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Textbooks

Class	Textbook	Edition	ISBN #
Astronomy
ASTR 161.001, 002 003 004. 005, 006, 101	Universe, Freedman & Kaufmann	9th	978-1-4292-3153-4
ASTR 161.001, 002 003 004. 005, 006, 101	Sky Chart
ASTR 162.001	Universe, Freedman & Kaufmann	9th	978-1-4292-3153-4
ASTR 301	Origins, Cosmos, Earth & Mankind, Reeves, et. al		1-5597-0408-X
ASTR 303	No course material required
ASTR 371/470/495	Moons & Planets, W, Hartmann	5th	978-0-534-49393-9
Geology
GEOL 109.001	Earthquakes, Bolt	5th	978-071677-9803
GEOL 109.001	Volcanoes, Decker	4th	bundled together
GEOL 121.001-002, 101	Essentials of Geology, Marshak	3rd	978-0-393-932-386
GEOL 121.001-002, 101	Physical Geology Lab Manual, Lev	1st	978-075-759-065-8
GEOL 121.003-004	Earth, Portrait of a Planet, Marshak	2nd	978-007-270-407
GEOL 121.003-004	Physical Geology Lab Manual, Lev	1st	978-075-759-065-8
GEOL 121.005-007	Exploring Geology, Reynolds	2nd	987-007-727-040-7
GEOL 121.005-007	Physical Geology Lab Manual, Lev	1st	978-075-759-065-8
GEOL 123.001-002	Earth System History, Stanley	3rd	978-142923-3491
GEOL 123.001-002	Deciphering Earth History, Gastaldo	4th	978-089-892-316-2
GEOL 305.505.001	Understanding Environmental Pollution, Hill	2nd	978-052-173-669-5
GEOL 321/521.001	Earth Structure, Vanderpluijm	2nd	978-039-392-467-1
GEOL 333/533.001	Petrology, Blatt	3rd	978-071-673-743-8
GEOL 490/491/495	No text required
Physical Science
PHSC 101-001, 002,004,101,102, 103	Physical Science & Everyday Thinking, Goldberg	2nd	978-158-591-9314
PHSC 101.003	PHSC 101: Activities of Physical Science, Sandifer
PHSC 206.001	Physics by Inquiry, McDermott	Volume 1	978-047-1144-03
PHSC 303/503-001,003, 004, 005,010, 011	PHSC 303: Earth & Space Science, by Sandifer & Lottero-Perdue
Physics

PHYS 100.101	Conceptual Physics Fundamentals, Hewitt	8th	978-032-150-1363
PHYS 103.101, 102	How Things Work: Physics of Everyday Life, by Bloomfield	4th	978-047-022-3994
PHYS 131.001-102	Seeing the Light, by Falk	1986	047-1603856
PHYS 131.001-102	Light & Color Manual, by Bates	8th
PHYS 205.001	Physics by Inquiry, McDermott	Volume 1	978-047-1144-03
PHYS 211.001 - 102 PHYS 212.001 - 006	College Physics, Wilson, Buffa	7th	978-032-160-1834
PHYS 211.001 - 102 PHYS 212.001 - 006	PHYS 211/212 General Physics Lab Manual by department
PHYS 241	Physics for Scientists and Engineers, v1 by Tipler, Mosca	6th	978-142-920-1322
PHYS 241	Investigative Physics Module I Activity Units for Physics 241	2009
PHYS 242	Physics for Scientists and Engineers, v2 by Tipler, Mosca	6th	978-142-920-1339
PHYS 242	Investigative Physics Module II Activity Units for Physics 242	2009
PHYS 243	Physics for Scientists and Engineers, v1 by Tipler, Mosca	6th	978-142920-1322
PHYS 243	Physics for Scientists and Engineers V.2 Electricity and Magnetism/Light, Tipler, Mosca	6th	978-1-429-201-339
PHYS 270	Computational Physics, Giordano	2nd	978-013-146-9907
PHYS 307/507	Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences by Wiley	3rd	978-047119-8260
PHYS 312/512	Modern Physics, by Serway, Moses & Moye	3rd	978-053449-3394
PHYS 335/533	Principles of Electronics: Analog & Digital	5th	978 019 517 8630
PHYS 335/533	The art of Electronics Student Manual	5th	978 052 137 7096
PHYS 342	Experiments in Modern Physics, by Melissinos	2nd	978 012 489 516
PHYS 352	Classical and Statistical Thermodynamics, By Ashley H. Carter, Prentice Hall	2001	978-013779-2085
PHYS 354	Introduction to Electrodynamics, by Griffiths	3rd	978 0 138 053 260
PHYS 457	Introduction to Solid State Physics, by Kittel	8th	0-471-41526-8
PHYS 459.001	Nuclear and Particle Physics: An Introduction	2nd	978 0 470 74275 4
Science Education
SCIE 170	No course material required
SCIE 371/551.001 - 005	Teaching Science in Early Childhood, Sandifer
SCIE 371/551.001 - 005	Worms, Shadows and Whirlpools, Worth & Grollman	3rd	978 0 325 00573 7
SCIE 376/576	No course material required
SCIE 393	No course material required
TSEM
TSEM 102	No course material required
Writing
WRIT 312	Science and Technology in World History, by McCellan and Dorn	2nd	978-080188-3606
WRIT 312	The Little Brown Essential Handbook, Jane Aaron	6th	978-020-559-141-1