Open Educational Resources: Social Sciences

A collection of resources to help GVSU faculty find open-licensed textbooks and other educational materials for their courses.

General Resources for Social Sciences

Social Science Textbooks from In Tech Open Access Publisher
In Tech publishes more than 2,300 open textbooks and 6 journals in a variety of subjects. This links directly to Social Science textbooks.

Anthropology

Anthropology Courses from Open Course Library
Access to various online anthropology course materials, including biological and cultural anthropology.

Sociology

Saylor.org--Sociology
Links directly to Saylor's open sociology resources.

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Anyone wanting to take a class and not get any credit can take a "course" at Saylor. Resources that they use can be viewed to incorporate into your class. Students can use this as supplemental material.
Introduction to Sociology (textbook)

OER by GVSU Faculty

Introduction to Human Osteology
Presents students with the basic analytical tools for the study of human osteology, for archaeological or forensic anthropology courses.

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License: CC-BY-NC-ND

Includes basic techniques for siding, aging, sexing, and stature estimation, as well as bone images.

Psychology

Psychology in Everyday Life: The Psych Files (Podcast)

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