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Zero Textbook Cost Courses: ZTC Program - Degrees and Pathway

Guide for Butte College community on Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero Textbook Cost classes (ZTC).

Butte College Zero-Textbook-Cost Program

ZTC logoButte College offers many classes that have ZERO textbook cost!  These ZTC classes have saved our students over $1 million dollars!  You can find ZTC classes in the class schedule by looking for the icon seen here.  We even have full certificates and degrees you can complete without ever having to buy a textbook!  

Z Degrees

GE: CSU
Required Core:
     MATH 18
     PSY 1
     PSY 7
List A: BIOL 2
List B: PSY 15
List C: PSY 41

GE: CSU
Required Core chose 6:
    ANTH 4
    ANTH 13
    ANTH 16
    CDF 12
    CDF 14
    ECON 2
    ECON 4
    HIST 8
    HIST 10
    HIST 18
    MCGS 38
    PHIL 5
    PHIL 6
    PHIL 16
    PHIL 18
    PSY 1
    PSY 11
    PSY 24
    PSY 41
    POS 2
    POS 16
    SOC 2

GE: CSU
Required Core:
    CDF 14
    PSY 1
    MATH 18
List A: select 3 courses from at least 2 groups
    Group 1:
        ANTH 4
        SOC 2
        CDF 12
    Group 2: PSY 15
    Group 4: CDF 63

Required Core:
    CDF 12
    CDF 14
Electives (Select 2 classes):
    CDF 18
    CDF 63
    CDF 65

IGETC General Education Requirements

1A:
ENGL 2

1B:
CMST 14
ENG 11

IC:
CMST 2

MATH 18

3A:
MUS 5
MUS 6
MUS 7

3B:
CMST 6
ENG 15
ENG 26
ENG 31
HIST 8
HIST 10
HIST 18
HUM 33
PHIL 18

AGS 10
ANTH 4
ANTH 16
ECON 2
ECON 4
HIST 18
MCGS 8
POS 2
POS 16
PSY 1
PSY 15
PSY 41
SOC 2

5A:
GEOL 34 (LAB)

5B:
BIOL 1 (LAB)
BIOL 2
BIOL 9

None

Cat 1:
Hist 8
Hist 10

Cat 2:
Pos 2

GE Z Pathway - CSU General Education Requirements

A1:
CMST 2, CMST 4

A2:

ENGL 2, ENGL 3

A3:
CMST 14, ENG 11, PHIL 6, PHIL 8

B1:
GEOG 2 (lab), GEOG 3 (lab), GEOL 32 (lab), GEOL 34 (lab), PHYS 11 (lab), PHYS 41 (lab), PHYS 43 (lab), PSC 10 (lab), PSC 11 (lab)

B2:
AGS 20 (lab), AGS 40 (lab), ANTH 2, BIOL 1 (lab), BIOL 2, BIOL 5 (lab), BIOL 7, BIOL 9, BIOL 15 (lab), BIOL 20 (lab), BIOL 41 (lab), BIOL 42 (lab)

B4:
MATH 12, MATH 13, MATH 18, MATH 18s, MATH 20, MATH 26, MATH 26s

C1:
ART 1, ART 2, ART 4, ART 6, CMST 6, DRAM 8, MUS 1, MUS 7, RTVF 15

C2:
ASL 1, ENG 6, ENGL 8, ENGL10, ENGL 14, ENGL 15, ENGL 16, ENGL 26, GERM 1,GERM 2, HIST 8, HIST 10, HUM 22, PHIL 2, PHIL 4, PHIL 18

AGS 10
ANTH 4
ANTH 13
ANTH 16
CDF 14
ECON 2
ECON 4
HIST 18
POS 2
POS 16
PSY 1
PSY 7
PSY 15
PSY 41
SOC 2

CLP 30
ENGL 31
LM 40
PSY 15

Cat 1:
HIST 8
HIST 10

Cat 2:
POS 2

Butte Local GE AA/AS Degree

AGS 20
BIOL 1
BIOL 2
BIOL 9
GEOL 34

AGS 10
ANTH 4
ANTH 13
ANTH 16
CDF 12
CDF 14
ECON 2
ECON 4
HIST 8
HIST 10
HIST 18
MCS 38
POS 2
PSY 1
PSY 7
PSY 25
PSY 41
SOC 2

DRAMA 8
ENGL 4
ENGL 6
ENGL 15
ENGL 26
GERM 1
HIST 8
HIST 10
HIST 18
HUM 22
MUS 5
MUS 6
MUS 7
PHIL 2
PHIL 5
PHIL 18

ENGL 2

CMST 2
CMST 14
CSCI 2
CSCI 4
CSCI 20
ENGL 11
MATH 18
PHIL 6

ENGL 31
LM 40
PSY 15

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