -  Scriptwriting and Storyboarding, 3 units
  • (Rebecca Wolff, rwolff@peralta.edu) ZTC

• MMART 5 -  Introduction to Motion Graphics, 0 units
  • (Mary Clarke-Miller, mclarkemiller@peralta.edu) ZTC

• MMART 515A -  Introduction to 3D Motion Graphics, 3 units
  • (Michel Bohbot, mbohbot@peralta.edu) ZTC

• MM/VI 9A -  Introduction to Video Production, 4 units
  • (Natalie Newman, nnewman@peralta.edu) ZTC
  • (Berwyn Hutcherson, bhutcherson@peralta.edu) ZTC

• PHIL 1, Introduction to Philosophy, 3 units
  • (Marc Lispi, mlispi@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• PHIL 2, Social and Political Philosophy, 3 units
  • (Marc Lispi, mlispi@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• PHIL 11, Formal Logic, 3 units
  • (Ari Krupnick, , akrupnick@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• PHIL 16, Buddhist Philosophy, 3 units

  • (Eric Gerlach, egerlach@peralta.edu) ZTC - Title??

• PHIL 20A, History of Ancient Greek Philosophy, 3 units
  • (Eric Gerlach, egerlach@peralta.edu) ZTC - Title??

• PHIL 20B, History of Modern European Philosophy, 3 units
  • (Eric Gerlach, egerlach@peralta.edu) ZTC - Title??

• PHYS 4A, General Physics with Calculus, 5 units

  • (Benjamin Stahl, bstahl@peralta.edu) OER -  University Physics, Vol. 1,  OpenStax. 2022.

• PHYS 4A, General Physics with Calculus, 5 units

  • (Andrew Park, bpark@peralta.edu) OER -  University Physics, Vol 3,  OpenStax, 2022.

• POSCI 1 - Government and Politics in the United States, 3 units

  • (Matthew Freeman, mfreeman@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• POSCI 3 - International Relations, 3 units

  • (Charlotte Lee, clee@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• POSCI 4 - Political Theory, 3 units

  • (Matthew Freeman, mfreeman@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• POSCI 19, Introduction to Global Studies, 3 units
  • (Charlotte Lee, clee@peralta.edu) OER - Title??

• POSCI 20, Current World Problems, 3 units

  • (Charlotte Lee, clee@peralta.edu) ZTC, (materials from instructor)

• PSYCH 1A, Introduction to General Psychology, 3 units

  • (Melina Bersamin, mbersamin@peralta.edu) OER -  Psychology 2e. OpenStax, 2022.

  • (Christopher Gade, cgade@peralta.edu) ?

  • (Jennifer Yu, jenniferyu@peralta.edu) OER -  Psychology 2e. OpenStax, 2022.

• PSYCH 6, Social Psychology, 3 units
  • (Jennifer Yu, jenniferyu@peralta.edu) OER -  Psychology 2e. OpenStax, 2022.

• PSYCH 21, Lifespan Human Development, 3units
  • (Jennifer Yu, jenniferyu@peralta.edu) OER -  Psychology 2e. OpenStax, 2022.

• PSYCH 28, Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology, 3units
  • (Jennifer Yu, jenniferyu@peralta.edu) OER -

• SOC 1 - Introduction to Sociology, 3 units
  • (Linda Mcallister,  lmcallister@peralta.edu) ?

• SOC 8, Crime and Deviance, 3 units
  • (Linda Mcallister,  lmcallister@peralta.edu) ?

• SPAN 22A, Spanish for Bilingual Speakers I, 5 units
  • (Fabian Banga, fbanga@peralta.edu) ZTC -

• SPAN 22B, Spanish for Bilingual Speakers II, 5 units
  • (Fabian Banga, fbanga@peralta.edu) ZTC -

• SPAN 38 - Latin American Literature, 3 units
  • (Fabian Banga, fbanga@peralta.edu) ZTC -