Philosophy Courses that are Zero Textbook Costs
PHIL 300 Introduction to Philosophy, Rick Schubert, Jacob L. Velasquez (CRC): Several sources in the public domain including Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes, Euthyphro by Plato, and Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill
PHIL 300 Introduction to Philosophy, Jacob L. Velasquez (CRC): ZTC not identified
PHIL 300 Introduction to Philosophy, Marnie Binder (CRC): Introduction to Philosophy (OER)
PHIL 300 Introduction to Philosophy, Jeff Dale (CRC): Several resources including Thinking Well: A Logic & Critical Thinking Textbook (OER), Fundamental Methods of Logic (OER), Introduction to Philosophy (OER), and Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (free resource)
PHIL 300 Introduction to Philosophy, Dylan Popowicz (ARC) and Timothy Quandt (SCC): No textbook required
PHIL 300 Introduction to Philosophy, Brian Coffey (CRC): Library resources plus other material provided in Canvas
PHIL 310 Introduction to Ethics, Brian Coffey (CRC): Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (free resource), Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (free resource), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (free resource), and other library resources provided in Canvas
PHIL 310 Introduction to Ethics, Andrew Fix (ARC): No textbook required
PHIL 320 Logic and Critical Reasoning, Andrew Fix (ARC): OER not identified
PHIL 350 Philosophy of Religion, David Jacobs (ARC): No textbook required
PHIL 352 Introduction to World Religions, Val Sutter (CRC): Invitation to World Religions library CDL
PHIL 485/HONOR 364 Philosophy of the Martial Arts, Rick Schubert (CRC): Philosophy and the Martial Arts, Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy library ebook licenses and The Overlook Martial Arts Reader: Classic Writings on Philosophy and Technique library CDL plus other material provided through Canvas
PHIL 486/HONOR 363 Honors Seminar in Critical Thinking and Composition: Philosophy of Happiness, Rick Schubert (CRC): Happiness: A Very Short Introduction library ebook license plus other sources in the public domain including Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill and Nichomachean Ethics by Aristotle
ASCCC OERI Discipline Leads are tasked with curating resources for their discipline, serve as a resource for their discipline colleagues, and are focused on community-building. Find suggested OER resources on the Philosophy page.
Philosophy Classes with OER Mapping
This spreadsheet includes all CRC Philosophy 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.
OER and ZTC Resources Identified by Librarians
Librarians have done some initial research for some disciplines and classes to give faculty a starting point as they begin to convert classes to ZTC. These are Google docs that can be updated. If you need help with a specific class, please reach out to the OER Project Lead.