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Open Textbook Title<\/strong><\/td>\r\n\u00a0Potentially Relevant Courses<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n
Environmental Science: A Canadian Perspective<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Environmental Biology<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Physical Geology<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Earth Science<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Geosciences LibreTexts Library<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Introduction to Human Geography<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
World Regional Geography: People, Places and Globalization<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Geographic Information System Basics<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Nature of Geographic Information<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

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Environmental Science<\/h4>\r\n

Environmental Science: A Canadian Perspective<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThis environmental science text has been positively-reviewed and has been successfully adopted by other faculty. It covers introductory concepts in environmental science, from ecosystems to sustainable development.\r\n\r\nIncludes<\/strong>: instructor resources, student resources, and summaries\r\n

Environmental Biology<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThis world environmental biology text covers salient issues in the environment using a biological perspective. It covers introductory concepts in environmental biology, from climate change to ozone depletion.\r\n\r\nIncludes<\/strong>: instructor resources, student resources, and summaries\r\n
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Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\nThis text has been positively-reviewed and is intended for both a broad-based introductory class on sustainability and as a supplement to specialist courses with a dimension on sustainability in their areas of study. As sustainability is a multidisciplinary area of study, the text is the product of multiple authors drawn from the diverse faculty of the University of Illinois: each chapter is written by a recognized expert in the field.\r\n

Physical Geography<\/h4>\r\n

Physical Geology<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThis textbook was written by an earth sciences professor at Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia, Canada. This was done in collaboration with academics from various post-secondary institutions across BC and the rest of Canada. It has been successfully adopted.\r\n\r\nIncludes<\/strong>: applications, chapter summaries, exercises, and solutions\r\n

Earth Science<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThis text includes introductions to concepts from level I earth science courses, from geology to water systems. It was developed through Lumen Learning and a professor of Geology and Earth Sciences from Santa Ana College.\r\n\r\nIncludes<\/strong>: exercises and summaries\r\n

Geosciences LibreTexts Library<\/a><\/h3>\r\nA collection of open textbooks, assignments, and other educational resources on the subject of geosciences.\r\n\r\nIncludes<\/strong>: lab experiments, case studies, interactive applications and worksheets\r\n

Human Geography<\/h4>\r\n

Introduction to Human Geography<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThis physical geography text has been positively-reviewed. It covers introductory concepts in human geography, from migration to agriculture.\r\n\r\nIncludes<\/strong>: instructor resources, student resources, and summaries\r\n

World Regional Geography: People, Places and Globalization<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThis world geography text has been positively-reviewed and has been successfully adopted by other faculty. It covers introductory concepts in geography, from North American geography to African geography.\r\n\r\nIncludes<\/strong>: instructor resources, student resources, and summaries\r\n

Geographic Information Systems<\/h4>\r\n

Geographic Information System Basics<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThis geographic information systems text has been positively-reviewed. It covers introductory concepts in GIS, from augmented maps to vector files.\r\n\r\nIncludes<\/strong>: instructor resources, student resources, and summaries\r\n

Nature of Geographic Information<\/a><\/h3>\r\nThis world GIS text has been positively-reviewed. It covers introductory concepts in GIS, from data and information geography to integrating geographic data.\r\n\r\nIncludes<\/strong>: instructor resources, student resources, and summaries\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n
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