Biology Courses that are Zero Textbook Costs

BIOL 100/102 Anatomy and Physiology:

• Jason Patterson, Robert Grahan, Mohamed Aly:  Anatomy and Physiology (OER), Department-created lab manual (printed for students)

BIOL 100 Anatomy and Physiology:

• Jena Trench: Material created in Canvas (will be shared as OER Canvas Commons Shell soon), images from Blausen Medical Image Gallery, supplemental recommendation: Human Biology by Wakim & Grewal (both OER)

• Rachel Aptekar: Introductory Anatomy and Physiology (OER remix by Aptekar)

BIOL 308/309 Contemporary Biology (lecture & lab): 

• Danielle C. Miles, Robert A. Grahn, Noah Gardner, Uyen P. Nguyen: Concepts in Biology (OER), Department-created lab manual (printed for students)

BIOL 308 Contemporary Biology: 

• Rachel Aptekar: Contemporary Biology (OER remix by Aptekar)

• Cody Watters: Concepts in Biology  and Human Biology, (both OER)

• Marie Westover: Concepts in Biology (OER), Crash Course Biology, Amoeba Sisters, and HHMI BioInteractive free web sources.

BIOL 342 The New Plagues: New and Infectious Diseases Threatening World Health:

• Julie A. Oliver: All material provided through Canvas

BIOL 400 Principles of Biology: 

• Eli Carlisle, Eric Neff, Cody Watters, Amanda Coen: Biology 2e (OER), Department-created lab manual (printed for students)

BIOL 410 Principles of Botany:

• Noah Gardner: Botany (Ha, Morrow, and Algiers), A Photographic Atlas for Botany (both OER) 

BIOL 420 Principles of Zoology: 

• Eli Carlisle: Biology 2e (OER), Department-created lab manual (printed for students)

BIOL 430 Anatomy and Physiology: 

• Tamyra R. Carmona, Kimberly Fouad, Sarah M. Pollock, Jason A. Patterson, Todd Drybread: Anatomy and Physiology (OER), Department-created Lab Manual (printed for students), Netter Atlas of Human Anatomy library CDL and class set in lab

• Angel Contreras Cardenas: Anatomy and Physiology (OER), Department-created Lab Manual (printed for students), Netter Atlas of Human Anatomy library CDL and class set in lab, Journal of Medical Case Reports (open access), U of A Busy Bones virtual lab (open access)

BIOL 431 Anatomy and Physiology:

• Tamyra R. Carmona, Kimberly Fouad, Sarah M. Pollack, Angel Contreras Cardenas: Anatomy and Physiology (OER), Department-created Lab Manual (printed for students), Netter Atlas of Human Anatomy library CDL and class set in lab

BIOL 439 Human Cadaver Dissection:

• Tamyra R. Carmona, Sarah M. Pollock: Anatomy and Physiology (OER), Department-created Lab Manual (printed for students), Grant's Dissector library CDL, and class set in lab

BIOL 440 General Microbiology: 

• Eric King, Eric Neff, Jordan Ruybal, Julie Oliver: Microbiology (OER), Department-created Lab Manual (printed for students)

BIOL 485 Honors Seminar in Genetics: 

• Eric Neff: Human Genetics - Concepts and Applications Library CDL