Note to all students enrolled in Humanities 1A for Fall 2015:
The first day of class for Humanities 1A is Thursday, August 20. On that day we will explain all of the details of the program. There is not much that you need to worry about before the first day. Enjoy your summer.
One thing you might think about in advance of the beginning of the semester is getting your required textbooks.
All textbooks are available at the Spartan bookstore on the SJSU campus. This is not, however, the cheapest place to purchase your books. Many of them can be purchased from online retailers, like Amazon, for significantly less than the price at the campus bookstore.
Two things to be careful about in acquiring your books:
1)Be sure to get the correct edition. Many of these books come in multiple editions. ISBN numbers are included on the booklist below. Make sure the ISBN is the same as the text you purchase.
2)It is often financially prudent to rent your textbooks for many of your classes. If you are taking a one-semester, non-major course in which the textbook is unlikely to be of interest to you after the conclusion of the course, renting the book can save a lot of money. It is not financially prudent to rent books for this class. Most of the texts are used for the entire four-semester series. You would have to rent the book four times. Buying it will be cheaper. Books used all four semesters are marked with an asterisk.
Below are listed the major texts that we have already incorporated into the reading plan (in other words, we are sure we are using these books). A few more will be added before the semester begins but those should be small and cheap.
You will notice that some of the books listed below are quite expensive. Try to comfort yourself with the idea that, because many are used all four semesters, the book investment required for later semesters in the program will not be nearly as costly.
Humanities 1A required texts:
Instructors: Cooper, Lindahl, Peter
* Stokstad and Cothren. Art History, Portable edition vols.1-6, 5th edition
Pearson, isbn: 9780205969876
* Baird, Forrest, ed. Philosophic Classics: From Plato to Derrida, 6th ed.
Pearson / Prentice Hall, isbn: 978-0205783861
* Mack, M. et. Al. eds. Norton Anthology of World Literature, vols, A, B, C, third edition
Norton isbn: 978-0393933659
Thucydides, trans. Woodruff, On Justice, Power and Human Nature
Hackett Publishing Co, isbn: 9780872201682
The New Oxford Annotated Bible, New Revised Standard, College Edition
Coogan et al, Oxford isbn: 9780195289558