Prescribed books vs recommended.

[kwheattt]

What is the difference between 'prescribed' texts and 'recommended' - and moreover are they necessary?

I'm taking, Calc 2, ESD 1, Physics Fundamentals and Intro to Micro and I was just wondering what books I should be looking at getting and which ones are completely unecessary?

Thanks!

[Gloamglozer]

Calculus 2 - No need for any textbooks.

Intro Micro - Just get the textbook.  And if you've never done economics before, definitely get the textbook - no exceptions.

[Planck's constant]

Calculus 2 - No need for any textbooks.

gloamglozer,

The Maths dept do not seem to put up a hell of a lot of subject outlines/planners on the website.
I found the following for Calculus 2 which goes back a few years
Does it look 'current' to you ?

http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/documents/calculus2-lbl.pdf

[Gloamglozer]

Calculus 2 - No need for any textbooks.

gloamglozer,

The Maths dept do not seem to put up a hell of a lot of subject outlines/planners on the website.
I found the following for Calculus 2 which goes back a few years
Does it look 'current' to you ?

http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/documents/calculus2-lbl.pdf

The stuff that was taught to me was the pretty much the same. 

https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2012/MAST10006

That would be a more current picture.

[kwheattt]

thanks guys, so just the textbooks that are 'prescribed' ?

[Gloamglozer]

Personally, I wouldn't buy any textbooks before the first lecture.

If the lecturer stresses (like the Zumdahl guy from Chemistry 1) that you have to do readings from the textbook, then yeah, buy it.

[Planck's constant]

Calculus 2 - No need for any textbooks.

gloamglozer,

The Maths dept do not seem to put up a hell of a lot of subject outlines/planners on the website.
I found the following for Calculus 2 which goes back a few years
Does it look 'current' to you ?

http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/documents/calculus2-lbl.pdf

The stuff that was taught to me was the pretty much the same. 

https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/view/2012/MAST10006

That would be a more current picture.

The link that I posted was more detailed than the current Handbook entry.
In the second half of the document it lists a lecture by lecture plan, ie the order in which the topics were presented.
Are they still following the same topic sequence ?

[Gloamglozer]

When I did the subject, yes, exactly the same.  And it should still be the same.

[Ematuro]

Can I just pop in and ask another textbook question.. when it says to get the latest edition.. do you HAVE to? Are there a lot of differences? I have some 2008 textbooks (2-3 editions lower than current) that I got from a friend who's finished uni. Are they still usable ?

[mark_alec]

Yes, most often older textbooks are fine and the lecturer will say so during the first or second lecture.

[Studyinghard]

Some of the textbooks can be found online , just look around instead of spending ~$150 on each book

[ReganM]

So I'm doing Chem Fundamentals:

Chemical Principles / Organic Chemistry / Molecular Model Set for Organic Stereochemistry / eBook Printed Access Card

Are those ^ 4 separate books? and should I get them? Seems the same as the books for Chem 1.

Chemical Principles

^ Is that fundamentals only? And there's a study guide with it.. should we or should we not get recommended books??

Also, I know how most poeple are saying to wait until the 1st lecture, however if we do, will 2nd hand books already be all sold??

[mickeymouse]

does anyone know if the textbooks for quantitative methods is necessary?

[vayjo]

Calculus 2 - No need for any textbooks.

gloamglozer,

The Maths dept do not seem to put up a hell of a lot of subject outlines/planners on the website.
I found the following for Calculus 2 which goes back a few years
Does it look 'current' to you ?

http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/documents/calculus2-lbl.pdf

Where can you find those subject outlines? Are they available for every subject?

[Blakhitman]

I've got my esd book (for esd 1 and 2). Pretty much new hardly used it.

If you think you will buy it, I can give it to you for less than half price.