Lansing Community College

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At LCC, we are using OER to lower the cost of education for all students. Here are the courses using OER for Fall 2019 semester.

LCC Courses that use OER for Fall 2019

CRN Course Number Course Name OER Textbook OER Textbook Link
ALL ACAD 101 First Year Experience LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
ALL  ANTH 275 Physical Anthropology & Archaeology LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
ALL BIOL 121 Biol Foundation for Physiology Concepts of Biology  https://openstax.org/details/books/concepts-biology
ALL BIOL 127 Cell Biology Biology https://openstax.org/details/books/biology
ALL BIOL 128 Organismal Biology Biology https://openstax.org/details/books/biology
ALL BIOL 201 Human Anatomy Human Anatomy & Physiology https://openstax.org/details/books/anatomy-and-physiology
ALL BIOL 270 Human Genetics Biology https://openstax.org/details/books/anatomy-and-physiology
ALL BUSN 118 Introduction to Business Lumen Learning Introduction to Business Introduction to Business (Lumen Learning)
ALL CHEM 161 General Chemistry Lab I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
ALL CHEM 162 General Chemistry Lab II LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
ALL  COMM 130  Fund of Public Speaking LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
ALL ECON 201 Principles of Economics-Microeconomics Principles of Economics https://openstax.org/details/books/principles-economics
ALL ECON 202 Principles of Economics-Macroeconomics Principles of Economics https://openstax.org/details/books/principles-economics
ALL ENG 098 Integrated Reading Writing I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
ALL ENGL 099 Integrated Reading Writing II LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71294 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71274 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71276 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71863 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71291 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71282 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71329 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71561 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71305 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71884 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71304 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71301 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71295 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71314 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71296 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71463 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71313 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71328 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71339 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
72076 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
72073 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71458 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71340 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71873 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71308 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71346 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71342 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71351 ENGL 121 Composition I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71501 ENGL 122 Composition II LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
70193 ENGL 122 Composition II LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71505 ENGL 122 Composition II LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
70777 ENGL 122 Composition II LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
70195 ENGL 122 Composition II LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71506 ENGL 122 Composition II LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71508 ENGL 122 Composition II LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
ALL ESOL 070 Reading and Speaking Level 2 LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
ALL  ESOL 075 Grammar and Writing Level 2 LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
ALL ESOL 090 Reading and Speaking Level 3 LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
ALL ESOL 095 Grammar and Writing Level 3 LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
ALL FREN 121 Elementary French I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
ALL FREN 201 Intermediate French LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
71321 GEOL 221 Physical Geology LCC Faculty assembled See instructor for textbook information
70893 GEOL 230 Environmental Geology LCC Faculty assembled See instructor for textbook information
70381 GEOL 230 Environmental Geology LCC Faculty assembled See instructor for textbook information
71581 GEOL 230 Environmental Geology LCC Faculty assembled See instructor for textbook information
ALL GRMN 121 Elementary German I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
ALL GRMN 122 Elementary German II LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
ALL HIST 211 U.S. History to 1877 American Yawp http://www.americanyawp.com/
ALL HIST 212 U.S. History: 1877 to Present American Yawp http://www.americanyawp.com/
ALL HUMS 211 Art History to the Renaissance Smarthistory.org https://smarthistory.org/
ALL HUMS 212 Art History from Renaissance Smarthistory.org https://smarthistory.org/
ALL ISCI 131 Integrated Physical Science LCC Faculty assembled See instructor for textbook information
ALL MATH 141 Calculus with Applications LCC Faculty assembled See instructor for textbook information
ALL MGMT 228 Organization Behavior Organizational Behavior https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/organizational-behavior
ALL MUSC 168 Rudiments of Music Understanding Basic Music Theory CNX Connexions
ALL MUSC 241 Musical Cultures 1750-Present Music Appreciation by Lumen Learning AND Music Appreciation: Its Language, History and Culture https://courses.lumenlearning.com/musicapp_historical/ ;  https://cnx.org/contents/0SImt_cO@1.1:SeNLMAuf@1/Cover-and-Frontmatter
ALL PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
ALL PHIL 151 Intro to Logic & Critical Thinking LCC Faculty Created  https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/457
ALL PHIL 211 Philosophy: Ancient and Medieval LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
ALL PSYC 200 Introduction to Psychology Psychology https://openstax.org/details/books/psychology
ALL PSYC 202 Psychology of Personality LCC Faculty Created  https://www.oercommons.org/courses/personality-theory-a-multicultural-perspective
ALL PSYC 203 Social Psychology Principles of Social Psychology https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/BookDetail.aspx?bookId=76
ALL PSYC 205 Human Growth and Development  OER Materials from NOBA and Lumen Learning https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UXzw2GCgwyl-vQoSq5HdsRDGDhn9pQlN/view?usp=sharing
ALL PSYC 250 Abnormal Psychology Abnormal Psychology PSYC 250: Abnormal Psychology LibGuide
ALL RELG 150 Intro to World Religions LCC Faculty Created  LCC Faculty Created 
ALL SOCL 120 Introduction to Sociology LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
ALL SPAN 121 Elementary Spanish I LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
ALL SPAN 122 Elementary Spanish II LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information
ALL SPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish II LCC Faculty Created  See instructor for textbook information

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