Open Educational Resources

This page includes the [known] courses offered at ASU in the Fall 2021 semester that have no textbook/materials costs, or in which faculty have made materials costs as low as possible -- whether by using OER, Fair Use Copyright Law provisions, Course Reserves, or other Affordability options.

• ANTH 201 Introduction to Anthropology. Prof. Caroline Gabe
  • Perspectives: Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology
• BIOL 469 Fisheries Management. Prof. Dan Gibson-Reinemer
  • Fair Use - Online, compiled resources
• BUS 120 Business Computer Applications I. Prof. Deanna Bartee.
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbook
• BUS 448 Interactive & Social Media Marketing. Prof. Kale Mortensen, Prof. Ron Fernando
  • Fair Use - Online, compiled resources
• COMM 230 Media Writing. Prof. Beth Bonnstetter
  • Fair Use - Online, compiled resources
• COMM 255 Fundamentals of Media Communication. Prof. Amanda LeBlanc
  • Media, Society, & You
• [SPRING] COMM 425 Media Research Methods. Prof. Beth Bonnstetter
  • Fair Use - Online, compiled resources
• COMM 457 First Amendment & Copyright. Prof. Beth Bonnstetter
  • Fair Use - Online, compiled resources
• COUN 312 Introduction to Counseling. Prof. Carissa Watts
  • Fair Use - Online, compiled resources
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• COUN 554 Counseling Modalities for Clinical Mental Health. CE Instructors
  • Fair Use - Online, compiled resources
• COUN 585 Internship I: Clinical Mental Health Counseling. CE Instructors
  • Fair Use - Online, compiled resources
• COUN 586 Internship I: School Counseling. CE Instructors
  • Fair Use - Online, compiled resources
• COUN 740 Doctoral Internship IV - Core.. Prof. Laura Bruneau
  • Fair Use - Online, compiled resources
• COUN 751 Doctoral Dissertation III. Prof. Laura Bruneau
  • Fair Use - Online, compiled resources
• ECON 255 Macroeconomics Principles. Prof. Kyle Glenn
  • CoreEcon's The Economy
• ECON 256 Microeconomics Principles. Prof. Kyle Glenn
  • Principles of Microeconomics: Scarcity & Social Provisioning
• ECON 365 Political Economy. Prof. Kyle Glenn
  • Radical Political Economy: A Concise Introduction
  • Classical Political Economy: Primitive Accumulation and the Social Division of Labor
• ECON 425 Economic Policy. Prof. Kyle Glenn
  • Fair Use - Online, compiled resources
• ECON 433 Managerial Economics. Prof. Kyle Glenn & Alex Gialanella
  • Fair Use - Online, compiled resources
• ED 328 Methods of Teaching Math - Elementary. Prof. Bev Devore-Wedding
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• ED 414 Class Instruction & Management. Prof. Curtis Garcia
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• ED 416 Class Instruction & Management. Prof. Curtis Garcia
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• ED 424 Practices & Assessment. Prof. Curtis Garcia
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• ED 426 Practices & Assessment. Prof. Curtis Garcia
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• ED 429 Content Area Literacy. Prof. Kimba Rael
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• ENG 102 Communication Arts II. Prof. Michelle Le Blanc
  • Fair Use - Online, compiled resources
• GSCI 300 World Geography. Prof. Caroline Gabe
  • World Regional Geography
• HGP 110 World History & Culture I. Prof. Caroline Gabe
  • World History: Cultures, States, & Societies to 1500
• HGP 110 World History & Culture I. Prof. Scott Berg
  • Fair Use - Online, compiled resources
• HGP 111 World History & Culture II. Prof. Scott Berg
  • Fair Use - Online, compiled resources
• HIST 202 American History to 1865. Prof. Nick Saenz
  • American Yawp
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• HIST 434 20th Century Europe. Prof. Nick Saenz
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• MATH 107 Trig/Analytic Geometry. Prof. Ashley Clayton
  • Precalulus by Abramson
• MATH 110 Intro to Statistics. Prof. Ashley Clayton, Prof. Meredith Anderson
  • OpenStax Introductory Statistics
• MATH 220 Calculus III. Prof. Ashley Clayton
  • OpenStax Calculus, v. 3
• MATH 420 Advanced Analysis. Prof. Stephen Aldrich
  • Textbook/materials & homework platform are all free
• NURS 315 Rural/Community Health. Prof. Alice Burch
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• POLS 325 Political Movements of Latin America. Prof. Mari Centeno
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• POLS 380 Model United Nations. Prof. Mari Centeno
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology. Prof. Michael Liebhaber, Prof. Gina Mitchell
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• PSYC 211 Introduction to Statistics. Prof. Rena Kirkland
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• PSYC 230 Psychology of Mental Health & Abnormal Psychology. Prof. Gina Mitchell
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• PSYC 245 Brain & Behavior. Prof. Gina Mitchell
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• PSYC 355 Research Methods in Psychology. Prof. Rena Kirkland
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• PSYC 380 Health Psychology. Prof. Gina Mitchell
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• [SPRING] PSYC 386 Theory & Practice. Prof. Rena Kirkland
  • Fair Use - Online, compiled resources
• PSYC 387 Adulthood & Aging. Prof. Michael Liebhaber
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• PSYC 410 Social Psychology. Prof. Michael Liebhaber
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• SOC 201 Sociological Imagination. Prof. Michael Stewart, Prof. Heidi Schneider
  • OpenStax Introduction to Sociology
• SOC 245 Criminology. Prof. Nancy Gonzalez
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• SOC 251 Social Problems. Prof. Heidi Schneider
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• SOC 352 Social Work Practices. Prof. Heidi Schneider
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks
• SOC 395 Pre-Professional Seminar. Prof. Paige Jaco
  • Fair Use - Online, compiled resources
• SOC 447 Correctional Systems. Prof. Nancy Gonzalez
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbooks

The Faculty of these courses have done their best to lower costs as far as possible, but there are some required materials / homework platforms that  cost money.

• [SPRING] BIOL 330 Ecology & Lab. Prof. Timothy Armstrong
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbook and/or used editions encouraged
  • Lab fees should remain under $40
• [SPRING] BIOL 464 Mammalogy. Prof. Timothy Armstrong
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbook and/or used editions encouraged
  • Lab fees should remain under $40
• BIOL 493 Thesis I. Prof. Timothy Armstrong
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbook and/or used editions encouraged
  • Lab fees should remain under $40
• CHEM 111 Introductory Chemistry. Prof. Christy Miller
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbook
  • Lab supplies required
• CHEM 131 General Chemistry. Prof. Frank Novotny & Prof. Umesh Bhattarai
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbook
  • Lab supplies required
• CHEM 401 Biochemistry. Prof. Christy Miller
  • Course Reserves - digitized textbook
  • Lab supplies required
• MATH 104 Finite Mathematics. Prof. Stephen Aldrich, Prof. Tony Weathers.
  • Course Reserves
  • Homework platform required ($85)
• MATH 106 College Algebra. Prof. Stephen Aldrich, Prof. Tony Weathers. 
  • Course Reserves
  • Homework platform required
• MUS 101 [Fall] Music Fundamentals. Prof. Matthew Schildt.
  • Music Fundamentals - text is $8
• MUS 104 [Spring] Music Theory I. Prof. Matthew Schildt.
  • Music Theory I - text is $8
• MUS 204 [Fall] Music Theory II. Prof. Matthew Schildt.
  • Music Theory II - text is $8
• MUS 304 [Spring] Advanced Theory. Prof. Matthew Schildt.
  • Advanced Theory - text is $8
• PHYS 110 Astronomy Stars & Galaxies. Prof. Matt Nehring.
  • OpenStax Astronomy
  • Homework platform required ($30-$60)
• PHYS 225 College Physics I. Prof. Matt Nehring
  • OpenStax College Physics
  • Homework platform required ($40-$60)
• PHYS 226 [Spring] College Physics II. Prof. Matt Nehring.
  • OpenStax College Physics
  • Homework platform required ($40-$60)

SSS Is Working To Save Students Money Too:

SSS uses tons of free resources including: 

*Library Journals

*websites such as Purdue Owl, other university services

*TED Talk videos

*Career Panels

For our Leadership course we connect our students with unpaid internships. Although they are not paid, the students do receive one college credit for completing the course. 

In the past, our grant has allowed us to purchase many of the books our students need for our Summer courses. We have free books for our English courses, and our Math instructors use online resources or create their own. 

Our courses: 

Fall SSS Graduate and Career Preparation
Fall SSS FYS 103

Summer SSS FYS 102
Spring SSS Leadership
Summer ENG 102

Summer ENG 101

Summer ENG Lab