Books

Irishchick

I was wondering what the average cost of books for a first year is? Do courses change books every year or can you generally buy second hand ones from presvious students?

L.Jenkins

It depends on the book. The college has a book shop in the canteen so you can check it. Keep an eye out on the notice boards and the students union as some students might sell books on the cheap also.

Irishchick

Could you give an estimate on what 1st years usually need to spend on books?

I know they are all different but is there an average?

L.Jenkins

I never actually had to buy books, so unfortunately I wouldn't be able to help there, but the Students Union might be able to offer an idea as to how much it will cost.

angelxx

They will send out a pack in the post after cao offers, I assume the booklist will be
included, You could ring the head of your department or the students union for a definite
estimate.

Irishchick

Ok thanks

SoupyNorman

I only ever bought 2 books in my four year degree. There was never a need to buy anymore considering all the books were available in the library.

I was smart and took books out a good bit before exam time, extracted the topics I needed and returned them to the awaiting vultures!

In my business degree every subject had minimum 2 but often 3 or 4 books recommended by the lecturers. They have to 'recommend' you certain books, they cannot and usually will not recommend just one book as the main danger is you'll use it as a bible and then be blinkered when it comes to exams.

When you get into your last year you'll only be using books for reference, if you where to write an answer that was memorized from a book in 4th year you'd fail on the spot, by this time you'll be studying white papers, case studies etc.

I would say the compulsion to buy all the books for the course is an offshoot of the general practice in school. It's wholly different at 3rd level, it's all about being an effective note taker and being able to expand on the notes using many sources to give comprehensive answers...I'll give this example:

One person in my class would buy all the books at the start of each year, was a straight A student in school and cruised through 1/2 and 3rd year of the course....When 4th year came **BAM** they crumbled and got a disappointing final result. By 4th year you need to apply independent thought and analysis, quoting material directly from a book is the biggest taboo imaginable.

So the above is the long winded way of saying, dont be too worried about buying all the books :pac:

Irishchick

Thanks alot. My last course was an art degree and I didnt have to buy books but i kinda just assumed for my course I would have lol.

Im glad I wont have to im much better with case studies ect rather than learning reems of facts from books.

Conor_M1990

Wouldnt bother tbh buying books in first year Most leturcers notes are good for case studies reports etc the libary down there is very good unless there complusory wouldnt bother

flutterby1

hi looking for books for AL022 if anyone has any to sell
business and computing
ie
acounting for nonaccounting students-john dyson
business skills handbook- r.horn 2009
developing work and study skills-lee davies 2007
essential mathmatics of economics and business 3rd ed-bradley t 2008
data and computor communications 9th ed-stalling w 2010
business data 6th ed-stalling w 2009
step by step spreadsheets/databases-dillon a 2003
sams teach yourself HTML+CSS in 24 h 3rd ed-meloni j + morrison m 2010

you get the idea, looking for any books that will help with this course

thanks

cherryghost

Post moved. You'll probably get more replies here

flutterby1

thanks, new at this