LibGuides: Sociology: Open Educational Resources (OER)

OER Sociology Course Materials

Academic Earth
A collection of sociology courses on a wide range of subjects available to view and download.
Coursera
A collection of open access sociology courses from colleges and universities around the world. Free courses, but there are options for paid content and courses, not required.
Merlot Sociology Portal
A sociology community portal with a collection of course materials, courses, open textbooks, and more.
OASIS Sociology Course Materials
A collection of sociology course materials developed by SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library.
The Open University - OpenLearn Courses
A collection of free courses on a wide range of subjects and majors.
Open Yale Courses
Yale University collection of courses that include course materials, lecture videos, syllabi, and more.

CS+Sociology: Global Inequality Lab
Downloadable activity and lab materials on global inequality - CUNY Lehman College
DATA 334: Applied Research Syllabus (Sociology Department)
Downloadable syllabus for an Applied Research course in the sociology department - Queens College
Introduction to Sociology Syllabus
Downloadable syllabus for an Introduction to Sociology course - Borough of Manhattan Community College
Sociology of Aging
Downloadable assignments and syllabus for Sociology of Aging course - Chattanooga State Community College
Visual Sociology Syllabus
Downloadable syllabus for the Visual Sociology course - CUNY City College

Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Human Social Life
Vera Kennedy, West Mills College Lemoore, 2018. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License v4.0.
Exploring Socio-Cultural Perspectives in Diversity
University of Georgia, 2024. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License v4.0.
Gendered Lives: Global Issues
SUNY Press, 2021. ISBN 978-1-4384-8695-6. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License v4.0.
Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach
SUNY Press, 2022. ISBN 978-7-4684-9170-7. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License v4.0.
Radical Social Theory: An Appraisal, a Critique, and an Overcoming
UMassAmherst, 2022. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License v4.0.
Teaching Tolerance in a Globalized World
Springer, 2018. ISBN 978-3-319-78692-6. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License v4.0.

Classical Sociological Theory and Foundations of American Sociology
Oregon State University, 2018. ISBN: 978-1-955101-04-2. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License v4.0.
Foundations of Sociology I
University of Saskatchewan, 2020. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License v4.0.
Introduction to Sociology 3e
OpenStax, 2021. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License v4.0.
Social Problems: Continuity and Change
Saylor Foundation, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-9461352-3-0. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License v4.0.
Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World
University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-9461352-4-7. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License v4.0.
Together: The Science of Social Psychology
NOBA, 2024. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-ShareAlike License v4.0.

Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
Oregon State University, 2023. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Principles of Sociological Inquiry: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
Saylor. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License v4.0.
Research Methods for the Social Sciences
Herkimer College. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License v4.0.
Social Data Analysis
Rhode Island College Digital Publishing, 2021.
Social Science Research: Principles, Methods and Practices - (Revised edition)
University of Southern Queensland, 2019. ISBN: 978-1-4751-4612-7. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-ShareAlike License v4.0.