Required Texts and Other Materials

Hacker, Diana. The Bedford Handbook. 5th ed. Boston: Bedford, 1998.

Schuster, Charles I., and William V. Van Pelt, eds. Speculations: Readings in Culture, Identity, and Values. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ:   Blair, 1996. 

An IBM laptop computer
A looseleaf notebook with narrow binding--NOT a spiral notebook--for your self-assessments
A collegiate or unabridged dictionary such as Webster's or American Heritage
A thesaurus (suggested)
An IBM laptop computer
A 3½ inch disk for backing up work