Open Educational Resources (OER)

French 103

This course has used an open textbook for 6 semesters.

• Open Textbook used: Liberté
• 334 students
• Replaced $250 textbook
• Totals student savings of $83,500

French 104

This course has used an open textbook for 5 semesters.

• Open Textbook used: Liberté
• 198 students
• Replaced $250 textbook
• Totals student savings of $49,500

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 14 semesters. 

• This course uses a collection of open access materials including readings and images
• 1615 students
• Replaced $250 Textbook
• Totals student savings of $403,750

Art History 102

This course has used open access materials for 14 semesters. 

• This course uses a collection of open access materials including readings and images
• 1,574 students
• Replaced $174 Textbook
• Totals student savings of $273,876

This course has used an open textbook for 1 semesters. 

• Open Textbook used: Introduction to Modern Statistics
• 17 students
• Replaced $50 textbook
• Totals student savings of $850

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

Information Studies 640/640G

This course has used an open textbook for 4 semesters.

• Open Textbook: Instruction in Libraries and Information Centers: An Introduction
• 116 students
• Replaced $60 textbook
• Total Savings of $6,960

Spanish 318

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

• Open Textbook used: Canvas curated materials
• 111 students
• Replaced $100 textbook
• Totals student savings of $11,100

German 145

This course has used an affordable textbook for 3 semesters. 

• Affordable Textbook used: Food Culture in Germany
• 102 students
• Replaced $58 textbook
• Totals student savings of $5,916

Astronomy 103

This course has used an open textbook for 12 semesters in all sections. 

• Open Textbook: OpenStax  Astronomy  
• 3,769 Students 
• Replaced $77 textbook
• Totals student savings of $290,213

Astronomy 185

This course has used an open textbook for 7 semesters. 

• Open Textbook used: Survey of Astronomy 
• 129 Students
• Replaced $77 textbook
• Totals student savings $9,933

Philosophy 111

This course has used an open textbook for 19 semesters.

• Open Textbook written by UWM Faculty: Fundamental Methods of Logic
• 1489 students
• Replaced $40 textbook
• Total Savings of $59,560

Information Studies 110

This course has used open access resources for 2 semesters. 

• Open Textbook used: Canvas curated materials
• 208 students
• Replaced $50 textbook
• Totals student savings of $10,400

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 5 semesters in all sections.

• Open Textbook: Curated open access content on Canvas
• 112 Students
• Replaced $100 textbook
• Totals student savings of $11,200

Educational Psychology 110 and 279

These courses have used an open textbook for 5 semesters. 

• Open Textbook used: College Success
• 1410 students
• Replaced $124 textbook
• Totals student savings of $174,840

Biomedical Sciences 245

This course has used an open textbook for 10 semesters.

• Open Textbook used: Introduction to Sociology 2e 
• 862 students
• Replaced $81 textbook
• Total Savings of $69,822

Portuguese 202

This course has used an affordable textbook for 1 semester. 

• Open Textbook used: Mano a Mano. Básico: portuguê para falantes de espanhol
• 9 students
• Replaced $55 textbook
• Totals student savings of $495

Math 103

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

• Open Textbook used: Canvas Curated Materials
• 614 students
• Replaced $50 textbook
•  Totals student savings of $30,700

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

Therapeutic Recreation 103

This course has used open access resources for 1 semester. 

• Open Textbook used: Canvas curated materials
• 201 students
• Replaced $50 textbook
• Totals student savings of $10,050

Theatre 236

This course has used an affordable textbook for 2 semesters.

• Affordable Textbook used: An Introduction to Theatre Design
• 44 students
• Replaced $73 textbook
• Totals student savings of $3,212

Geography 309

This course has used open access resources for 1 semester.

• Open Textbook used: Canvas curated materials
• 23 students
•  Replaced $100 textbook
• Totals student savings of $2,300