Open Educational Resources (OER): Open Education at UWM

French 103

This course has used an open textbook for 5 semesters.

• Open Textbook used: Liberté
• 301 students
• Replaced $250 textbook
• Totals student savings of $75,250

French 104

This course has used an open textbook for 4 semesters.

• Open Textbook used: Liberté
• 155 students
• Replaced $250 textbook
• Totals student savings of $38,750

Computer Science: Natural Language Processing 423/723

This course has used an open textbook for 3 semesters. 

• Open Textbook created by UWM Faculty used: Principles of Natural Language Processing
• 131 students
• Replaced $100 textbook
• Totals student savings of $13,100

Art History 101

This course has used open access materials for 13 semesters. 

• This course will be using a collection of open access materials including readings and images
• 1510 students
• Replaced $250 Textbook
• Totals student savings of $377,500

Art History 102

This course has used open access materials for 13 semesters. 

• This course will be using a collection of open access materials including readings and images
• 1,348 students
• Replaced $174 Textbook
• Totals student savings of $234,552

Information Studies 640/640G

This course has used an open textbook for 3 semesters.

• Open Textbook: Instruction in Libraries and Information Centers: An Introduction
• 86 students
• Replaced $60 textbook
• Total Savings of $5,160

Spanish 318

This course has used an open access materials for 3 semesters. 

• Open Textbook used: Canvas curated materials
• 88 students
• Replaced $100 textbook
• Totals student savings of $8,800

German 145

This course has used an affordable textbook for 2 semesters. 

• Affordable Textbook used: Food Culture in Germany
• 42 students
• Replaced $58 textbook
• Totals student savings of $2,436

Astronomy 103

This course has used an open textbook for 11 semesters in all sections. 

• Open Textbook: OpenStax  Astronomy  
• 3,480 Students 
• Replaced $77 textbook
• Totals student savings of $267,960

Astronomy 185

This course has used an open textbook for 6 semesters. 

• Open Textbook used: Survey of Astronomy 
• 109 Students
• Replaced $77 textbook
• Totals student savings $8,393

Philosophy 111

This course has used an open textbook for 18 semesters.

• Open Textbook written by UWM Faculty: Fundamental Methods of Logic
• 1306 students
• Replaced $40 textbook
• Total Savings of $52,240

Biomedical Sciences 290

This course has used an open textbook for 3 semesters.

• Open Textbook used: OpenStax College Success
• 64 students
• Replaced $50 textbook
• Totals student savings of $3,200

Nutrition 550

This course has used an open access materials for 4 semesters in all sections.

• Open Textbook: Curated Open Access content on Canvas
• 94 Students
• Replaced $100 textbook
• Totals student savings of $9,400

Educational Psychology 110 and 279

These courses have used an open textbook for 4 semesters. 

• Open Textbook used: College Success
• 1386 students
• Replaced $124 textbook
• Totals student savings of $171,864

Biomedical Sciences 245

This course has used an open textbook for 9 semesters.

• Open Textbook used: Introduction to Sociology 2e 
• 772 students
• Replaced $81 textbook
• Total Savings of $62,532

Math 103

This course has used an open access materials for 3 semesters.

• Open Textbook used: Canvas Curated Materials
• 441 students
• Replaced $50 textbook
• Totals student savings of $22,050

Theatre 338

This course has used an affordable textbook for 1 semester.

• Affordable Textbook used: Designing with Light: An Introduction to Stage Lighting
• 14 students
• Replaced $64 textbook
• Totals student savings of $896

Music 444

This course has used an affordable textbook for 1 semester.

• Affordable Textbook used: What Every Singer Needs to Know About the Body
• 326 students
• Replaced $80 textbook
• Totals student savings of $2,080

Theatre 236

This course has used an affordable textbook for 1 semester.

• Affordable Textbook used: An Introduction to Theatre Design
• 22 students
• Replaced $73 textbook
• Totals student savings of $1,606