We have two required course texts for our section of WRD103:
The St. Martin’s Handbook, 7/e Andrea A. Lunsford. Your choice:
- Hard copy in print: ISBN: 10: 0-312-602-92-8
- Digital e-book version: ISBN: 9-781-457-611-551
You can wait until we meet during the first week of class to discuss the differences and pros & cons between the print and digital versions of the Handbook, and there are many interesting differences.
The New York Times: we’ll discuss subscriptions on the first day of class, after which you will subscribe online. If you live on campus, your paper will be delivered to your mailbox on the 3rd floor of the Student Center; if you live off campus, your paper will be delivered to your off-campus home address.
In order to receive credit for this course, you need to bring your Sunday print copy to class — every class — unless we made other arrangements during Week 2.
We’ll be reading the New York Times seven days a week in various print and digital formats: our Sunday edition is in print, and the other six days we access it on the web, or via mobile apps, tablet apps, Times Skimmer, and other possibilities.
- Highly Recommended: you’ll want to acquire an external hard drive for your work, projects, files, etc., and you should back up your work regularly. I have developed the practice of backing up all of my work every Friday afternoon — it only takes a few minutes — and the peace of mind is worth it. I speak both from personal experience and from watching far too many colleagues and students lose all of their work, always at the worst possible time, because it was not backed-up, saved, or archived anywhere.