Greetings to Future Math 50A Students!!
*This message is to give you information about the textbook we will be using. It is:
IMPORTANT:
- This is an OLDER edition – the 6th edition is already in use (but we are going to keep using the 5th edition).
- This is the “Early Transcendentals” version – there are many others that are very similar looking, so be careful. (You can see LOTS of them here:
http://academic.cengage.com/cengage/catalog.do?courseid=MA03&disciplinenumber=1&codeid=2B76#2B76)
- There are three main options for you to get yourself a copy of this textbook:
We will RENT them to you THIS IS THE NEW NEWS: The "RENT" option has been changed to a "BORROW" option.
(more information below).- You might be able to get one at the CR bookstore (there aren’t many)
- You might find one yourself online or in a used bookstore (since it is the older edition, it should be cheaper and may be easier to find than a brand new textbook).
IF YOU GET ONE YOURSELF:
- Make sure to get: “Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 5th Edition”
- Be very careful to get the FIFTH edition
- Make sure it says “Early Transcendentals” in the title
- The title should just say “Calculus” – NOT “Single Variable Calculus” and NOT “Multivariable Calculus”
IF YOU RENT BORROW ONE FROM US:
The rental fee is $10 for ONE semester (so if you need it the following semester here, you would need to do the $10 again).
There is NO FEE.- Go the the CR Library (the LRC) to CHECK OUT your book.
- Bring your Student ID card (or at least your ID number and photo ID).
- Go to the check-out counter to ask for the calculus textbook.
I have sent them the list of students who have registered in Math 50A so far
-- they will only check these books out to people on the calculus lists. (I sent the list to Jason Leppaluoto in the Library.)
- You only need to check it out ONCE for the entire semester.
- You need to return it at the end of the semester or you will be charged for it ($50).
- If you take Calculus again in a following semester, you can check out a textbook again for THAT semester.
- If, for any reason, you end up dropping this class before the semester is over, PLEASE return your book to the library right away.
- NOTE: Most of the texts include a couple CD-ROMs -- so you might check that you get one that has them. After they run out of books with CD-ROMs the remaining books will be checked out without the CD-ROMs.
I will post updates on this website – so you might want to check it later on to see if there is new updated information.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
I look forward to meeting you all in January!
Tami Matsumoto
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