NSCC Open Textbook Catalogue

This catalogue contains NSCC Open Textbook Titles that have been authored or adapted at NSCC and Open Textbooks being used by NSCC instructors.

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Fundamentals of Business Mathematics book cover

Fundamentals of Business Mathematics

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)   English

Author(s): OER Lab

Subject(s): Business mathematics and systems

Last updated: 24/05/2023

Early Childhood Literacy book cover

Early Childhood Literacy

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)   English

Author(s): Christine Pegorraro Schull, Leslie La Croix, Sara E. Miller, Kimberly Sanders Austin, Julie K. Kidd

Editor(s): Melanie Medina

Subject(s): Early childhood care and education, Educational: Language, literature and literacy

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 24/05/2023

Introduction to Marketing II 2e (MKTG 2005) book cover

Introduction to Marketing II 2e (MKTG 2005)

CC BY (Attribution)  8 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): NSCC, Lumen Learning

Editor(s): Di Best, Deirdre Evans, Jules Fauteux, Rankin MacMaster, Barb Powers, George Swaniker

Subject(s): Sales and marketing management, Business studies: general, Sales and marketing, Business and Management

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 24/05/2023

This NSCC open textbook is adapted from the Lumen Learning openly licenced course Principles of Marketing. The textbook uses current case studies and engaging, real-world scenarios to help students recognize and analyze marketing in business as well as in everyday life. Curated OER readings, videos, simulations and other learning activities introduce students to the principles of marketing.

Introduction to Marketing I 2e (MKTG 1010) book cover

Introduction to Marketing I 2e (MKTG 1010)

CC BY (Attribution)  10 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): NSCC Faculty, Lumen Learning

Editor(s): Jules Fauteux, Di Best, Deidre Evans, Rankin MacMaster, Barb Powers, George Swaniker, Hadley Brooks-Joiner, Kimia Ghasemi

Subject(s): Sales and marketing management, Business studies: general

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 24/05/2023

Designed to teach students the foundational principles of marketing in the digital age, this open textbook uses current case studies and engaging, real-world scenarios to help students recognize and analyze marketing in business as well as in everyday life. Curated OER readings, videos, simulations and other learning activities introduce students to the principles of marketing.
See also Introduction to Marketing II 2e (MKTG 2005) .
Supplementary teaching resources available.
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Introduction to Professional Communications

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)   English (Canada)

Author(s): Melissa Ashman

Subject(s): Business communication and presentation, Communication studies

Last updated: 24/05/2023

No matter your field, having professional communication skills is essential to success in today’s workplace. This book covers key business communications topics that will help you in your career, including intercultural communication, team work, professional writing, audience analysis and adapting messages, document formatting, oral communication, and more.

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NSCC Communication Skills for Trades

CC BY (Attribution)  193 H5P Activities    English

Author(s): NSCC

Subject(s): Business communication and presentation, Interpersonal communication and skills, Writing and editing guides

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 05/05/2023

Communication Skills is designed to guide college students in developing the vital communication skills that are necessary to succeed in the modern workplace. It is written in the reader-friendly style of a professional email between colleagues.
Semiconductor Devices: Theory and Application Lab Manual book cover

Semiconductor Devices: Theory and Application Lab Manual

CC BY (Attribution)   English

Author(s): James Fiore, NSCC

Subject(s): Aerospace and aviation technology, Electronics engineering

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 17/04/2023

The lab manual for Semiconductor Devices: Theory and Application.
The NSCC editions are condensed versions of James Fiore's open textbook and lab manual.
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Child Growth and Development

CC BY-NC (Attribution NonCommercial)   English

Author(s): Jennifer Paris, Antoinette Ricardo, Dawn Rymond, Jean Zaar

Subject(s): Human growth and development

Publisher: Nova Scotia Community College

Last updated: 08/03/2023

A presentation of how and why children grow, develop, and learn. We will look at how we change physically over time from conception through adolescence. We examine cognitive change, or how our ability to think and remember changes over the first 20 years or so of life. And we will look at how our emotions, psychological state, and social relationships change throughout childhood and adolescence.
Reading Essentials 1 Student Workbook book cover

Reading Essentials 1 Student Workbook

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)   English

Author(s): Meredith Hutchings, Jocelyn Boyd-Johnson, Nancy Harvey

Subject(s): Language learning: reading skills

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 08/03/2023

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Reading Essentials 2 Student Workbook

CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike)   English

Author(s): Meredith Hutchings, Jocelyn Boyd-Johnson, Nancy Harvey

Subject(s): Language learning: reading skills

Publisher: NSCC

Last updated: 08/03/2023