Low-Cost Options - Spring 2023
Below is a list of courses offered in SP 2023 using low- or no-cost materials. These courses were self-reported by instructors, and this list is not inclusive of all affordable content being used at Ohio State. We hope this list will serve as a good place to start if you are looking for affordable courses that fit your schedule or GE requirements.
Students: Find additional lower-cost options by browsing our participating courses using CarmenBooks in SP 2023. With CarmenBooks, your course materials are delivered digitally, and are 60%-90% less than retail.
Instructors: To be added to this list, or to learn more about offering your textbooks via CarmenBooks, get in touch with the ALX team.
$0 Course Materials
| Course Number | Course Name | Instructor | Campus | GE Alignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFAMAST 1101 | Introduction to African American and African Studies | Scopas S. Poggo | Mansfield | |
| ANTHROP 2202 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | Mark Moritz | Columbus | |
| ANTHROP 3301 | Modern Human Variation | Douglas Crews | Columbus | |
ANTHROP 5600 | Evolutionary Medicine | Douglas Crews | Columbus | |
| ANTHROP 5645 | Life History Evolution, Aging, and Senescence | Douglas Crews | Columbus | |
| ARCH 2220 | Sustainability in Architecture | Aimée Moore | Columbus | |
| ART 3002 | Intro to Ceramics | Marsha Mack | Columbus | |
| ARTEDUC 1600 | Art and Music since 1945 | Clayton Funk | Columbus | |
| ARTEDUC 7606 | Technology and Digital Texts | Clayton Funk | Columbus | |
| ASL 1101 | Elementary Sign Language I | Jodi Pierstorff | Lima | |
| ASL 1102 | Elementary Sign Language II | Jodi Pierstorff | Lima | |
| ASL 1103 | Intermediate American Sign Language | Jodi Pierstorff | Lima | |
| ASTRON 1221 | Astronomy Data Analysis | Donald Terndrup | Columbus | |
| COMM 1101 | The History of Communication | Melissa Foster | Columbus | Foundation: Social and Behavioral Sciences |
| COMM 2321 | Writing for Strategic Communication | Jasmine Roberts-Crews | Columbus | |
| COMM 2321 | Writing for Strategic Communication | Mary Sterenberg | Columbus | |
| COMM 2850 | Media and Citizenship | Melissa Foster | Columbus | Theme: Citizenship for a Diverse and Just World |
| COMM 3334 | Strategic Message Design | Mary Sterenberg | Columbus | |
| COMM 3404 | Media Law and Ethics | Nicole Kraft | Columbus | |
| COMM 3414 | Sports Media Relations | Nicole Kraft | Columbus | |
| CONSCI 2910 | Consumer Problems & Perspectives | Deborah Sharp | Columbus | |
| CSCFFS 2990 | Professional Development | Deborah Sharp | Columbus | |
| CSCFFS 3131 | Internship | Deborah Sharp | Columbus | |
| DESIGN 3105 | Intro to Design Thinking | Adam Fromme | Columbus | |
| DESIGN 3451 | Design Media for Industrial Design | Will Nickley | Columbus | |
| DESIGN 3505 | Presentation as Thinking | Adam Fromme | Columbus | |
| DESIGN 4153 | Intermediate Visual Communication Design II | Yvette Shen | Columbus | |
| DESIGN 5505 | Information Design | Yvette Shen | Columbus | |
| EDUTL 1901 | Advanced English as a Second Language for Undergraduates | Karen Macbeth | Columbus | |
| EDUTL 1902 | Academic Writing for International Undergraduate Students | Juyeon Yoo | Columbus | |
| EDUTL 5195.01 | Reflective Seminar Primary | Leah Herner-Patnode | Lima | |
| EDUTL 5195.02 | Reflective Seminar Middle | Leah Herner-Patnode | Lima | |
| EDUTL 5195.09 | Reflective Seminar Child and Youth | Leah Herner-Patnode | Lima | |
| EDUTL 5226 | Composing Print + Digital Multimodal Texts | Dean Cristol | Lima | |
| EDUTL 5901 | Advanced English as a Second Language for Graduate Students | Karen Macbeth | Columbus | |
| EDUTL 5902 | Academic Writing for International Graduate Students | Juyeon Yoo | Columbus | |
| ENGLISH 1110.01 | First Year English Composition | Ashleigh Hardin | Columbus | |
| ENGLISH 3304 | Business and Professional Writing | Christa Teston | Columbus | |
| ENGR 2367 | American Attitudes About Technology | Leah Wahlin, Lynn Hall | Columbus | |
| ENR 3470 | Religion and Environmental Values in America | Greg Hitzhusen | Columbus | |
| ENTMLGY 2101 | Insects and Human Affairs: Pests, Plagues, Poisons and Politics | Ellen Klinger | Columbus | |
| ENTMLGY 2102 | Insects and Human Affairs | Ellen Klinger | Columbus | |
| ENTMLGY 5121 | Insect Pathology | Ellen Klinger | Columbus | |
| ESEPSY 1159 | Online Learning Strategies and Skills | Dennis Learning Center (Instructor Varies) | Columbus | |
| ESEPSY 2060 | Academic Success Strategies for International Students | Dennis Learning Center (Instructor Varies) | Columbus | |
| ESQREM 3005 | Learner Centered Classroom Assessment | Dean Cristol | Lima | |
| FABENG 2720 | Principles of Soil and Water Engineering | Elizabeth Schwab | Columbus | |
| GENED 1201 | GE Launch Seminar | N/A | Columbus | |
| GEOG 2500 | Cities and their Global Spaces | Max D. Woodworth | Columbus | |
| HISTORY 2675 | The Indian Ocean World: Cultures and Commodities in Motion | Amanda Respess | Marion | |
| HISTORY 3194 | Undergraduate Group Studies (Applied Public History: Museum Pasts, Practices, and Challanges) | Amanda Respess | Marion | |
| HISTORY 3411 | Gender and Sex in China | Amanda Respess | Marion | |
| HISTORY 3708 | Vaccines: A Global History | Katie Summers | Columbus | |
| KNSISM 6897 | Sport Law | Leeann Lower-Hoppe | Columbus | |
| LAW 6121 | Contracts I | Guy Rub | Columbus | |
| LAW 6875 | Law & Economics | Guy Rub | Columbus | |
| LAW 7800 | Copyright Law | Guy Rub | Columbus | |
| MATH 1050 | Precollege Mathematics I | Adam Matthews | Marion | |
| MATH 1075 | Precollege Mathematics II | Adam Matthews | Marion | |
| MATH 1116 | Excursions in Mathematics | N/A | N/A | |
| MATH 1120 | Precalculus with Review I | N/A | N/A | |
| MATH 1121 | Precalculus with Review II | Elizabeth Miller | Columbus | |
| MATH 1140 | Calculus with Review I | N/A | N/A | |
| MATH 1141 | Calculus with Review II | N/A | N/A | |
| MATH 1149 | Trigonometry | Scott Zimmerman | Marion | |
| MATH 1151 | Calculus I | Sergei Chmutov | Mansfield | |
| MATH 1152 | Calculus II | Sergei Chmutov | Mansfield | |
| MATH 6802 | Algebraic Topology II | Jim Fowler | Columbus | |
| MOLGEN 4606 | Molecular Genetics | Helen Chamberlin | Columbus | |
| MUSIC 3348 | Music on the Move | N/A | N/A | Theme: Migration, Mobility and Immobility |
| MUSCI 3364 | Music Citizenship | Margaret Young | Lima | |
| PHR 2367.01 | Drug Use in American Culture | Megan Mefford | Columbus | Theme: Health and Well-Being |
| PHR 2367.02 | Drug Use in American Culture | Megan Mefford | Columbus | Theme: Health and Well-Being |
| PHR 2367.02 | Drug Use in American Culture | Nicholas Denton | Columbus | Theme: Health and Well-Being |
| PHR 2410 | Drugstore Science | Molly Downing | Columbus | Theme: Health and Well-Being |
| PHR 2420 | Drug Culture and Genetics: Revelations from Otzi to Ozzy | Leslie Newman | Columbus | |
| PHR 2500 | Drug Discovery, Development and Delivery | Katie Summers | Columbus | |
| PHR 2520 | Patient Perspectives | Andrea Haugtvedt | Columbus | |
| PHR 3400 | Therapeutic Frontiers | Nicole Kwiek | Columbus | |
| PHR 3430 | Quest For the Cancer Cure | Nicholas Denton | Columbus | Theme: Health and Well-Being |
| PHR 3540 | Health Citizenship: Advocacy and Change-making | Michael Murphy | Columbus | |
| PHR 3708 | Vaccines: A Global History | Katie Summers | Columbus | |
| PHR 4440 | Pharmacology of Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorders | Kari Hoyt | Columbus | |
| PHR 4600 | Pharmaceutical Science Lab | Nicholas Denton | Columbus | |
| PHR 5000 | Interdisciplinary Case Management | Myriam Shaw Ojeda | Columbus | |
| PHR 5550 | Topics in International Pharmacy | Myriam Shaw Ojeda | Columbus | |
| PSYCH 2220 | Data Analysis in Psychology | Elizabeth Weiss | Newark | |
| PSYCH 3313 | Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience | Liz Kirby | Columbus | |
| PSYCH 7821 | Covariance Structure Models | Jolynn Pek | Columbus | |
| PSYCH 7896 | Special Topics in Quantitative Pyschology | Jolynn Pek | Columbus | |
| QUECHUA 5501.01 | Beginning Quechua I | Elvia Andia Grageda | Columbus | |
| QUECHUA 5502.01 | Beginning Quechua II | Elvia Andia Grageda | Columbus | |
| QUECHUA 5503.01 | Intermediate Quechua I | Elvia Andia Grageda | Columbus | |
| SOCWORK 5000 | Human Trafficking | Jacquelyn Meshelemiah | Columbus |
$0-$35 Course Materials
| Course Number | Course Name | Instructor | Campus | GE Alignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEDECON 4567 | Assessing Sustainability: Project Experience | Greg Hitzhusen | Columbus | |
| ARCH 4880 | Explore Columbus | Aimée Moore | Columbus | |
| ARTEDUC 2550 | Introduction of Visual Culture: Seeing and Being Seen | Clayton Funk | Columbus | |
| COMM 2221 | Writing and Editing for Media | Nicole Kraft | Columbus | |
| COMM 4337 | Public Communication Campaigns | Jasmine Roberts-Crews | Columbus | |
| EDUTL 2368 | Intro to Children's Lit | Leah Herner-Patnode | Lima | |
| ENGLISH 3372 | Special Topics in Science Fiction and Fantasy: "Hideous Progeny" | Karen Winstead | Columbus | |
| ENGLISH 4592 | Special Topics in Women and Literature: Medieval Women | Karen Winstead | Columbus | |
| ENR 4567 | Assessing Sustainability: Project Experience | Greg Hitzhusen | Columbus | |
| ESEPSY 1259 | Learning and Motivation Strategies for College Success | Dennis Learning Center (Instructor Varies) | Columbus | |
| FRENCH 3101 | Intermediate French Grammar | Gloria Torrini-Roblin | Columbus | |
| MATH 1075 | Precollege Mathematics II | Helen Gamova | Newark | |
| MATH 1131 | Calculus for Business | Pam Foster | Mansfield | |
| MATH 1172 | Engineering Mathematics A | Jaya Casukhela | Lima | |
| MATH 3345 | Foundations of Higher Mathematics | Scott Zimmerman | Marion | |
| MATH 3345H | Honors Foundations of Higher Mathematics | Jim Fowler | Columbus | |
| MATH 4504 | History of Mathematics | Jenny Sheldon | Columbus | |
| PHR 3420 | Generation Rx: America's Drug-taking Culture | Molly Downing | Columbus | Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies |
| PHR 5590 | Chemical Dependency and the Health Care Professional | Donald Christopher Hart | Columbus | |
| PHYSICS 1201 | E&M, Optics, Modern Physics | Sabine Jeschonnek | Lima | |
| PHYSICS 1251 | E&M, Waves, Optics, Modern Physics | Sabine Jeschonnek | Lima | |
| SOCIOLOGY 1101 | Introductory Sociology | Marianna Klochko | Marion |
$35-$65 Course Materials
| Course Number | Course Name | Instructor | Campus | GE Alignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENR 2000 | Natural Resources Data Analysis | Gabriel Karns | Mansfield | |
| ENTMLGY 1101 | Exploring Entomology | Ellen Klinger | Columbus | |
| ENTMLGY 2400H | Evaluating Evidence in Biology and Medicine | Ellen Klinger | Columbus | |
| ESEPSY 1359 | Critical Thinking and Collaboration in Online Learning | Dennis Learning Center (Instructor Varies) | Columbus | |
| MATH 1050 | Precollege Mathematics I | Pam Foster | Mansfield | |
| MUSIC 2031 | The Informed Beginning Pianist | Margaret Young | Lima | |
| STAT 1350 | Elementary Statistics | Jaya Casukhela | Lima |
