Open Textbooks @ UQ snapshot

Access Indigenising Curriculum at the University of Queensland: A Handbook.

• Course using the textbook – EDHE6003 Teaching in Practice
• Number of students enroled in Semester 2, 2025 – 10
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) – 10

Access Insect Science.

• Course using the textbook – BIOL2205 Insect Science
• Number of students enroled in Semester 2, 2025 – 25
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) – 45

Access The Practice of Counselling and Psychotherapy.

• Course using the textbook:
  • COUN7012 / PSYCH7806 Counselling Children and Young People
  • PSYC7801 Interpersonal Skills in Psychology
• Number of students enroled in Semester 2, 2025 – 61
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) – 86
• Retail price of required textbook previously used in the course (AUD$) – $139.95
• Savings to date (AUD$)* – $10,636.20

Principles of disease: Parasitology is forthcoming.

• Course using the textbook – VETS2006 Principles of Disease I
• Number of students enroled in Semester 1, 2025 – 264
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) – 264

Access Patient Education Essentials in Physiotherapy

• Courses using the textbook:
  • PHTY2220 Physiotherapy Specialities
  • PHTY7812 Theory, Practice & Research: Musculoskeletal Phty – Lumbar, Pelvis & Persistent Pain
• Number of students enroled in Semester 2, 2025 – 190
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) – 190

Access Communication Essentials in Dentistry.

• Course using the textbook – DENT2061 Dental Practice IIB
• Number of students enroled in Semester 2, 2025 – 85
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) – 164

This open textbook is a forthcoming publication piloted in a course.

• Course using the textbook – ECON3210 Financial Markets and Institutions
• Number of students enroled in Semester 2, 2025 – 461
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) – 923

Access Introduction to Financial Management: A Contemporary Approach.

• Course using the textbook – FINM1416 Introduction to Financial Management
• Number of students enroled in Semester 2, 2025 – 529
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) – 2244

Access Legal Research Skills: An Australian Law Guide: 2024 Edition

• Course using the textbook – LAWS7936 Fundamentals of the Common Law
• Number of students enroled in Semester 2, 2024 – 36
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) – 74

Access Mastering Reinforcement Learning

• Course using the textbook – COMP3702 Artificial Intelligence
• Number of students enroled in Semester 2, 2025 – 523
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) – 921

Access Music Research Essentials

• Courses using the textbook:
  • MUSC1050 Western Art Music
  • MUSC7060 Advanced Musicianship
• Number of students enroled in Semester 2, 2025 – 96
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) – 366

Access A Portable Introduction to Data Analysis

• • Courses using the textbook:
    • CHEE2010 Engineering Investigation and Statistical Analysis
    • HRSS7801 Research Project Health & Rehab Sci School
    • NEUR2530 Motor Control & Learning
    • PHRM1102 Pharm Prac Medicines Mgt 1B
    • STAT1201 Analysis of Scientific Data
    • STAT1301 Advanced Analysis of Scientific Data
    • STAT7120 Analysis of Scientific Data
    • STAT7174 Computational Statistics
  • Number of students enroled in Semester 2, 2025 – 1603
  • Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) – 5266

• • Retail price of required textbook previously used in the course (AUD$) – $95
  • Savings to date (AUD$)* – $315,305

Access Psychological Research Methods Workbook

• Course using the textbook – PSYC3010 – Psychology Research Methodology III
• Number of students enroled in Semester 1, 2025 – 649
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) – 649

Access Quality in Healthcare: Assessing What We Do

• Course using the textbook – NUMW3101 Evidence Based Practice
• Number of students enroled in Semester 2, 2025 – 287
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) – 924

Access UQ Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) Placement Handbook

• Courses using the textbook:
  • PHRM3101 Pharmacy Practice and Medicines Management 3A
  • PHRM3011 Quality Use of Medicines B1
  • PHRM4071 QUM Research Placement
  • PHRM4072 QUM Pharmacy Practice Placement
• Number of students enroled in Semester 1, 2024 – 327
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) –  327

Access UQ has a Blak History

• • Courses using the textbook:
    • ABTS1050 On Country: Exploring Aboriginal Sites of Significance
    • ARCH3200 Architectural Design: Tectonics and Precision
    • AUST1000 Contemporary Australia
  • Number of students enroled in Semester 2, 2025 – 97
  • Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) –  122

Access CSR Communication and Cultures of Sustainability

• Course using the textbook – COMU7430 Corporate Social Responsibility
• Number of students enroled in Semester 1, 2025 – 222
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) – 521

Access Introduction to the Language of Relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Guide

• Course using the textbook – EDHE6003 Teaching in Practice
• Number of students enroled in Semester 2, 2025 – 10
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) –  10

Access Introduction to the Social Sciences

• Courses using the textbook:
  • SOSC1000 Society, Challenges and Solutions: Introduction to the Social Sciences
  • PHRM3302 Social Pharmacy and the Health System 3B
• Number of students enroled in Semester 2, 2025 – 240
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) –  575

Access Legal Research Essentials

• Courses using the textbook:
  • LAWS1700 Foundations of Law
  • LAWS7936 Fundamentals of the Common Law
• Number of students enroled in Semester 1, 2024 – 376
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) –  376

Access Using Language Data to Learn About Language: A Teachers’ Guide to Classroom Corpus Use

• Course using the textbook – SLAT7829 Corpus Linguistics
• Number of students enroled in Semester 1, 2025 – 53
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) –  123

Access Dentistry Environment Essentials

• Courses using the textbook:
  • DENT1050 Dental Practice I
  • DENT1060 Dental Practice 1A
  • DENT1061 Dental Practice 1B
• Number of students enroled in Semester 1, 2025 – 75
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) – 484
• Retail price of required textbook previously used in the course (AUD$) – $114.81
• Savings to date (AUD$)* – $8,495.94

Access Exercise Delivery

• Courses using the textbook – EXMD2362 Exercise Prescription & Programming
• Number of students enroled in Semester 1, 2025 – 132
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) – 489

Access Public Interest Communication

• Course using the textbook – COMU3015 Public Interest
• Number of students enroled in Semester 2, 2025 – 103
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) – 405

Access Social Cost Benefit Analysis and Economic Evaluation

• Courses using the textbook:
  • ECON2101 Cost Benefit Analysis
  • ECON7740 Cost Benefit Analysis
• Number of students enroled in Semester 2, 2025 –  620
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) – 3385
• Retail price of required textbook previously used in the course (AUD$) – $75.64
• Savings to date (AUD$)* –  $256,041.40

Access JUNTXS Introductory Spanish

• Courses using the textbook:
  • SPAN1010 Introductory Spanish A
  • SPAN1020 Introductory Spanish B
• Number of students enroled in Semester 2, 2025 – 57
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) – 794
• Retail price of required textbook previously used in the course (AUD$) – $61.95
• Savings to date (AUD$)* – $49,188.30

Access +JUNTXS Intermediate Spanish

• Courses using the textbook:
  • SPAN2010 Introductory Spanish
  • SPAN2020 Intermediate Spanish
• Number of students enroled in Semester 2, 2025 – 48
• Total enrolments to date (since the open textbook was first used in the course) – 464
• Retail price of required textbook previously used in the course (AUD$) – $61.95
• Savings to date (AUD$)* – $28,744.80