Academic Professional Track (APT) faculty in Texas A&M University's Department of Mathematics (MATH) received a university-level Enhancing the Design of Gateway Experiences (EDGE) grant to support departmental work seeking to increase student success rates in two large-enrollment, introductory-level, gateway courses. A team of mathematics faculty worked collaboratively with other University units to strategize, develop, and implement evidence-based teaching and curriculum redesign strategies in the identified courses to help improve success rates while increasing rigor and expectations to better attain the traditionally high academic standards. This project is aligned and directly supports Texas A&M’s Student Success Initiative

The MATH’s OER project represented a partnership of a small group of dedicated and skilled academic professional track faculty, the Center for Teaching Excellence, Texas A&M Libraries, and Disability Resources, where each partner had specific roles.

This project has been fully implemented in the Texas A&M Department of Mathematics since Fall 2020 and saves students over $500,000 annually on textbooks.

MATH 140 and MATH 142 Students Use Texas A&M University Instructor Created OERs

Customizing Textbooks without Publishers; Empowering Math Faculty to create Open Education Resources (OERs)

Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences OER Textbook; Authored by K. Bollinger & V. Coffelt

This is an open educational resource (OER) textbook covering mathematics for business and social sciences. Topics covered include application of common algebraic functions, including polynomial, exponential, logarithmic and rational, to problems in business, economics and the social sciences; includes mathematics of finance, including simple and compound interest and annuities; systems of linear equations; matrices; linear programming; and probability, including expected value. This OER is the required textbook for MATH 140 Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences taught at Texas A&M University. This book can also be used for TCCNS Math 1324.

Calculus for Business & Social Sciences OER Textbook; Authored by A. Allen & P. Orchard

This is an open educational resource (OER) textbook covering calculus for business and social sciences. Topics covered include limits and continuity, The Derivative, curve sketching and optimization, and antidifferentiation. This OER is the required textbook for MATH 142 Calculus for Business and Social Sciences taught at Texas A&M University. This book can also be used for TCCNS Math 1325.