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Old 08-09-2010 at 08:08 PM   #1
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Textbook for LIFESCI 2A03?
As the titles states... because I couldn't find a book under the titles website
Old 08-09-2010 at 08:10 PM   #2
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Lol, if it's anything like 2A03 last year, it was such a useless expensive package of books
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Old 08-09-2010 at 08:25 PM   #3
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As the titles states... because I couldn't find a book under the titles website
As it says on the Titles website, if it's not up yet then either the prof hasn't submitted it, or there is no textbook required. Also, just because a book was used last year, doesn't mean it will be used again this year.
You don't need to know right now anyways--you shouldn't be buying textbooks until after the first class, so you can make sure you're buying what you need.
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so then you recommend not buying them
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nerual is definitely right that you should wait for first class to hear what the prof says about the 'usefulness' of their books

But again, IF 2a03 is like last year's, then it was a very useless package of books in my opinion and definitely not worth the price tag. I used it like twice the whole term, you could just get a friend who has it and share that way.

That's only if the course is the same, which I have no information on.
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nerual is definitely right that you should wait for first class to hear what the prof says about the 'usefulness' of their books

But again, IF 2a03 is like last year's, then it was a very useless package of books in my opinion and definitely not worth the price tag. I used it like twice the whole term, you could just get a friend who has it and share that way.

That's only if the course is the same, which I have no information on.
Some information that would be useful to the user: Did your peers also not use the book? It's not very reliable to take one person's experience. It's a lot better when you have a larger sample size.
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Any feeback on anyone who has taken the course would be appreciated .



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