Textbooks
Textbooks for English 1050 and English 1000
English 1050: Thought and Writing
Instructors of English 1050 will have the following textbooks available for use for all semesters
Required for all sections:
Perryman-Clark, Staci, ed. Reading and Writing in the Age of Cultural Diversity. Boston: Pearson ISBN: 558883753 (Most recent edition; this text is updated annually)
* Note: the Required Texts comes with MyWritingLab access, and includes handbook resources, so instructors and students are not required to purchase a separate handbook.
Optional Texts and Handbooks:
Ballenger, Bruce. The Curious Researcher, 7th ed. Boston: Pearson/Longman, 2011. ISBN-13: 978-0-205-17287-0
Hacker, Diana. Rules for Writers, 6th ed. Boston and New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2009. ISBN-13: 978-0-312-66482-4.
Maimon, Elaine, Janice Petitz, and Kathleen Blake Yancey. A Writer’s Resource: A Handbook for Writing and Research, NY: McGraw-Hill. 2010. ISBN: 13:978-0-07-338377-4
Lunsford, Andrea. Easy Writer: A Pocket Reference, 4th ed. Boston and New York: Bedford/St. Martins, 2010. ISBN-13: 978-0-312-65031-5
Other texts:
If an instructor wishes to use an alternate text, he/she must submit a proposal to the First-Year Writing Director.
English 1000: Developmental Writing
Required Text, Spring 2010
Maimon, Elaine, Janice Petitz, and Kathleen Blake Yancey. A Writer’s Resource: A Handbook for Writing and Research, NY: McGraw-Hill. 2010. ISBN: 13:978-0-07-338377-4
Note for Fall, 2010 students
Students enrolling for Fall, 2010 should wait to purchase the textbook until you arrive on campus in September when you can check with your instructor about the textbook for your course.