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: Sunday print edition
- On-campus students who live in residence halls: you will subscribe to the New York Times at the campus bookstore and you’ll pick up your Sunday print edition each week at the library Circulation Desk . DePaul.edu discount rate 10 weeks @ $4.00 = $40.00 (regularly $6.00/$60.00.)
- Off-campus, commuting students: You will subscribe to the New York Times Sunday print edition online, and your newspapers will be delivered to your off-campus home address. The .edu discount applies to you, too.
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, “Today’s Paper” app, 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.