Check out these OER made by faculty at BMCC!
From Mathematics professor Ke Xin, Help Your Math is a volunteer- and donation-based open education resource tailored for BMCC Mathematics classes.
From Economics professor Bettina Berch, Macroeconomics: The Big Picture offers economics majors “the basics of macroeconomic theory—how we define the concepts we work with, how to build and use the aggregate model—so they can take higher level courses in economics or business with a good grasp of the fundamentals.” The text aims to show how economics relates to students’ everyday lives.
Photo showing women working in a factory in Detroit, Michigan during World War I, by George Grantham Bain, via the Library of Congress, in the public domain
Start Here, Speak Anywhere! Empowering Our Voices for a Global Audience “was written by several faculty members, including a librarian, at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) with a purpose of ‘advancing equity and the intellectual and personal growth of students’ and strengthening ‘a culture of care inside and outside the classroom’ (Mission Statement of BMCC).”
Understanding Music: Past and Present – BMCC Edition, an adaptation by Music professor Yi-Chuan Chen, is “carefully updated to meet the specific needs of the learning community at Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY. While the spirit and core content of the original book remain intact, this edition features thoughtful edits, revisions, and additions designed to make the material more accessible, engaging, and relevant for our students.”
