how much will it cost for books??

seanypf

Just wondering how much money I need to get together for next month. Can anyone give me a rough estimate of how much it will cost to buy first year books for Spanish, History, and Antropology??
Also is anybody else going into first year European Studies??

Alt_Grrr

I wouldn't advise you to buy all the books,
that's why there's a library.

I know in Science for example, most books are on the bad side of 60 euro.
I doubt you'll be forking that out per book.

seanypf

Yeah I plan on using library books as much as possible, but I'd imagine that there's certain books that need to be bought.
Would I be looking at more than e300 or less...any guesses??
And for photocopying, there must be a lot of things to be photocopied in the first few weeks?

cian1500ww

I'm going into third year now and have only bought 2 books since I started. If you can get by on the lecturers notes alone then I wouldn't bother buying one. Plus as Alt_Grrr said, you can use the library. Depends on the course as well.

pakb1ue

It really does depend on your course I must admit. In the four years of my course I have only gotten 3 books all of which I got at the very start of my first year. Being a fresher I thought that I needed the books like I did in school turns out I didnt, the exam are mostly based on your lectures slides/notes. Funny thing is all of my classmates all have the same books. Our books where always in the library but they werent all the help to us.

But that is down to me doing a Computer Science degree a few of my mates who did Arts did go out and buy books for their courses but I would try and get you books second hand like I remember the Thomas Calculus for Maths being €80 which is quite steep but before the Canteen burnt down their was a second hand book shop there but not sure if they set it up again.

If all else fails try other means of getting you books like I did the Thomas Calculus book *cough* torrent :cool:

seanypf

Thanks guys, kinda feeling a bit better, thought I was gona have to go out and spend a load of money on books, I wont worry about it so much now.
Hard enough geting student fee together. I applied for the grant to pay for it but not too hopefull of geting it :mad:

TouchingVirus

I spent about 200 euro on books for the four years of my course

wonton

when i was in first year english i bought every single book i thought i needed.......such a waste of money.....


as far as i know you wont need too many books for history ecpecially in first year and antropology is similar i think.


I think history is alot of searching through the library and getting you're own sources.

you'll probably will be asked to buy books like " rethinking history" or "historicism" but these are usually cheap enough.

Alt_Grrr

pakb1ue wrote: »

But that is down to me doing a Computer Science degree a few of my mates who did Arts did go out and buy books for their courses but I would try and get you books second hand like I remember the Thomas Calculus for Maths being €80 which is quite steep but before the Canteen burnt down their was a second hand book shop there but not sure if they set it up again.

If all else fails try other means of getting you books like I did the Thomas Calculus book *cough* torrent :cool:

They changed it to some other Calculus book when I started second year, the new choice was friendlier and lighter (I mean in terms of weight, not content)

But I gotta tell you, if a grizzly bear burst in through that window now, I'd reach for my copy of Thomas' Calculus (11th Edition, Media Upgrade) to fend the attacker.

that would of course be the most I've ever used that expensive paperback brick...

mickstupp

Very much depends on your subjects. Some modules base their exams entirely off one book, or two. I know one of the History modules was like that... 45 quid worth (I think) of one small book... but that was the whole exam. Anthropology you'll have to write a paper on a specific book, at least once. Cases like that, in the big subjects, there's just not going to be enough copies and you're better off having your own. Some subjects, like Philosophy, you could get away with buying no books whatsoever... library and internet is enough. Keep your eyes open as people stick loads of second hand book notices up for the first few weeks of college. But don't necessarily buy loads of stuff... wait till you get your reading lists because they can change and you can get stuck with things you don't need.

irish_goat

I never buy books. The library is there and you can find a heap of stuff online as well. Can be troublesome if you specifically need the book for tutorials and seminars but you can normally just use photocopies.

Cpt Beefheart

A lot of books are available on line via the library. in the 1st few weeks the library runs various training courses - about 20 mins long. One of them is about accessing ebooks from home. Worth going to if you can.

seanypf

Yeah I heard the course the library offer is well worth doing. As for photocopying everything, i'd say the it could cost a bit. My laptop has a really **** battery life, is it worth geting a cheap netbook with a good battery rather than photocopy evrything? Could work out cheaper over the year