ENGL 1102/14 textbooks
Common handbook
As of Fall Semester 2012, The Little, Brown Compact Handbook, 8th Edition with Exercises (author Jane Aaron) is the common handbook across all sections of ENGL 1101/13 and 1102/14. Students in all sections are required to obtain a copy of this book.
Your instructor can tell you whether you also need to purchase access to the MyCompLab or MyLiteratureLab software that comes packaged with new copies of the book. The software isn't required across all sections, but some instructors do require it. Your instructor might also allow you to buy a used book and purchase MyCompLab or MyLitearatureLab access separately through Pearson, but don't assume this; check with the bookstore and your instructor first.
If you're allowed to buy a used copy and you do so online, please make sure that you choose the correct edition. Older editions of Little, Brown, or editions without exercises, won't be of any use to you in 1102.
There are advantages to having a common handbook. It's easier for students, teachers and the bookstore to keep track of. And it'll be helpful to students as they move on to other courses at GRU. The processes, rules and tips in the handbook aren't limited to English courses – they're applicable in other majors and writing environments as well. In short, don't sell back your copy too quickly! That being said, another advantage of having a common handbook is that many of them will be sold back, which will make more used copies available.
The ISBN for The Little, Brown Compact Handbook is 9780321846211.
Choice Voice
Choice Voice is a collection of student writing produced in ENGL 1101 and 1102 and is required in many sections of these courses (it might or might not be required in yours). This collection is helpful to students who want to learn more about the expectations of college-level writing at GRU. This collection is printed on campus and is available at the bookstore only. For more information, visit the Choice Voice page on this site.
Other books
Individual 1102 instructors will require you to purchase additional books; all sections require a literature anthology as well as a novel. More than half of 1102 sections require an edition of The Norton Introduction to Literature, but other anthologies are in use across the program. Assigned novels differ as well: your section could be assigned The Awakening, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Maus or something very different. Check the space assigned to your section in the bookstore, as well as your instructor's syllabus, for more information.
