Course Adoption

This page is designed to provide some information for the instructor considering using the book as a required text for a course.

Versions and Costs

Downloaded versions of the text are, of course, free.

A relatively complete subset of the book is available on Lulu.com for roughly $25 to $30, depending on format and binding. When I have taught out of the print-on-demand version, I have emailed my students a few weeks before the semester begins with instructions on ordering, since manufacturing and delivery takes about 10 days without paying extra rush charges. These versions have version numbers ending in ".00" and exact copies as (downloadable) PDF's can be found on the purchase page. Version 2.00 is planned for sometime in Summer 2008, in time for use in fall courses. It will not be radically different from the tail end of the Version 1.xx series.

I prefer to teach out of the very latest edition so I can track typos and changes, so I arrange a group purchase for my students at a copy shop. In a quantity of about 30 copies, the price for a double-sided loose-leaf version is about comparable to the Lulu.com price. It would appear that without a quantity discount, a purchase of a single copy is about double that. If you know TeX it should be easy to download the source and comment-out unwanted sections and make a custom edition for your own use. I try to release a fairly stable and error-free version right before the start of the fall and spring semesters. These have version numbers that end in a "0" (.10, .20, etc).

Courses

If you are using the book, I would like to include a link to your course web pages here. Please let me know.

Term	School	Location	Instructor	Link
Summer 2008	Central Washington University, Lynwood Center	Lynwood, Washington	Chris Black
Spring 2008	Wilbur Wright College	Chicago, Illinois	Hellen Colman	Course Page
Spring 2008	St. Cloud State University	St. Cloud, Minnesota	William Branson	Course Page
Spring 2008	Miramar College	San Diego, California	Sean Raleigh	Course Page
Spring 2008	University of Puget Sound	Tacoma, Washington	Robert Beezer	Course Page