Books Budget for first year Chem E major

TNTide5
Sat, 25 May 2013 14:57:02 +0000

I’m a ChemE major going into sophomore year. Last year I spent $700 in the fall and $70 in the spring. My fall classes included all the intro engineering classes (of which there will be fewer next year - and this probably accounts for $100-150 of that initial $700), some UH courses that didn’t require books, Chem I (with masteringChemistry), Calc I (with WebAssign), and CBH. Major expenses were Chem and Calc. My Calc instructor, Dr. Knese, told us the first day of class that we could find the bundle on the publisher’s website for about $100 less than I got it, but I already had the book by then. So bargain shopping could reduce your costs significantly.

Second semester, I only spent $70 total, and that was for Dr. Bara’s CHE 254 class, but a friend of mine literally spent nothing - she just rented a copy from Gorgas for free. A kind CBH upperclassman gave me her C++ book, my Calc II prof Dr. Trace didn’t use WebAssign and used the same book as Calc I, and Dr. Vincent (Chem II) worked with those of us who transferred to Honors Chem to get the new book’s code for free.