This textbook and course material information is for all Oregon State University courses – online, hybrid and on campus.
Oregon’s House Bill 2871 requires faculty to indicate clearly when a course section uses open textbooks or other low-cost and no-cost course materials.
There is an established compliance process in place at Oregon State that relies on the OSU Beaver Store's textbook information upload system.
To make sure students have important information about the costs of course materials, faculty and those responsible for ordering textbooks are asked to provide the OSU Beaver Store with the following information:
Note: If no form is submitted, students see a message that the instructor has not filed a requisition yet, and they will not know if materials are required or what they cost.
To comply with the regulations, follow these simple steps:
Yes. A new state law requires that all public institutions in Oregon notify students of course sections that offer low- or no-cost course materials. All universities and community colleges in the state are required to comply.
Students will be able to identify course sections that are low- and no-cost in two locations, the Beaver Store website and the OSU Schedule of Classes. The designations are included in the Course Materials portion for each applicable course in the detailed course view, and students can used the advanced search on the OSU Schedule to search all available course sections that offer low- and/or no-cost course materials.
The designation does not appear immediately and can take up to 24 hours to appear. Various systems need to sync to populate the correct information. If more than 24 hours have passed and your class section is not appearing as you think it should, please contact the Beaver Store.
The intent of the law is to help students make informed financial decisions when registering for classes. In order to provide students with this information, the university needs to collect it. If no information is submitted for a course, students will see a notice indicating that the faculty member has not yet submitted the text and course material information for the course.
Yes. Text and course materials requirements can and do change. To ensure accuracy, this information needs to be submitted each term a course is offered. The Beaver Store has made the process easier by providing a “copy from previous term” option that will auto-populate the form after the initial term.
Course sections with the low-cost designation require course materials that cost no more than $40. Additional details:
No. You simply submit your text or course material requisition form, and the system will automatically determine if there are low-cost options for the text you specified available for your students.
Required textbooks, manuals, and other course materials such as software or lab kits should be submitted. Materials provided in Canvas such as lecture notes, slides, or assignment directions do not need to be submitted.
FALL: Notice to the department is sent the 4th Tuesday of April and requisitions are due by the 3rd Tuesday of May.
WINTER: Notice to the department is sent the 1st Tuesday of October and requisitions are due by the 4th Tuesday of October.
SPRING: Notice to the department is sent the 1st Tuesday of January and requisitions are due by the 3rd Tuesday of January.
SUMMER: Notice to the department is sent the 2nd Tuesday of April and requisitions are due by the 4th Tuesday of April.