<p>Should I start buying my books now? </p>
<p>The math warning in wolverine access says the books might change..</p>
<p>is this the calc 1 book? Calculus, Author: Deborah Hughes-Hallett ... [et al.]., Publisher: J. Wiley 5th ed. 2009</p>
<p>what about english? those won't change, right?</p>
<p>I would start buying them now. The earlier the less expensive. Check out half and amazon marketplace for the best prices.</p>
<p>I believe most of the math books stay the same. I would be wary about English courses, though, since there are usually a lot of sections. When in doubt, e-mail the instructor and ask if what’s listed online is correct. </p>
<p>Definitely look into international editions for books; they are significantly cheaper than U.S. editions and are basically identical (sometimes they have slightly different covers).</p>
<p>I’ve been periodically checking prices on amazon for my text books. I’ve already bought 2, and I’m probably gonna order my EECS 203 book soon. </p>
<p>Also, don’t forget to start your free 1 year trial of Amazon prime…you get free 2 day shipping on a lot of books, it’s pretty cool.</p>
<p>yeah i ordered them from amazon…it was pretty cheap</p>
<p>and yeah yosup i had it from dual-enrollment…it’s awesome!</p>
<p>Question about the Calc 115 booked referenced above. I’ve searched for it by ISBN number, and come up w/ the same 5th edition, but 2008 instead of 2009, and it’s paperback (if that matters). If it has the same ISBN number, shouldn’t it have the same year? Does it matter?</p>
<p>^Yeah it’s 2008. I ordered it…if it’s 5th ed it should be the same exact book</p>
<p>I’m ordering my math 115 book tomorrow. So excited to look at some material. I’ve been brain dead all summer.</p>
<p>Sorry if this is a dumb question, but where do you find what textbook to get for each class in WA?</p>
<p>You go to ‘my class schedule’ then click on your class, scroll down to where it says ‘Textbooks/Other Materials’. It may say ‘tbd’. Hope that helps!</p>
<p>I emailed the math department and that is the correct book…in case anyone was still in doubts</p>
<p>Thanks. I emailed the math dept too…just ordered it from Amazon Marketplace for about $58</p>
<p>Honestly, after my first year, I almost never ordered books before the start of classes. Unless the professor is requiring that you get the newest version, there’s got to be other students who’ve already taken the class and take advantage of things like Facebook Marketplace and the Student Book Exchange ([Home</a> | Student Book Exchange](<a href=“http://www.umsbe.com%5DHome”>http://www.umsbe.com)). For example, SBE is all but guaranteed to have an entire table’s worth of organic chem books.</p>
<p>To be fair, SBE isn’t that great for upper level classes, but I’ve never had a huge problem with finally getting books a few weeks into classes.</p>
<p>I almost always had homework due the first or second day that required the book, and I always ordered books online to save money and had to wait for shipping, so I bought them the moment the textbook information was published. I never had a professor change anything (unless to ADD an additional book) or decide not to use a book, so that was okay. Most of my classes were political science, history, and english literature.</p>
<p>A few times a book didn’t arrive in time because the professor waited until the night before classes to assign the book, and I got evil looks for the week or two it took to get my book when I kept having to borrow or ask to make photocopies. If it wasn’t a class where I could borrow or make photocopies, I’d just have a ton of homework to catch up on when I finally got my book. To me it was just not worth it to wait to buy unless the prof left me no choice.</p>
<p>I got away with ordering books late mostly for biology and chemistry classes - I guess those departments usually follow the paradigm where grades are exam and not homework based. So to be fair, I can’t actually speak for any other departments.</p>
<p>last year I only bought one book. The other 8 of 9 engin classes I just use the books from the library cuz i’m practically there everyday. Don’t worry about math book because you can easily use an older edition one while learning the same material, which is what I did. </p>
<p>Too early to buy them right now IMO.</p>
<p>I doubt the 115 textbook will change so I would just buy it now. Also as a side-note, if you plan on taking 116, you use the same textbook.</p>
<p>I would wait for some books. Some professors list required books and then on the first day they say you won’t need it.</p>
<p>I’m assuming the calc 1 book is this one? Just confirming…</p>
<p>[Amazon.com:</a> Calculus: Single Variable (9780470089156): Deborah Hughes-Hallett, Andrew M. Gleason, William G. McCallum, David O. Lomen, David Lovelock, Jeff Tecosky-Feldman, Thomas W. Tucker, Daniel E. Flath, Joseph Thrash, Karen R. Rhea, Andrew Pasqu](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Single-Variable-Deborah-Hughes-Hallett/dp/0470089156/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311709201&sr=8-1]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Single-Variable-Deborah-Hughes-Hallett/dp/0470089156/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311709201&sr=8-1)</p>