afzal the same prof for 1fc3 last year is teaching it this year. The textbook was about $200 and wasn't used much.
The prof was nice but lets just say the course and how he taught it was an absolute disaster. The average for the two midterms was around ~43%. (I somehow managed on the first one a 95 not so fortunate for the 2nd). Ended up with an 11 but I know alot of people got much lower then this.
this was the website for last years coruse:
http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/~kahl/CS1FC3/2009/