<p>I want to buy a couple of textbooks to keep me occupied this summer, but I can't seem to find a site with the required books. Do every teacher use the same text? </p>
<p>I'll probably be taking</p>
<p>Chemistry 21L (I need to brush up on chem...)
Math 32L (unless they accept my transfer credit in which case I'll be taking math 107)
Engineering 53L
and something else.
Engineering 10 (is this class even worth taking?)</p>
<p>so, if possible, can somebody tell me the isbn code for the required texts so I can buy them now. Thanks!</p>
<p>Textbooks usually aren't posted until the very end of the summer...at <a href="http://www.dukestores.duke.edu%5B/url%5D">www.dukestores.duke.edu</a>. You can also look at the course synopsis on ACES, as sometimes (ie very rarely from my experience) they post them there. Most of THESE classes, however, you might be able to find out the books from CC posters, although I'm not familiar with the last 3. </p>
<p>With Chem 21L word on the street is they're changing the book/edition or something, so I'd hold off on that until they're officially posted by Duke.</p>
<p>I personally disliked EGR 10, mostly because I found the lectures kind of useless/boring plus it was my only class on West that day. I think it would probably only be really useful if you had no idea what the different engineering disciplines were about or didn't know any of their real world applications. Otherwise, I'd say tooling around the internet and asking current students would be just as good</p>
<p>Thanks. That's what I assumed, but I wanted to hear it from someone who had taken it. Makes me feel better about not trying to stick it onto the end of a long day.</p>
<p>Be really careful with the synopsis for ordering books - sometimes, faculty will just drag-and-drop old descriptions on there and forget to change the book information; the bookstore really should be the source for book info. Which reminds me to see if I placed an order yet...</p>
<p>Having been in classes where the professors did that, I definitely agree to either check with the bookstore, or to try and get a copy of the most updated syllabus. (If you're taking lots of humanities courses, there's a chance your books will be ordered through the Regulator on 9th St which is why I also mention getting a copy of the syllabus). Once you get the exact ISBN # of the textbook, get them however you want: wait until you're there, order them on Amazon/half.com/bn.com something like that, have them pre-bundled and waiting on East when you move in (my favorite thing ever).</p>