Biology Courses that are Zero Textbook Costs
BIOL 100/102 Anatomy and Physiology, Jason Patterson, Robert Grahan, Mohamed Aly (CRC): Anatomy and Physiology (OER), Department-created lab manual (printed for students)
BIOL 100 Anatomy and Physiology, Jena Trench (CRC): 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).
BIOL 308/309 Contemporary Biology (lecture & lab), Danielle C. Miles, Rachel M. Aptekar, Robert A. Grahn, Noah Gardner, Uyen P. Nguyen (CRC): Concepts in Biology (OER), Department-created lab manual (printed for students)
BIOL 308 Contemporary Biology, Cody Watters (CRC): Concepts in Biology and Human Biology, (both OER)
BIOL 308 Contemporary Biology, Marie Westover (CRC): 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 (CRC): All material provided through Canvas
BIOL 400 Principles of Biology, Eli Carlisle, Eric Neff, Cody Watters, Amanda Coen (CRC): Biology 2e (OER), Department-created lab manual (printed for students)
BIOL 410 Principles of Botany, Noah Gardner (CRC): Botany (Ha, Morrow, and Algiers), A Photographic Atlas for Botany (both OER)
BIOL 420 Principles of Zoology, Eli Carlisle (CRC): 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
BIOL 430 Anatomy and Physiology, Angel Contreras Cardenas (CRC): 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 (CRC): 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, and Julie Oliver, (CRC): Microbiology (OER), Department-created Lab Manual (printed for students)
BIOL 485 Honors Seminar in Genetics, Eric Neff (CRC): Human Genetics - Concepts and Applications Library CDL
ASCCC OERI Discipline Lead for Biology: TBA, MyOpenMath for Science: Emilie Hein, Skyline College, and H5P: Cristina Moon, Chabot College
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Biology Classes with OER Mapping
This spreadsheet includes all CRC Biology courses, links to CRC Canvas Shell templates (if applicable) and suggested OER resources. It can also be opened in another window if you prefer to view it full-screen and if the OER textbook you're using is not listed in the Canvas Shells column, you can request it.