These may be obtained at your friendly neighborhood LSUS bookstore. You are strongly urged to buy the required texts and it is recommended that you buy the optional texts as well. The difference between the two is the required books' material will be covered almost in their entirety, while the optional texts are perhaps half covered. Lectures will be over about 75 percent of the material from the required texts, and all readings will cover about 75 percent of the lectures. However, lectures will not cover all material included in the readings assigned in the syllabus, nor will the readings assigned cover all material presented in the lectures.
Students are responsible for both.
Books not required will have their information presented in the notes but will provide restatements that may well add to a student's knowledge. Attendance There are no words yet invented in the English language that can convey the primacy of attending class. The course is designed so it is virtually impossible to make an A without regular class attendance, and grades higher than a D are unlikely if class attendance is occasional. Unsurprisingly, there is a high correlation between attendance and grades. Students who show up to class consistently tend not to do badly.