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Core / Common Courses General Education Electives Accounting
Business Quality Management Business Administration Computer Operations Technology Computer Programming Technology
Criminal Justice Education Human Resource Management Manufacturing Technology
Not for Profit Management Nursing Operations Management Pastoral Studies
Security Management SME ISM APICS CPIM
ASQ APICS CIRM Master of Science in Management Master of Security Administration
Master of Business Administration Master of Education Master of Science in Leadership Master of Arts in Specialized Ministries
 

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Course #

Name of Course

Title of Book

Date

Author

Publisher

CORE/COMMON COURSES   (Back to top)

BQM425

Research Project

Business Communication; Building Critical Skills

4th ed.

Locker/ Kaczmarek

McGraw-Hill Publisher

BQM425

Research Project

St Martin's Handbook

6th Ed.

Lunsford

Bedford/St Martin's

BQM427

Professional Communications and Presentations

Communicating At Work

9th Ed.

Adler

McGraw-Hill

BUS337

Business Ethics

Business Ethics

7th Ed

Ferrell

Houghton Mifflin

BUS 445

Management Decision Making

Decision Making: 5 Steps to Better Results

2006

 

Harvard Business School Press

BUS 445

Management Decision Making

Memory Jogger 2 1994 Brassard, Ritter, etc. GOAL/QPC

ENG420

Business and Administrative Communication

Business Communication; Building Critical Skills 

4th Ed.

Locker/ Kaczmarek

McGraw-Hill

ENG420

Business and Administrative Communication

St Martin's Handbook

6th Ed.

Lunsford

Bedford/St Martin's

HRD210

Entrance Seminar

St Martin's Handbook

6th Ed.

Lunsford

Bedford/St Martin's

LAS499

Responsibility for the Future

7 Habits of Highly Effective People

2004

Covey

Simon-Schuster

LAS499

Responsibility for the Future

Leadership is an Art

1989

DuPree

Dell

LAS499

Responsibility for the Future

Man's Search for Meaning

2000

Frankl

Beacon Press

GENERAL EDUCATION   (Back to top)

MATH215 Introduction to Statistics

Elementary Statistics

6th Ed.

Alan & Bluman

McGraw-Hill

PSC225

English Composition 1

The St Martin's Guide to Writing

Short 8th Ed.

Axelrod/Cooper

Bedford/St.Martins

PSC225

English Composition 1

St Martin's Handbook

6th Ed.

Lunsford

Bedford/St Martin's

PSC226

English Composition 2

St Martin's Handbook

6th Ed.

Lunsford

Bedford/St Martin's

PSC226

English Composition 2

The St Martin's Guide to Writing

Short 8th Ed.

Axelrod/Cooper

Bedford/St.Martins

PSC227

Interpersonal Communication

Interpersonal Communication

6th Ed.

Trenholm/Jensen

Oxford University Press

PSC228

Intermediate Algebra

College Algebra

7th Ed.

Larson/Hostetler

Houghton Mifflin

PSC229

College Algebra

College Algebra

7th Ed.

Larson/Hostetler

Houghton Mifflin

PSC230 The Physical World The Physics of Everyday Phenomena-A Conceptual Introduction to Physics

5th Ed.

W. Thomas Griffith

McGraw Hill

PSC231

Sociology

Society, The Basics

9th Ed.

Marcionis

Prentice Hall

PSC232

General Psychology

Psychology: Themes and Variations, Brief Edition

7th Ed.

Weiten

Wadsworth

PSC233 Geography Introduction to Geography: People, Places, and Environment,

4th Ed.

Bergman

Prentice Hall

PSC234

Elementary Spanish

Claro que si

6th Ed.

Garner, Rusch, Doninguez

Houghton Mifflin

PSC235 World Civilizations The Earth and It's Peoples:  A Global History -Brief Edition

3rd Ed.

Bulliet,Crossley,Headrick,Hirsch,Johnson & Northtrup Houghton Mifflin

PSC236

Comparative Religion and Philosophy

The World's Religions: Worldviews and Contemporary Issues

2nd Ed.

Young

Prentice Hall

PSC237

Introduction to Computers

Absolute Beginning Guide to Computer Basics

4th Ed.

Miller

Pearson/Prentice Hall

PSC238

Elementary Statistics

Elementary Statistics

6th Ed.

Alan & Bluman

McGraw-Hill

PSC242

Speech

The Art of Public Speaking with Student CDs 4.0, Audio CD set, Power Web & Topic Finder

9th Ed.

Stephen Lucas

McGraw-Hill

PSC244

Elementary Spanish 2

Claro que si

6th Ed.

Garner, Rusch, Doninguez

Houghton Mifflin

PSC252 Development Psychology The Developing Person: Through the Lifespan 7th Ed. Kathleen Stassen Berger Worth Publishers

ELECTIVES   (Back to top)

           

BUS218

Business Math

Practical Business Math Procedures

9th Ed.

Slater

Irwin

BUS395

Corporate Finance

Foundation of Financial Management

12th Ed.

Block/Hirt

McGraw-Hill

ECON326

Economic Theory

Essentials of Economics

7th Ed.

Schiller

Irwin McGraw-Hill

HRD320

Professional Growth and Development

Earn College Credit For What You Know

4th Ed.

Colvin

Knedall-Hunt

HRD325

Developing Workforce Talent

Please Understand Me II

1998

Keirsey & Bates

Prometheus Nemesis

HRD325

Developing Workforce Talent

Do What You Are

4th Ed.

Tieger & Tieger

AOL Time Warner

MTCH330

Technical Math I

Mathematics for Machine Technology

5th Ed.

Smith

Delmar

MTCH331

Technical Math II

Intermediate Algebra

1998

Clarkson

Houghton-Mifflin

SOCS302

Diversity

Racial & Ethnic Groups

11th Ed.

Schaffer

Pearson / Prentice - Hall

SOCS320

Adults in Transition

Tuesdays with Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson

1997

Albom

Doubleday. New York

SOCS320

Adults in Transition

Overwhelmed- Coping with Life's Ups and Downs

2nd Ed. Schlossberg M Evans
           
ACCOUNTING   (Back to top)
ACCT379 Managerial Accounting Fundamental Managerial Accounting Concepts

4th Ed.

Edmonds,Edmonds,Tsay,Olds

 

 
ACCT285 Principles of Accounting Fundamentals of Financial Accounting

2008

Phillips/Libby/Libby McGraw Hill
ACCT380 Financial Accounting 1 Intermediate Accounting

4th Ed.

Spiceland, Sepe, Tomassini McGraw Hill
ACCT381 Financial Accounting II Intermediate Accounting

4th Ed.

Spiceland, Sepe, Tomassini  
ACCT382 Federal Income Tax-Personal Principles of Taxation for Business and Investment Planning

2009

Sally M. Jones

McGraw Hill

ACCT388 Gov't & Not-for-Profit Accounting Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting: Concepts and Practices 4th Ed. Granof Wiley Publishers
ACCT480 Financial Accounting III Modern Advanced Accounting With/OLC and Premium Content Card

2005

E. John Larsen

McGraw Hill

           
ACCT482 Federal Income Taxation-Corporate Principles of Taxation for Business and Investment Planning

2009

Sally M. Jones

McGraw Hill

ACCT483 Cost Accounting Cost Accounting, A Managerial Emphasis 13th Horgren,Datar,Foster Prentice Hall
ACCT484 Accounting Information Systems Accounting Information Systems 9th Ed. 2004 Bodnar, Hopwood

Prentice Hall

ACCT490 Auditing Theory and Practice Auditing & Assurance Services 3rd Ed. 2007 Louwers, Ramsay, etc.

McGraw Hill

BUSINESS QUALITY MANAGEMENT   (Back to top)

           

BQM301

Business Quality Management

From Baldrige to the Bottom Line: A Guide to Organizational Change

2000

Hutton

Quality Press

BQM301

Business Quality Management

Criteria for Performance Excellence

2004

Baldrige National Quality Program

BQM310

Team Management

The Team Handbook 

3rd Ed.

Scholtes/Joiner/Streibel

Oriel

BQM320

Organizational Leadership

Leadership:  Enhancing the Lessons of Experience

6th

Hughes

Irwin/McGraw-Hill

BQM432

Accounting for Managers

Introduction to Accounting: A User Perspective

2nd Ed.

Jones and Werner

Prentice-Hall

BQM444

Project Management

Project Management  w/CD

6th Ed.

Meredith/Mantel

J Wiley & Sons

BQM450

Statistical Techniques

Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics

13th Ed.

Lind

McGraw-Hill

BUS394

Marketing

Marketing Library edition

14th Ed.

Pride-Ferrell

Houghton/Mifflin

           

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION   (Back to top)

BSAD310

Financial Accounting Systems

Financial Accounting Student CD with Net Tutor

6th Ed.

Libby

McGraw-Hill

BSAD320

Managerial Economics

Managerial Economics: Economic Tools for Today's Decision Makers

5th

Keat, Young

Prentice Hall

BSAD340

Legal Environment of Business

Business Law Today: The Essentials

2008

Miller and Jentz

Thomson

BSAD410

International Business

International Business

11th Ed.

Ball/McCulloch

Irwin McGraw-Hill

BSAD420

Management Information Systems Analysis

Management Information Systems for the Information Age

7th Ed.

Haag/Cummings/ Dawkins

Irwin McGraw-Hill

BSAD430

Financial Management

Essentials of Corporate Finance

6th Ed.

Ross/Westerfield/Jordan

McGraw-Hill

BSAD440

Strategic Management

Crafting & Executing Strategy: The Quest for Competitive Advantage With Case Studies

16th Ed.

Thompson/ Strickland

McGraw-Hill

BUS394

Marketing

Marketing, Library edition

14th Ed.

Pride-Ferrell

Houghton/Mifflin

ECON326

Economic Theory

Essentials of Economics

7th

Schiller

Irwin McGraw-Hill

           

COMPUTER OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Back to top)

           

COT220

Microsoft Access

New Perspectives Microsoft Access 2007 Comprehensive

2008

Adamski/ Finnegan

Course Technology

COT305

Advanced Microsoft Excel

New Perspectives Microsoft Excel 2007 Comprehensive

2008

Parsons/Oja/ Ageloff/ Carey

Course Technology

COT308

Advanced Microsoft Access

New Perspectives Microsoft Access 2007 Comprehensive

2008

Adamski/Finnegan

Course Technology

COT311

Advanced Microsoft Word

New Perspectives on Microsoft Word 2007 Comprehensive

2008

Zimmerman/ Zimmerman/ Shaffer, Pinard

Course Technology

COT312

Database Development (Elective)

Database Systems: Design, Implementation & Management

7th Ed.

Cornell

Course Technology

COT313

Project Administration

Microsoft Project 2007: Step by Step

2007

Chatfield/ Johnson

Microsoft Press

COT325 Outlook Organizational Techniques Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Basic 2007 ILT Series Course Technology
COT325 Outlook Organizational Techniques  Microsoft Office Outlook Advanced 2007 2007 ILT Series Course Technology
COT325 Outlook Organizational Techniques Total Workday Control Using Microsoft Outlook (THIS BOOK IS NOT CARRIED THROUGH THE BOOKCAVE BUT MAY BE PURCHASED THROUGH BARNES&NOBLE, AMAZON, ETC.)

 

2008 Michael J. Linenberger New Academy Press

COT410

LAN/CAN Networking Fundamentals

Hands On Networking Fundamentals

2005

M. Palmer

Course Technology

COT411

Website Management

Macromedia Dreamweaver 8: Comprehensive Concepts and Techniques

2006

Shelly, Cashman, Wells, Freund

Course Technology

COT415

Computer Systems Integration

A+ Guide to Managing and Maintaining Your PC

6th Ed. Enhanced, Comprehensive

Andrews

Course Technology

           

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING TECHNOLOGY   (Back to top)

           

CPT322

SQL Fundamentals

SQL Server 2005 for Developers

Syverson

Murach & Associates

CPT323

VBA, The Internet and Microsoft Applications

Microsoft Access VBA Programming for the Absolute Beginner

3rd Ed.

Vine

Course Technology

CPT327

E-Commerce

Creating a Winning E-Business

Napier, Judd, Rivers, Wagner

Course Technology

CPT420 Scripting Perl Power: The Comprehensive Guide, 2006 2006 Flynt Thompson Course Technology

CPT421

Java Programming Principles 1

Simply Java Programming: An Application Driven Tutorial Approach

2004

Deitel

Prentice Hall

CPT390 PHP Programming with MySQL PHP Programming with MySQL 1st Ed. Gosselion Courses Technology

CPT422

Hyper Text Markup Language Programming Techniques

HTML and XHTML Comprehensive

4th Ed.

Carey & Carey

Course Technology

CPT423

Project: Designing and Programming an Application

Information Technology: Project Management

5th Ed.

Schwalbe

Course Technology

CPT431

JAVA Programming Principles II

Simply Java Programming: An Application Driven Tutorial Approach

2004

Deitel

Prentice Hall

CPT432

Visual Basic.NET Programming Essentials I

Murach's Visual Basic 2005

2005

Boehm

Murach & Associates

CPT433

Visual Basic.NET Programming Essentials I

Murach's Visual Basic 2005

2005

Boehm

Murach & Associates

CPT410 Java Servlets and JSP Murach's Java Servlets and JSP 2nd Steelman Murach & Associates
CPT440 JavaScript New Perspectives on JavaScript

2005

Carey&Canovatchel Course Technology

CPT441

Active Server Pages Programming

Murach's ASP.NET Web Programming with VB 2005

 

Lowe, Prince

Murach & Associates

CPT444

XML (Extensible Markup Language

New Perspectives on XML

2nd Ed.

Carey

Course Technology

           

CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (Back to top)

           
CJUS300 Foundations of Criminal Justice Introduction to Criminal Justice 11th Ed. 2008 Siegel & Senna ThomsonWadsworth
CJUS315 Perspectives in Policing The Police in America: An Introduction 6th Ed. Walker, Katz McGraw Hill
CJUS325 Criminal Investigation Techniques Criminal Investigation

10th

Charles Swanson, Neil Chamelin and Leonard Territo

McGraw-Hill

CJUS335 Correctional Theory and Practice Corrections in America-An Intro

11th Ed.

Allen, Latessa, Punder, and Simonsen

Prentice Hall

CJUS340 Criminal Justice Ethics Criminal Justice Ethics: Theory and Practice 2nd Banks Sage Publications
CJUS400 Criminology and Deviant Behavior Introduction to Criminology -Theories, Methods, and Criminal Behavior 6th Ed. 2008 Hagan Sage Publications
CJUS425 Criminal Law & Procedure Criminal Law and Procedure 6th Ed. 2008 Scheb &  Scheb Thomson-Wadsworth
CJUS430 Criminal Justice Organizations: Administration and Management

Criminal Justice Organizations:  Administration and Management

4th Ed. Stojkovic, Kalinich, Klofas Thomson-Wadsworth
CJUS440 Special Topics in Criminal Justice Serial Murderers and their Victims w/video 4th Ed. Eric W. Hickley Thomson Wadsworth
CJUS451 Computer Forensics & Cyber-Crime Guide to Computer Forensics and Investigations

3rd ed.

Phillips, Nelson etc. Course Technology
           

EDUCATION   (Back to top)

           

Foundations of Basic Math

Reading in the Content Area

Teaching Reading in Today's Elementary School w/CD

Burns

Houghton-Mifflin

Reading in the Content Area

Improving Reading

Johns

Kendall-Hunt

Reading in the Content Area

Readers Handbook: Student Guide for Reading and Learning Grade 4-5

Robb

Houghton-Mifflin

ART223

Art in the Elementary School

Artworks for Elementary Teachers: Developing Artistic and Perceptual Awareness 9th Ed. Herbenholz McGraw Hill

EDUC

Methods and Materials

Cooperative Discipline

Albert

American Guidance Service

EDUC

Methods and Materials

First-Class Teacher

Canter

Canter & Associates

EDUC

Social Studies in Elementary School

Teaching Elementary Social Studies

Duplass

Houghton-Mifflin

EDUC210

Education Entrance Seminar

No book required

EDUC215

Foundations of Education

Foundation of Education

10 th ed. package

Omstein

Houghton-Mifflin

EDUC311 Introduction to Early Childhood Education Fundamentals of Childhood Education 2008 Morrison Prentice Hall

EDUC322

Educational Psychology

Educational Psychology Developing Learners

6th

Downey & Ormond

 

EDUC323

Introduction to Exceptionalities

Exceptional Lives

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key

A Child Called "It"; One Child's Courage to Survive

Gifts: mothers reflect on how children with Down syndrome enrich their lives

5th

Turnbull

Gantos

Pelzer

 

Kathryn Lynard Soper

Pearson

Harper Trophy

HCI

 

Woodbind House

EDUC328

Instructional Strategies in PE

No Book

EDUC329

Child/ Adolescent Literature

Children's Literature Briefly

4th

Jacobs/ Turnbull

Pearson

EDUC333 Teaching Young Children with Disabilities The Exceptional Child: Inclusion in Early Childhood Education 6th Allen, Cowdery Delmar Publishing
EDUC336 Intro/Reading Process Teaching Reading in Today's Elementary School 9th Burns, Roe, Smith Houghton Mifflin
EDUC336 Intro/Reading Process Put Reading First   Adler National Institute for Literacy/NICHD/U.S. Dept. of Education

EDUC337

Science in the Elementary School

Teaching Science as Inquiry

11th Carin, Arthur Prentice Hall

EDUC338

Math in the Elementary School

Helping Children Learn Math: Active Learning ed.

Reys

John Wiley & Sons

EDUC341

Reading / Elementary School

Teaching Reading in Today’s Elementary Schools

9th ed.,

Burns/Roe/Smith Houghton Miffin
EDUC342 Language Arts in the Elem. School Content Area Literacy: Strategic Teaching for Strategic Learning 4th ed. Manzo and Thomas John Wiley & Sons
EDUC343 Home, School and Community Issues in Early Childhood Education Home, School and Community Relations 6e 2006 Gestwicki, C Delman Publishers
EDUC345 Social Studies/Elementary School Social Studies for the Elementary and Middle Grades: A Constructive Approach 3rd Sunal & Haas Pearson Education
EDUC348 Reading for Secondary Teachers Content Area Literacy: Strategic Teaching for Strategic Learning 4th ed. Manzo, Manzo & Thomas Wiley Jossey-Bass Education
EDUC435 Math and Science Math and Science for Young Children 5th Charlesworth, Rosalind & Ling  

EDUC437

Elementary School Methods

First-Class Teacher   Canter Canter & Associates
EDUC438 Teaching in the Secondary School Teaching in the Secondary School 6/e Savage,Savage, Armstrong Prentice Hall
EDUC439 Secondary School Methods First-Class Teacher   Canter Canter & Associates

EDUC440

Professional Problems/Teaching

No Book Required

EDUC447

Student Teaching

No Book Required

Pelletier

Pearson

PSC252 Developmental Psychology Developing Person Through the Lifespan 7th Berger Worth Publisher

HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT   (Back to top)

           

BUS328

Organizational Behavior

Organizational Behavior

8th Ed.

Kreitner & Kinicki

McGraw-Hill

ECON325

Economics of Human Resources

Contemporary Labor Economics

8th Ed.

McConnell/ Brue/ Macpherson

Irwin/McGraw-Hill

HRD310

Legal and Regulatory Environment of Human Resources

Employment Law for Business

5th Ed.

Bennett-Alexander

Irwin/McGraw-Hill

HRD321

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation

9th Ed.

Milkovich & Newman

McGraw-Hill

HRD321

Compensation and Benefits

Employee Benefits

3rd Ed.

Martocchio, Joseph

McGraw-Hill

HRD322

Training and Development

Employee Training and Development

4th Ed.

Noe

McGraw-Hill

HRD323

Finance for Non-Financial Managers

Essentials of Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Managers

2002

Fields / Edwards

AMACOM

HRD324

Performance Management

Bringing Out the Best in People

2000

Daniels

McGraw-Hill

HRD324

Performance Management

Performance Management

4th Ed.

Aubrey & James Daniels

Aubrey Daniels Intl

HRD327A

Employee & Labor Relations

Labor Relations Striking a Balance

2nd Ed.

Budd, John

McGraw-Hill

HRD328 Health & Safety Occupational Health and Safety Management, a practical approach 2003 Reese CRC Press

HRD330

Microsoft Office Applications

Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory, Concepts and Techniques

2008

Shelly/ Cashman/ Vermaat

Course Technology

HRD338

Human Resource Technology

Web-Based Human Resources

2001

McGraw-Hill

HRD345

Managing Human Resources

Human Resource Management

12th Ed.

Mathis/ Jackson

South-Western Educational Publishing

           
           

NURSING   (Back to top)

           

NUR310

Introduction to Nursing

Intro to Nursing Booklet Online Textbook Students no not purchase

NUR332

Caring: A Foundation for Nursing

On Caring

1971

Milton Mayeroff

Harper Perennial

NUR333

Health Promotion: A Framework for Nursing Practice

Health Promotion In Nursing Practice

5th Ed.

Pender

Appleton-Lange

NUR333

Health Promotion: A Framework for Nursing Practice

Conceptual Bases of Professional Nursing

6th Ed.

Hood & Leddy