Textbook Adoptions @UVic

Instructors adopted Astronomy textbook available through OpenStax. it is written in clear non-technical language, with the occasional touch of humor and a wide range of clarifying illustrations. It has many analogies drawn from everyday life to help non-science majors appreciate, on their own terms, what our modern exploration of the universe is revealing

Download the textbook: https://cnx.org/contents/LnN76Opl@22.11:0eAa35Fu

Biology 2e.

Instructors adopted Biology 2nd edition, available through OpenStax, in Fall 2023. Biology 2e is designed to cover the scope and sequence requirements of a typical two-semester biology course for science majors. The text provides comprehensive coverage of foundational research and core biology concepts through an evolutionary lens. Biology includes rich features that engage students in scientific inquiry, highlight careers in the biological sciences, and offer everyday applications. The book also includes various types of practice and homework questions that help students understand—and apply—key concepts.

Download the Biology 2e. textbook.

Did not have a required course textbook.

The Art of Writing Reasonable Organic Reaction Mechanisms by Robert B. Grossman

• Advanced Organic Chemistry Part A: Structure and Mechanisms by Francis A. Carey and Richard J. Sundberg

Mastering Strategic Management – 1st Canadian Edition

Mastering Strategic Management is designed to enhance student engagement in three innovative ways. The first is through visual adaptations of the key content in the book. It is well documented that many of today’s students are visual learners. To meet students’ wants and needs.

Available at: https://opentextbc.ca/strategicmanagement/

Computer Science (CSC) 100, is an introduction to computing to non-CS major students. We use computers today to communicate with our friends, listen to music, share images with our family, shop online, play games, watch movies, analyze and visualize large amount of data, design automobiles and aircrafts, maintain medical records, automate industrial process, search huge volume of information, identify our location in a map, etc. In the coming decade, we could use computers to analyze our genetics and synthesize new drugs, to assist doctors to identify unknown diseases, to assist us intelligently driving our cars. The potential for computer applications in the near future is limited only by our imagination. Our next generation should learn how to use computers more effectively as a tool than merely using it for entertainment.

Dr. Cheung adopted a number of open education resources for CSC 100 in 2019: https://webhome.csc.uvic.ca/~mcheng/100/fall.2019/index.html

The Research Methods Knowledge Base is a comprehensive web-based textbook that addresses all of the topics in a typical introductory undergraduate or graduate course in social research methods. It covers the entire research process including: formulating research questions; sampling (probability and nonprobability); measurement (surveys, scaling, qualitative, unobtrusive); research design (experimental and quasi-experimental); data analysis; and, writing the research paper. It also addresses the major theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of research including: the idea of validity in research; reliability of measures; and ethics. The Knowledge Base was designed to be different from the many typical commercially-available research methods texts. It uses an informal, conversational style to engage both the newcomer and the more experienced student of research. It is a fully hyperlinked text that can be integrated easily into an existing course structure or used as a sourcebook for the experienced researcher who simply wants to browse.

Available at: http://socialresearchmethods.net/kb/index.php

This book is an adaptation of Principles of Microeconomics originally published by OpenStax. This adapted version has been reorganized into eight topics and expanded to include over 200 multiple choice questions, examples, eight case studies including questions and solutions, and over 200 editable figures.

Available at: http://solr.bccampus.ca:8001/bcc/items/d4468c30-938d-4ba9-acd8-e73cebbec739/1/?attachment.uuid=4f57ccb6-b646-407c-929f-8e190c72e172

Dr. Kennedy has created a number of open access teaching materials for his economics classes at the university. Go to Dr. Kennedy’s personal website to locate them: http://kennedy-economics.ca/

Course Instructors use – links and open education resources and texts

Teaching in a Digital Age

The book examines the underlying principles that guide effective teaching in an age when all of us, and in particular the students we are teaching, are using technology. A framework for making decisions about your teaching is provided, while understanding that every subject is different, and every instructor has something unique and special to bring to their teaching.The book enables teachers and instructors to help students develop the knowledge and skills they will need in a digital age: not so much the IT skills, but the thinking and attitudes to learning that will bring them success.

Available at: https://opentextbc.ca/teachinginadigitalage/

Course instructors use links and open education resources and textbooks.

Source: BC Campus

Adopted by: Duncan Johannessen, Senior Lab Coordinator and Lucinda Leonard 1st year courses in Fall 2016, Fall 2017 and Spring 2018.

Authored by Steven Earle, Thompson Rivers University. Physical Geology is a comprehensive introductory text on the physical aspects of geology, including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, glaciation, groundwater, streams, coasts, mass wasting, climate change, planetary geology and much more. It has a strong emphasis on examples from western Canada, especially British Columbia, and also includes a chapter devoted to the geological history of western Canada. The book is a collaboration of faculty from Earth Science departments at Universities and Colleges across British Columbia and elsewhere. Download the textbook

Introduction to Ocean Sciences by Douglas A. Segar

The 4th edition of Introduction to Ocean Sciences is an open source textbook that is free for anyone to download, read and print for personal use only (Donations are welcome – scroll down to find how). Currently the textbook is available only as a pdf file that can be read and printed using any Adobe or other pdf software viewer.

Download the textbook http://www.reefimages.com/oceansci.php

Anatomy and Physiology

Human Anatomy and Physiology is designed for the two-semester anatomy and physiology course taken by life science and allied health students. The textbook follows the scope and sequence of most Human Anatomy and Physiology courses, and its coverage and organization were informed by hundreds of instructors who teach the course.

Available at: https://opentextbc.ca/anatomyandphysiology/

Source: BC Campus

Adopted by Dr. Norm Fennema Canadian History – Pre-Confederation by John Douglas Belshaw, Thompson Rivers University Canadian History: Pre-Confederation is a survey text that introduces undergraduate students to important themes in North American history to 1867. It provides room for Aboriginal and European agendas and narratives, explores the connections between the territory that coalesces into the shape of modern Canada and the larger continent and world in which it operates, and engages with emergent issues in the field. Download the textbook

Adopted by Dr. Rosalie Starzomski: Toward a Moral Horizon: Nursing Ethics for Leadership and Practice, Third Edition by Rosalie Starzomski, Janet L. Storch, and Patricia Rodney. This third edition of Toward a Moral Horizon: Nursing Ethics for Leadership and Practice will assist nurses and all health care providers to take up the challenge of embedding ethics in health care practice, education, research, and policy at all levels—from local to regional to global. This is an Open textbook available through UVicSpace, the University of Victoria’s Institutional Repository.

Adopted by Dr. Geoffrey Steeves for 2021/22 academic year.  University Physics volumes 1-3 by
William Moebs, Formerly of Loyola Marymount University; Samuel J. Ling, Truman State University and Jeff Sanny, Loyola Marymount University

Download the textbook:
Volume 1: https://openstax.org/books/university-physics-volume-1/pages/1-introduction
Volume 2: https://openstax.org/books/university-physics-volume-2/pages/1-introduction
Volume 3: https://openstax.org/books/university-physics-volume-3/pages/1-introduction

Adopted for POLI 321. The textbook is produced by the Bureau of International Information Programs, Department of State, US

Download the textbook: https://opentextbc.ca/womenintheworld/

Adopted by Dr. Stephen Lindsay

Research Methods in Psychology – 2nd Canadian Edition by Dr. Rajiv S. Jhangiani (Kwantlen), Dr. I-Chant A. Chiang (Quest University), Dr. Paul C. Price (California State University, Fresno) Psychology, like most other sciences, has its own set of tools to investigate the important research questions of its field. Unlike other sciences, psychology is a relatively new field with methods and practices that are evolving at a rapid rate. With this textbook, we introduce students to the fundamental principles of what it is like to think like a psychology researcher. We also hope to connect with the Canadian audience to show them the fantastic research being generated in Canada as well as provide them with an accurate picture of the Canadian context for ethical human research. This textbook is an adaptation of one written by Paul C. Price (California State University, Fresno).

Download the textbook: https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=b58ffd04-ca71-4365-95e1-916f2105bd55&contributor=&keyword=&subject=Psychology

Adopted by Jim Gibson

Principles of Social Psychology – 1st International Edition Authored by Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani, (Kwantlen Polytecnic), Dr. Hammon Tarry (Capilano), Dr. Charles Stangor (U Maryland) This textbook provides students with an introduction to the basic concepts and principles of social psychology from an interactionist perspective. The presentation of classic studies and theories are balanced with insights from cutting-edge, contemporary research. An emphasis on real world examples and applications is intended to guide students to critically analyze their situations and social interactions in order to put their knowledge to effective use.

Download the textbook: https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=d0a98b76-9907-41d8-88a3-52e94c003939&contributor=&keyword=&subject=Psychology

Adopted by Elliot Lee (PhD Candidate) in July 2017

Mental Health and Well-Being from the NOBA Project: http://nobaproject.com/textbooks/elliott-lee-new-textbook

Adopted by Elliot Lee (PhD Candidate) in Winter 2018

This is a special topic course. Used several chapters from the NOBA Project:because he can select the readings/chapters he wants to use for the course:nobaproject.com

R for Data Science and Learning Statistics with R

This book will teach you how to do data science with R: You’ll learn how to get your data into R, get it into the most useful structure, transform it, visualise it and model it. In this book, you will find a practicum of skills for data science. Just as a chemist learns how to clean test tubes and stock a lab, you’ll learn how to clean data and draw plots—and many other things besides. These are the skills that allow data science to happen, and here you will find the best practices for doing each of these things with R. You’ll learn how to use the grammar of graphics, literate programming, and reproducible research to save time. You’ll also learn how to manage cognitive resources to facilitate discoveries when wrangling, visualising, and exploring data.

Available at: https://r4ds.had.co.nz and http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/paul/lot2015/Navarro2014.pdf

This book covers the basics of project management. This includes the process of initiation, planning, execution, control and close out that all projects share. This book has been adapted by the author as of August 15, 2014. The adaptation includes Canadianized content, PowerPoints, Audio Files, and Chapter Questions, which are located in the book’s appendixes.

Available at: https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=8678fbae-6724-454c-a796-3c6667d826be

The Social Media Reader (2012) authored by Michael Mandiberg. With the rise of web 2.0 and social media platforms taking over vast tracts of territory on the internet, the media landscape has shifted drastically in the past 20 years, transforming previously stable relationships between media creators and consumers. The Social Media Reader is the first collection to address the collective transformation with pieces on social media, peer production, copyright politics, and other aspects of contemporary internet culture from all the major thinkers in the field.

Download the textbook: http://klangable.com/uploads/books/Mandiberg-theSocialMediaReader-cc-by-sa-nc.pdf

• Accounting Principles: A Business Perspective by James Don Edwards, University of Georgia, Roger H. Hermanson, Georgia State University, Susan D. Ivancevich, University of North Carolina Wilmington
• Introductory Business Statistics with Interactive Spreadsheets – 1st Canadian Edition by Mohammad Mahbobi, Thompson Rivers University, Thomas K. Tiemann, Elon University
• Introduction to Financial Accounting – Second Edition by David Annand, Athabasca University , Henry Dauderis
• Intermediate Financial Accounting Vol 1 and Vol 2 by Glenn Arnold, Suzanne Kyle, Athabasca University, Lyryx Learning Team
• Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality in BC by Morgan Westcott, LinkBC, Geoffrey Bird, Royal Roads University, Peter Briscoe, Ray Freeman, Royal Roads University, Kelly Glazer, Keith Henry, Terry Hood, Heather Knowles, Micki McCartney, Vancouver Island University, Donna Owens, George Brown College, Lynda Robinson, Vancouver Island University, Eugene Thomlinson, Royal Roads University, Griff Tripp, Don Webster, Capilano University, Rebecca Wilson-Mah, Royal Roads University
• Mastering Strategic Management-1st Canadian Edition by Janice Edwards, COTR, David Try, NWCC, Dave Ketchen, Auburn University, Jeremy Short ,University of Oklahoma

• Introductory Chemistry- 1st Canadian Edition by Jessie A. Key, Vancouver Island University, David W Ball, Cleveland State University.
• Organic  Chemistry with a Biological Emphasis: Vol 1 and II by Timothy Soderberg, University of Minnesota

• Practical Meteorology: An Algebra-based Survey of Atmospheric Science by Roland Stull, UBC
• Physical Geology by S. Earle, Thompson Rivers University
• Environmental Biology, Matthew R. Fisher, Editor, Open Oregon

• Principles of Economics by Steven A. Greenlaw, University of Mary Washington, David Shapiro, Pennsylvania State University, Timothy Taylor, Macalester College
• Principles of Microeconomics by Emma Hutchinson, University of Victoria, Maxwell Nicholson, Ben Lukenchuk
• Principles of Macroeconomics by Steven A. Greenlaw, University of Mary Washington, David Shapiro, Pennsylvania State University, Timothy Taylor, Macalester College
• Macroeconomics: Theory, Models & Policy by Doug Curtis, Trent University and Ian Irvine, Concordia University

• Educational Psychology by Kelvin Seifert, University of Manitoba Rosemary Sutton, Cleveland State University
• Teaching in a Digital Age by Tony Bates, University of British Columbia

• Naming the Unnamable: An Approach to Poetry for New Generations by Michelle Bonczek Evory. Western Michigan University
• Victorians and Moderns, by Dr. James Sexton, Camosun College
• Writing for Success, 1st Canadian Edition by Tara Horkoff and Scott McLean

• Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies by Miliann Kang, Donovan Lessard, and Laura Heston, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
• Feminist Adult Educators’ Guide to Aesthetic, Creative and Disruptive Strategies in Museums and Community edited by Darlene E. Clover, Suriani Dzulkifli, Hannah Gelderman, and Kathy Sanford, 2020.

• Canadian History – Pre-Confederation by John Douglas Belshaw, Thompson Rivers University
• Canadian History – Post-Confederation by John Douglas Belshaw, Thompson Rivers University
• US History by P. Scott Corbett, PhD – Ventura College, Volker Janssen, PhD – California State University-Fullerton, John M. Lund, PhD – Keene State College, Todd Pfannestiel, PhD – Clarion University, Paul Vickery, PhD – Oral Roberts University, Sylvie Waskiewicz, PhD – Lead Editor

• A Concise Introduction to Logic by Craig DeLancey, SUNY Oswego
• Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking by Matthew J. Van Cleave, Lansing Community College
• Modern Philosophy by Walter Ott, Alexander Dunn
• The Originals: Classical Readings in Western Philosophy edited by Jeff McLaughlin, Thompson Rivers University

• College Physics by Dr. Paul Peter Urone, California State University Sacramento, Dr. Roger Hinrichs, State University of New York, College at Oswego, Dr. Kim Dirks, University of Auckland, New Zealand, Dr. Manjula Sharma, University of Sydney, Australia
• Calculus-Based Physics I and Calculus-Based Physics II by Dr. Jeffrey W. Schnick
• University Physics Vol 1, Vol 2. and Vol 3 by Samuel J. Ling, Truman State University, Jeff Sanny, Loyola Marymount University, William Moebs (retired), Loyola Marymount University

• American Government by Glen Krutz, University of Oklahoma, Sylvie Waskiewicz
• Global Women’s Issues: Women in the World Today, extended version by United States Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs , Dr. Janni Aragon, Dr. Mariel Miller, University of Victoria
• Nationalism, Self-determination and Secession by Geoff Andrews, Open University, Michael Saward, Open University

• Introduction to Psychology, Ist Canadian Edition by Jennifer Walinga, Royal Roads University, Charles Stangor, University of Maryland
• Research Methods in Psychology, 2nd Canadian Edition by Dr. Rajiv S. Jhangiani, Dr. I-Chant A. Chiang, Dr. Paul C. Price
• Principles of Social Psychology, 1st International Editorion by Dr. Rajiv S. Jhangiani, Dr. Hammond Terry, Dr. Charles Stangor
• “Noba is a free online platform that provides high-quality, flexibly structured textbooks and educational materials. These textbooks and materials are licensed under the Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 International License. Users may reuse, redistribute, and remix the content to suit their needs. The goals of Noba are three-fold – http://nobaproject.com/
  • To reduce financial burden on students by providing access to free educational content
  • To provide instructors with a platform to customize educational content to better suit their curriculum
  • To present free, high-quality material written by a collection of experts and authorities in the field of psychology” – funded by The Diener Education Fund2

• Introduction to Sociology – 2nd Canadian Edition by William Little, University of Victoria, Ron McGivern, Thompson Rivers University, Nathan Keirns, Zane State College, Eric Strayer, Hartnell College, Heather Griffiths, Fayetteville State University, Susan Cody-Rydzewski, Georgia Perimeter College, Gail Scaramuzzo, Lackawanna College, Tommy Sadler, Union University, Sally Vyain, Ivy Tech Community College
• Principles of Sociological Inquiry – Qualitative and Quantitative Methods by Amy Blackstone, University Of Maine-ME-Orono