Information on textbooks for all Undergraduate Mathematics courses at the New Brunswick and Piscataway campuses of Rutgers for the current semester is collected here. Individual course pages may have additional information.
Detailed information about availability of textbooks can be found at The Rutgers Bookstore. The title, author, or ISBN number can also be used to find information from on-line bookstores such as Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
ISBN numbers issued before 2007 have 10 digits; those issued since 2007 have 13 digits. Some boeoks published before 2007 can be identified by ISBN numbers in either format.
Check the syllabus for your particular sections before purchasing a text.
SUMMER 2023 TEXT BOOK LIST |
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| CRS | TITLE | AUTHOR | PUBLISHER | ISBN | ED | YR |
| 001 | Basic College Mathematics | Tobey and Slater | Pearson | 978-01256579571 | custom | 2022 |
| 025 | Elementary Algebra | Tussy and Gustafson | Cengage | 978-1111567668 | 5th | 2012 |
| E-text: WebAssign for Elementary Algebra | Tussy and Gustafson | Cengage | 978-1337773188 | 5th | 2012 | |
| 026 | Intermediate Algebra | Tussy and Gustafson | Cengage | 978-1111567675 | 5th | 2012 |
| E-text: WebAssign for Intermediate Algebra | Tussy and Gustafson | Cengage | 978-1337773263 | 5th | 2012 | |
| 103 | NO TEXTBOOK | |||||
| 111 | Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus w/ Enhanced WebAssign | Stewart | Cengage | 978-1305743847 | 7th-custom | 2015 |
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| SSM | Optional: Student Solution Manual | Stewart | Cengage | 978-1305253612 | 7th-custom | 2015 |
| Students are automatically enrolled in the First Day Program, which bills the cost ($56.25) for WebAssign, the software used for homework (includes copy of e-text) to the term bill and gives immediate access to the homework and the e-textbook. Students may opt out of this program, i.e., those who have previously paid for WebAssign. | ||||||
| 112 | Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus w/ Enhanced WebAssign | Stewart | Cengage | 978-1305743847 | 7th-custom | 2015 |
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| SSM | Optional: Student Solution Manual | Stewart | Cengage | 978-1305253612 | 7th-custom | 2015 |
| 115 | Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus w/ Enhanced WebAssign | Stewart | Cengage | 978-1305743847 | 7th-custom | 2015 |
| access code | ||||||
| SSM | Optional: Student Solution Manual | Stewart | Cengage | 978-1305253612 | 7th-custom | 2015 |
| Students are automatically enrolled in the First Day Program, which bills the cost ($56.25) for WebAssign, the software used for homework (includes copy of e-text) to the term bill and gives immediate access to the homework and the e-textbook. Students may opt out of this program, i.e., those who have previously paid for WebAssign. | ||||||
| 135 | Calculus, Early Transcendentals | Briggs/Cochran/Gillett | Pearson | 978-0135904183 | 3rd | 2018 |
| Single Variable Version |
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| Students are automatically enrolled in the First Day Program, which bills the cost (65 dollars) of the MyLab Math license (includes copy of e-text) to the term bill and gives immediate access to the textbook. Students may opt out of this program. Students may also purchase, through their MyLab course, a physical copy of the text for an additional $40. | ||||||
| 136 | Calculus, Early Transcendentals | Briggs/Cochran/Gillett | Pearson | 978-0135904183 | 3rd | 2018 |
| 151 | Thomas' Calculus: Early Transcendentals | Hass, Heil & Weir | Pearson | 978-0134764528 | 14th | 2018 |
| MyMathLab access code (with e-text) only | ||||||
| OR MyMathLab access with Physical textbook | 978-0134768762 | |||||
| 152 | Thomas' Calculus: Early Transcendentals | Hass, Heil & Weir | Pearson | 978-0134764528 | 14th | 2018 |
| MyMathLab access code (with e-text) only | ||||||
| OR MyMathLab access with Physical textbook | 978-0134768762 | |||||
| 244 | Differential Equations - An Intro. For Engineers | Matt Charnley | ||||
| The PDF version can be found here: | ||||||
| https://sites.rutgers.edu/matthew-charnley/course-materials/differential-equations-an-introduction-for-engineers/ | ||||||
| 250 | Elementary Linear Algebra | Spence, Insel & Friedberg | Prentice Hall | 9780134689470 | Classic | 2017 |
| 251 | Thomas' Calculus: Early Transcendentals | Hass, Heil & Weir | Pearson | 978-0134764528 | 14th | |
| MyMathLab access code (with e-text) only | ||||||
| OR MyMathLab access with Physical textbook | 978-0134768762 | |||||
| 252 | Differential Equations with DE Tools Printed Access Card | Blanchard | Cengage | 978-1133109037 | 4th | 2012 |
| Differential Equations (text only) | 978-0495561989 | 4th | 2012 | |||
| BOTH versions acceptable | ||||||
| SSM | Differential Equations | 978-0495826729 | ||||
| 300 | A Transition to Advanced Mathematics | Smith/Eggen/St. Andre | Cengage | 978-1285463261 | 8th | 2015 |
| also available online: https://www.vitalsource.com/ | ||||||
| The book is suggested but not required | ||||||
| 311 | Introduction to Analysis | Gaughan | AMS | 978-0821847879 | 5th | 2009 |
| OR | ||||||
| Understanding Analysis | Stephen Abbott | Springer | 978-1493927111 | 2nd | 2015 | |
| Electronic Version available Rutgers University Library | ||||||
| NOTE | Check the syllabus for your particular section before purchasing a text | |||||
| 351 | Abstract Algebra: An Introduction | Hungerford | Cengage | 978-1111569624 | 3rd | 2011 |
| 354 | Elementary Linear Programming w/ Appl. | Kolman | Academic Press | 978-0124179103 | 2nd | 1995 |
| OR Mathematics of Optimization: How to do Things Faster | Steven J. Miller | AMS | 978-1470441142 | 2017 | ||
| NOTE | Check the syllabus for your particular section before purchasing a text | |||||
| 356 | Elementary Number Theory & Its Application | Rosen | Prentice Hall | 978-0321500311 | 6th | 2011 |
| 373 | Numerical Analysis | Burden & Faires | Cengage | 978-1305253667 | 10th | 2015 |
| 421 | Advanced Engineering Mathematics | Zill & Wright | Jones & Bartlett | 978-1284206241 | 7th | 2021 |
| 428 | A First Course in Graph Theory | Zhang/Chartbrand | Dover | 978-0486483689 | 2012 | |
| 454 | Introductory Combinatorics | Richard Brualdi | Prentice Hall | 978-0134689616 | classic | 2017 |
| 477 | A First Course in Probability | Ross | Prentice Hall | 978-0134753119 | 10th | 2019 |
| 478 | Intro. To Probability Models | Ross | Academic Press | 978-0128143469 | 12th | 2019 |
| 481 | Mathematical Statistics w/ applications | Freund | Prentice Hall | 978-0321807090 | 8th | 2012 |
