April+Block+(4)

Reading/Language Arts Methods || Paula Armstrong || Lessons from a Child, by Lucy Calkins Literacy for the 21st Century, by Gail Tomkins ||  ||   ||   || The department will purchase these books for students in advance of the course. || ISBN: 978-1-118-19955-8 Early versions are not allowed. || None || n/a || No fee ($0) || The 3rd ed. of Problogger, published in 2012 is available from amazon.com. $15 || Cost; $ 25.00, Professor will provide text on first day of class. || Non || Non || Non || Students should be prepared to purchase text at the first day of the class. ||
 * **Block** || **Course ID** || **Instructor** || **Required Textbooks** || **Recommended** **Textbooks** || **Lab Fees** || **Field Trip** **Fee** || **Comments** ||
 * || ED493/571
 * 4 - April || WTG 321 Blogging and Reflective Writing: The Frictionless Flow of Communication || Dara Llewellyn || Problogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income
 * April || MVS 226 MVS and Taoism, Buddhism,& Confucianism || Evan Finkelstein || Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism in Light of Maharishi Vedic Science
 * 04A-04D || PHYS208 Solids, Fluid Dynamics, Acoustics, and Optics || Dina El Chammas || (1) "Conceptual Physics", 11th edition, by P. Hewitt (2010) (ISBN-10: 0-321-56809-5; ISBN-13: 978-0-321-56809-0)

(2) "RealTime Physics Active Learning Laboratories Module 4 Light and Optics", 3rd edition, by D. Sokoloff (2012) (ISBN-10: 0470768886; ISBN-13: 978-0-470-76888-4) || None || $50 || n/a || Required textbook #1 retail price $116.93 new from publisher. Book can be rented (Cheeg, $74.99 - excluding shipping - for six months; Amazon, $49.50 for one semester) or purchased new or used (Amazon, starting at $67.34 used). //(All prices as of 06 February 2013)//

Note: Required textbook #1 will be used for the entire Physics series.

Required textbook #2 must be a physical copy and must not be previously written in; this is your lab workbook and you will need to fill out pages as you perform experiments. Retail price $28.95 new from publisher. May be purchased new from Amazon starting at $23.99. //(All prices as of 06 February 2013)//

You will also need a scientific calculator. Scientific calculators may be purchased from Walmart for $10.

Lab fee is due Tuesday of week 1. || //(All prices as of 14 February 2013)//
 * 04A-04D || PH263 Maharishi Yoga Asanas || Dr. Liis Mattik || (1) "Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on the Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation and Commentary, Chapters 1-6" by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (any printing, e.g., ISBN-13: 978-0140192476) || None || n/a || n/a || Required textbook retail price $20.00 new from publisher. Also available in MUM University Store and new and used from online vendors (Amazon starting at $2.60 used).

Bring your own Yoga mat and comfortable clothes for doing yoga asanas (exercises) starting from the very first session. || It is important to have your textbook at the start of class, so please act upon this information ASAP. || 10 Steps to Gardening with Nature Soil Biology Primer ||  || $65 ||   || Textbooks will be bought in bulk from an independent bookstore at a lower cost than they could be purchased from Amazon. If students wish to sell back the books at the end of the course they may, with a $5 per book deduction for normal wear and tear. || Amazon.com for around $80. This calculator will also be used for further math courses. || Hughes-Hallett, Gleason. SECOND EDITION, Wiley 2004. Paperback. ISBN 0471-45653-5. Used around $5 on [|Amazon.com] || None || None || None || Required graphing calculator TI-84 Plus. Available from Walmart around $120. Also available used from Amazon.com for around $80. This calculator will also be used for further math courses. ||
 * 4A-4D April Block ||< MGT430 & MGT350 Financial Management || Ken West || Fundamentals of Corporate Finance. Brealey, Myers, & Marcus, 6/e. McGraw-Hill, 2009, | ISBN-10: 0077263340 | ISBN-13: 978-0077263348 | || None || n/a || n/a || There are about 19 copies of this textbook on reserve in Karen Slowick's Gate Ridge Office (the accounting MBA offices). There is a small rental fee for the textbook. I recommend that you check out your book from the library ASAP, since there are not enough copies available for the 22 students enrolled in the class. Some people will have to purchase a used copy from half.com or Amazon. Since this may take a week or two to receive your book, it is important that you attempt to check out your book from the library ASAP, and if no more copies are available, then you will need to purchase a used book.
 * April-4 || Permaculture || Lonnie Gamble || Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison ||  || $65 ||   || Textbooks will be bought in bulk from an independent bookstore at a lower cost than they could be purchased from Amazon. If students wish to buy a secondhand book before class they may. ||
 * April-4 || Spirituality and Sustainability || Travis Cox || Course reader to be provided first day of class. ||  || $120 ||   ||   ||
 * April-4 || Living Soil || Elaine Ingham || Teaming with Microbes
 * April || MATH 286 Linear Algebra || Dr. Anne Dow || David C. Lay: Linear Algebra and Its Applications, Third edition update, Pearson/Addison-Wesley, 2006. ISBN 0-321-28713-4. [|Amazon.com] used in good condition around $20. || None || None || None || Required graphing calculator TI-84 Plus. Available from Walmart around $120. Also available used from
 * April || MATH 161 Functions and Graphs 1 || Dr. Debra Levitsky || [|Functions Modeling Change: A Preparation for Calculus] by Connally,
 * April || MATH 266 || Dr. Cathy Gorini || Escher on Escher: Approaches to Infinity ||  || $15 || None || Materials fee covers cost of text book. Materials fee is $10 for those who have the text. $5 refund if text is returned at end of course. ||
 * April || FA341+343 Ceramics I, III || James Shrosbree

& Genevra Bell || none || none || $45 +$15 || TBA || Materials List: (1-8 can be purchased in a clay tool kit available at the MUM bookstore, or Blick in Iowa city, or online at BLICK.COM ) 1. Fettling Knife 2. Biology Needle 3. 1 or 2 Japanese Brushes 4. Wooden Sculpting Tool 5. Wire Loop Tool 6. Sponge (for clean -up ) 7. Cut-Off Wire 8. Rubber or Wood Rib 9. 2" Flat Bristle Brush 10. Anything to make an impression or texture on clay, for example, buttons, leaves,  shells,paddles, etc.  11. 2 Sturdy cardboard boxes to store pots (needed  later in the course)  12. Apron  13. Several plastic bags  14. Spray bottle || Available online for under $10 if bought now. half.com is a good source. || by Ed Sarath. ISBN-10: 0415997259. || None. || $10 || N/A ||   ||
 * April || MGT314 || Bruce McCollum || //Intro Stats, //2nd edition by R. De Veaux, P. Velleman, and D. Bock, with CD-ROM, 2006 (Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-321-28671-5). || none || none ||  || Make sure it has the CD.
 * 04A-04D || WTG191 College Composition 1 || Nancy Gibson || (1) //Writing First// by Kirszner and Mandell, 3rd edition. ISBN: 0-312-43412-X ||  ||   ||   || Rental fee is $7.00 ||
 * 04A-04D || MC300 Narrative 1 || Cullen Thomas || TBD || TBD || $40 || N/A || Lab fee is due on second day of the block. Fee includes the use of any required textbook, handouts, and equipment for the duration of the course. ||
 * 04A-04D || MC367 Graphic Design 2 || Gabe Romero || None. || How to Design Cool Stuff - By John McWade || $40 || N/A || Lab fee is due on second day of the block. Fee includes use of all necessary equipment and software for the duration of the course. ||
 * 04A-04D || MC410 Narrative 2 || Stuart Tanner || TBD || TBD || $40 || N/A || Lab fee is due on second day of the block. Fee includes the use of any required textbook, handouts, and equipment for the duration of the course. ||
 * 04A-04D || MUS205 A New Approach to Music Theory || Kaeli Ferguson || [|Music Theory Through Improvisation: A New Approach to Musicianship Training]
 * 04A-04D || MVS 202, Higher States of Consciousness in Maharishi Vedic Science || Gerry Geer ||  ||   ||   ||   || No textbook required. The course readings packet, available in class, costs $12.00. In Week 1 you will also need the booklet Scientific Research on the Transcendental Meditation Program, available for $1.00 at the MUM Bookstore or in class. ||