PURCHASE OPTIONS FOR MATH 1113 AT UGA

COURSE MATERIALS:

TEXT :Swokowski & Cole, Precalculus: Functions and Graphs, Cengage 12 ed. UGA Custom edition, 2012. The UGA isbn is: ISBN: 978-1-133-22867-7 or 1-133-22867-4

You can buy the larger, hard cover text elsewhere if you like, ISBN: 978-0-8400-6857-6

  1. Hard copy: The UGA edition of the text is available from the bookstore ($177.00). This comes with the access code for WebAssignshrinkwrapped.(You may buy/borrow a used text and then you would buy the access code, below. IT IS QUITE ALL RIGHT TO USE THE 11TH ED.) You can search for and purchase the larger (more $) original hard cover edition elsewhere (and you need an access code). The best deal is to purchase the hardbook and WebAssignaccess code bundled together from the microsite provided by Cengage below ($171.49 and free shipping) or at the bookstore ($177.00 above).
  2. Electronic copies. There is NO reason to buy a separate electronic text, since you can read the book online in WebAssign Homework for free once you have an access code.Reading the text in WebAssign: in each HW set, you can choose “read it” on a number of problems, and that will take you to an electronic copy of that particular section of the text. Todo this, you ONLY need the WebAssign access code, purchased with your text as above or just the access code, see below for purchase options.

WEBASSIGN ACCESS: the homework is delivered through WebAssign. Since all testing is conducted in WebAssign, YOU MUST PURCHASE WEBASSIGN ACCESS. The webpage is . You have two weeks to pay for this service after the date of start of the term.

Recommendation: WAITuntil your secondclassuntil you are sure you want to take Math 1113 before paying.

  1. RECOMMENDED OPTION:You can pay by credit card within WebAssign ($75) OR purchase an access code from the microsite provided by Cengage below ($48.00).Cengage will email you these codes (in previous semesters, it was “snail mailed”, which led to significant delays).
  2. You can buy an access code from the bookstore, attached to a new text. If you are buying a new text, it should have the access shrinkwrapped on the text. IF THE NEW BOOK DID NOT COME WITH AN ACCESS CODE ATTACHED, TAKE IT BACK.

CENGAGE MICROSITE FOR PURCHASE OPTIONS: if you go to the Cengage microsite to take advantage of their discounted prices, please be sure you are staying in the course, as refunds will not be available. Don’t wait more than a week to purchase access codes, as they may take awhile to be delivered. You cannot take test 1 without having already paid for access to WebAssign. Access codes from Cengage come with LIFETIME OF EDITION access, so if you have to drop the course, the next time the access is free.

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