Political Science Courses that are Zero Textbook Costs
POLS 301 Introduction to Government (United States) (Only in-person sections are ZTC, online sections continue to use a traditional textbook), Beth Huffman (CRC): Boundless Political Sciences (open access, some OER)
POLS 301 Introduction to Government (United States), Timothy Gaffaney (SCC): OER not identified
POLS 320 Introduction to Political Theory, Beth Huffman (CRC): Inventors of Ideas library CDL, Various texts about philosophers in the public domain
POLS 382 Statistics for Social Science, Beth Huffman (CRC): Fundamental Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences and IBM SPSS Companion to Political Analysis both library ebooks
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 Political Science page.
Political Science Classes with OER Mapping
This spreadsheet includes all CRC Political Science 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.