Z-Courses and Low Textbook Cost Pathways

Southern Crescent Technical College recognizes the continued high cost of textbooks as a barrier that impacts student success. Inability to afford textbooks and course materials is an important issue facing many students and it can be addressed through the adoption of Z-Courses and Low Textbook Cost Pathways. Beginning Spring Semester 2024, courses utilizing Open Educational Resources (OER) will be offered within the Arts and Sciences division at 十大网赌平台推荐.

Open Educational Resources (OER) are educational materials that are openly licensed for anyone to use, adapt, and share freely. These resources include textbooks, multimedia content, assessment tools, and more, and they are designed to provide an affordable and equitable solution to traditional, costly educational materials.

Z-Courses, Low Textbook Cost Pathways (LTC), and Open Educational Resources (OER) are changing the way our instructors teach and our students learn.

OER Benefits for Students:

Cost Savings: OER eliminates the financial burden of expensive textbooks and course materials, making education more affordable and accessible for students.

Enhanced Learning: OER allows instructors to tailor course materials to better meet their students’ needs, resulting in a more personalized and engaging learning experience.

Accessible Anywhere: OER can be accessed online, enabling students to study and learn from anywhere, promoting flexibility in their education.

Inclusivity: OER materials are open to all, eliminating barriers to education and ensuring all students have equal access to high-quality resources.

What are Z Courses?

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Z-Course materials may include open educational resources, institutionally licensed campus library materials that all students enrolled in the course have access to use, and other properly licensed and adopted materials.

Z-Course also means that students do not incur any costs for purchasing course materials. Zero-cost to the students does not guarantee zero-cost to the institution, such as subscription databases, and/or library equipment loans. To create a Z-Course, instructors might use Open Educational Resources (OER); Open Access, Creative Commons, and public domain materials, along with teacher-created materials and electronic resources owned or licensed by the Southern Crescent Technical College Library.

Z-Course sections have no textbook-related costs, including access fees, workbooks, or manuals. These sections might use a textbook that is freely available online or through the 十大网赌平台推荐 Bookstore, the textbook might be provided to you free of charge, or a textbook may not be required.

What is LTC?

Low textbook cost logoLTC (Low Textbook Cost) pathways are those whose required textbooks can be purchased for $40 or less, in either physical or electronic format.  Similar to ZTC Pathways, LTC Pathways allow students to acquire supporting course materials at a deeply discounted rate.

 

 


CLASS CRN TERM TERMDATE DAYS HOURS INSTRUCTOR TEXTBOOK
Abnormal Psychology
PSYC2250 27117 Fall 2025 (202612) Full Term - 16 Weeks (August 12th to December 12th) ONLINE Debra King Zero Cost Textbook
PSYC2250 40340 Spring 2025 (202514) Full Term - 16 Weeks (January 7th to May 8th) ONLINE Debra King Zero Cost Textbook
Accel. Learning Prog. English
ENGL0099S 27285 Fall 2025 (202612) Full Term - 16 Weeks (August 12th to December 12th) ONLINE Jim Pruett Zero Cost Textbook
ENGL0099S 27482 Fall 2025 (202612) Full Term - 16 Weeks (August 12th to December 12th) ONLINE Christopher Godat Zero Cost Textbook
ENGL0099S 41103 Spring 2025 (202514) Full Term - 16 Weeks (January 7th to May 8th) ONLINE Christopher Godat Zero Cost Textbook
American Government
POLS1101 27097 Fall 2025 (202612) Full Term - 16 Weeks (August 12th to December 12th) ONLINE Erica Riggs Zero Cost Textbook
POLS1101 27098 Fall 2025 (202612) Full Term - 16 Weeks (August 12th to December 12th) ONLINE Erica Riggs Zero Cost Textbook
POLS1101 27099 Fall 2025 (202612) Mini Term Two - 8 Weeks (October 14th to December 12th) ONLINE Erica Riggs Zero Cost Textbook
POLS1101 27100 Fall 2025 (202612) Full Term - 16 Weeks (August 12th to December 12th) ONLINE Pamela Brown Zero Cost Textbook
POLS1101 27101 Fall 2025 (202612) Full Term - 16 Weeks (August 12th to December 12th) ONLINE Pamela Brown Zero Cost Textbook
POLS1101 27102 Fall 2025 (202612) Full Term - 16 Weeks (August 12th to December 12th) T 07:00 PM - 08:15 PM Benjamin Coker Zero Cost Textbook
POLS1101 27103 Fall 2025 (202612) Full Term - 16 Weeks (August 12th to December 12th) ONLINE Benjamin Coker Zero Cost Textbook
POLS1101 27407 Fall 2025 (202612) Full Term - 16 Weeks (August 12th to December 12th) ONLINE Pamela Brown Zero Cost Textbook
POLS1101 27487 Fall 2025 (202612) Mini Term One - 8 Weeks (August 12th to October 8th) ONLINE Benjamin Coker Zero Cost Textbook
POLS1101 27572 Fall 2025 (202612) Full Term - 16 Weeks (August 12th to December 12th) M W 01:40 PM - 02:55 PM Adam Grubbs Zero Cost Textbook
POLS1101 27783 Fall 2025 (202612) Mini Term Two - 8 Weeks (October 14th to December 12th) ONLINE Benjamin Coker Low Cost Textbook < $40
POLS1101 27783 Fall 2025 (202612) Mini Term Two - 8 Weeks (October 14th to December 12th) ONLINE Benjamin Coker Zero Cost Textbook
POLS1101 40388 Spring 2025 (202514) Full Term - 16 Weeks (January 7th to May 8th) ONLINE Benjamin Coker Zero Cost Textbook
POLS1101 40389 Spring 2025 (202514) Mini Term Two - 8 Weeks (March 10th to May 8th) ONLINE Benjamin Coker Zero Cost Textbook
POLS1101 40390 Spring 2025 (202514) Full Term - 16 Weeks (January 7th to May 8th) ONLINE Pamela Brown Zero Cost Textbook
POLS1101 40391 Spring 2025 (202514) Full Term - 16 Weeks (January 7th to May 8th) ONLINE Pamela Brown Zero Cost Textbook
POLS1101 40392 Spring 2025 (202514) Full Term - 16 Weeks (January 7th to May 8th) ONLINE Erica Riggs Zero Cost Textbook
POLS1101 40393 Spring 2025 (202514) Full Term - 16 Weeks (January 7th to May 8th) ONLINE Erica Riggs Zero Cost Textbook
POLS1101 40819 Spring 2025 (202514) Micro Term Three - 4 Weeks (April 14th to May 8th) ONLINE Stacy Gooden Zero Cost Textbook
POLS1101 41073 Spring 2025 (202514) Full Term - 16 Weeks (January 7th to May 8th) ONLINE Benjamin Coker Zero Cost Textbook
POLS1101 41074 Spring 2025 (202514) Mini Term Two - 8 Weeks (March 10th to May 8th) ONLINE TBA Zero Cost Textbook
POLS1101 41178 Spring 2025 (202514) Micro Term One - 4 Weeks (January 7th to February 4th) ONLINE Benjamin Coker Low Cost Textbook < $40
POLS1101 41178 Spring 2025 (202514) Micro Term One - 4 Weeks (January 7th to February 4th) ONLINE Benjamin Coker Zero Cost Textbook
American Literature
ENGL2130 27421 Fall 2025 (202612) Full Term - 16 Weeks (August 12th to December 12th) ONLINE Angeline Bullington Zero Cost Textbook
ENGL2130 27667 Fall 2025 (202612) Full Term - 16 Weeks (August 12th to December 12th) ONLINE Evangeline Wright Zero Cost Textbook
ENGL2130 40073 Spring 2025 (202514) Full Term - 16 Weeks (January 7th to May 8th) ONLINE Evangeline Wright Zero Cost Textbook
ENGL2130 40670 Spring 2025 (202514) Full Term - 16 Weeks (January 7th to May 8th) T R 12:20 PM - 01:35 PM Evangeline Wright Zero Cost Textbook
ENGL2130 40671 Spring 2025 (202514) Full Term - 16 Weeks (January 7th to May 8th) T R 01:40 PM - 02:55 PM Evangeline Wright Zero Cost Textbook
ENGL2130 40769 Spring 2025 (202514) Full Term - 16 Weeks (January 7th to May 8th) ONLINE Angeline Bullington Zero Cost Textbook
ENGL2130 41088 Spring 2025 (202514) Mini Term Two - 8 Weeks (March 10th to May 8th) ONLINE Evangeline Wright Zero Cost Textbook
Anat and Phys Lab II
BIOL2114L 27316 Fall 2025 (202612) Full Term - 16 Weeks (August 12th to December 12th) ONLINE C Maloof Zero Cost Textbook
BIOL2114L 27320 Fall 2025 (202612) Full Term - 16 Weeks (August 12th to December 12th) ONLINE Celeste Matthews Zero Cost Textbook
BIOL2114L 27322 Fall 2025 (202612) Full Term - 16 Weeks (August 12th to December 12th) T 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM Jerry Hubbard Zero Cost Textbook
BIOL2114L 27323 Fall 2025 (202612) Full Term - 16 Weeks (August 12th to December 12th) T 08:30 PM - 09:45 PM Jerry Hubbard Zero Cost Textbook
BIOL2114L 27341 Fall 2025 (202612) Full Term - 16 Weeks (August 12th to December 12th) M W ONLINE Chibuzor Nwankwo Zero Cost Textbook
BIOL2114L 27346 Fall 2025 (202612) Full Term - 16 Weeks (August 12th to December 12th) ONLINE Sabinus Eto Zero Cost Textbook
BIOL2114L 27631 Fall 2025 (202612) Mini Term One - 8 Weeks (August 12th to October 8th) ONLINE C Maloof Zero Cost Textbook
BIOL2114L 27790 Fall 2025 (202612) Mini Term Two - 8 Weeks (October 14th to December 12th) ONLINE Courtney Ross Zero Cost Textbook
BIOL2114L 40105 Spring 2025 (202514) Full Term - 16 Weeks (January 7th to May 8th) ONLINE Karen Burke Zero Cost Textbook
BIOL2114L 40109 Spring 2025 (202514) Full Term - 16 Weeks (January 7th to May 8th) ONLINE Chibuzor Nwankwo Zero Cost Textbook
BIOL2114L 40110 Spring 2025 (202514) Full Term - 16 Weeks (January 7th to May 8th) M W ONLINE Chibuzor Nwankwo Zero Cost Textbook
BIOL2114L 40111 Spring 2025 (202514) Full Term - 16 Weeks (January 7th to May 8th) ONLINE Celeste Matthews Zero Cost Textbook
BIOL2114L 40112 Spring 2025 (202514) Full Term - 16 Weeks (January 7th to May 8th) ONLINE Courtney Ross Zero Cost Textbook
BIOL2114L 40119 Spring 2025 (202514) Mini Term One - 8 Weeks (January 7th to March 4th) ONLINE C Maloof Zero Cost Textbook
BIOL2114L 40120 Spring 2025 (202514) Full Term - 16 Weeks (January 7th to May 8th) M 04:00 PM - 05:15 PM Jerry Hubbard Zero Cost Textbook
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