Text Book Information for Stage I Science courses prepared as at 28 November 2014.

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1 Text Book Information for Stage I Science courses prepared as at 28 November Following is a list of Science Stage I courses, by subject, with prescribed and/or recommended textbooks or information on reading material. Where it states to be advised, please check the University Bookshop (UBS) website for this information. If this information is not appearing on this list or on the USB website, please see the department concerned. For a list of the Stage II and III textbooks, please view the departmental website and click on the Our Courses link and select which Stage you wish to view OR you can view the University Bookshop (UBS) website OR visit the department concerned Biological Sciences Stage I courses BIOSCI 100/100G Antarctica: The Frozen Continent RECOMMENDED: D. McGonigal. Antarctica: Secrets of the Southern Continent. Simon & Schuster BIOSCI 101 Essential Biology: From Genomes to Organisms PRESCRIBED: Zealand version. BIOSCI 102 Plants, Microbes and Society RECOMMENDED: Zealand version. BIOSCI 103 Comparative Animal Biology PRESCRIBED: Zealand version BIOSCI 104 New Zealand Ecology and Conservation PRESCRIBED: Parsons et al., Biology Aotearoa, 2006, Pearson Education New Zealand. RECOMMENDED: Zealand version. BIOSCI 106 Foundations of Biochemistry RECOMMENDED Campbell, M.K., Farrel, S.O. Biochemistry. 8th Edn. Thomson. BIOSCI 107 Biology for Biomedical Science: Cellular Processes and Development PRESCRIBED: Choose EITHER of the following two texts, depending on your own learning preference:

2 (1) Visual Anatomy and Physiology, Second Edition (Global Edition) Frederic H. Martini, William C. Ober, Judi L. Nath, Edwin F. Bartholomew, Kevin Petti. Pearson Education Inc. (2) Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, 14th Edition Gerard J. Tortora, Bryan Derrickson. John Wiley & Sons Inc RECOMMENDED:: Campbell Biology: Zealand Version, Tenth Edition Neil A. Campbell, Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Robert B. Jackson. Pearson Education Inc Chemical Sciences Stage I courses Course CHEM 150 Concepts in Chemistry S Zumdahl & D. Decoste, Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation (6th ed), 2008, Houghton Mifflin Co. CHEM 110 CHEM 120 Chemistry of the Living World Chemistry of the Material World J. McMurray, Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry, (7th, 6th or 5th ed), Thomson (Brooks/Cole) M. Silberberg, Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change (6th ed), 2011, International Edition (McGraw-Hill) Computer Science Stage I courses COMPSCI 111/111G An Introduction to Practical Computing Currently, there is no recommended textbook, although you are expected to read the coursebook which can be purchased from the University Book Shop (UBS). A number of additional readings from the WWW will be recommended.

3 COMPSCI 101 Principles of Programming You are expected to read the coursebook before attending your lab sessions each week, and to bring it along to all of your lab sessions together with your code examples booklet. This compulsory coursebook and the code examples booklet can be purchased from the University Book Shop (UBS). COMPSCI 105 Principles of Computer Science Textbook (required) Data Abstraction and Problem Solving with Java, (3rd Edition) Authors: Frank M Carrano & Janet J Pritchard Publisher: Addison-Wesley ISBN: Reference (recommended) Java 2: The complete reference. (4th Edition) Herbert Schildt ISBN Geography, Geology, Environmental Science, Science General Stage I courses GEOG 101 Earth Surface Processes and Landforms Strahler, A. and Strahler, A. 2005, Physical Geography - Science and Systems of the Human Environment 3rd ed., John Wiley and Sons, New York. Smithson, P, Addison, K. and Atkinson, K., 2002, Fundamentals of the Physical Environment, 2nd or 3rd edition, Routledge, London. Thomas, D.S.G. and Goudie, A. (eds). 2000, The Dictionary of Physical Geography, 3rd edition, Blackwell, Oxford. or Whittow, J. 2000, The Penguin dictionary of Physical Geography 2nd edition, Penguin Books Ltd, London. GEOG 102 Geography of the Human To be advised Environment GEOG 103/103G Digital Worlds To be advised

4 GEOG 105/105G Natural Hazards in New To be advised Zealand GEOLOGY 103 Dynamic Earth To be advised ENVSCI 101 Environment, Science and To be advised Management SCIGEN 101/101G Communicating for a Knowledge Society To be advised Mathematics Stage I Courses MATHS 108 General Mathematics 1 You are expected to use the coursebook which can be purchased from the University Book Shop (UBS). MATHS 150 Advancing Mathematics 1 You are expected to use the coursebook which can be purchased from the Student Resource Centre (SRC). MATHS 162 Modelling and Computation You are expected to use the coursebook which can be purchased from the University Book Shop (UBS). MATHS 190 Great Ideas Shaping Our World Textbook (required) E. Burger and M. Starbird, The Heart of Mathematics (2 nd edition), to be ordered directly from publisher. Physics Stage I courses PHYSICS 102 Basic Concepts of Physics Conceptual Physics 11th ed Hewitt, P PHYSICS 103 Introductory Physics for Science & Engineering College Physics Openstax College, 2012 PHYSICS 107/107G Planets, Stars and Galaxies Astronomy Notes, by Nick Strobel (McGraw-Hill). Available free online at: PHYSICS 108/108G Science & Technology of Sustainable Energy Sustainable Energy without the Hot Air David MacKay, (free online textbook, 2009 PHYSICS 120 Physics of Energy Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics, 8th ed PHYSICS 130 Properties of Matter Recommended Reading: Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, 7th ed Callister W D (Wiley) 2007

5 PHYSICS 140 Digital Fundamentals Digital Fundamentals 10th ed Floyd, T L (Pearson Prentice Hall) 2009, or 9th ed Floyd, T L (Pearson Prentice Hall) PHYSICS 150 Physics of Technology Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics, 8th ed PHYSICS 160 Physics for Life Sciences Physics 9 th edition by Cutnell and Johnson Psychology Stage I courses PSYCH 108 Individual, Social and Applied Psychology Kosslyn, R.M., Rosenberg, R.S. & Lambert, A.J. Psychology in Context (1st New Zealand Edition). Auckland, NZ: Pearson Education PSYCH 109 Mind, Brain and Behaviour Kosslyn, R.M., Rosenberg, R.S. & Lambert, A.J. Psychology in Context (1st New Zealand Edition). Auckland, NZ: Pearson Education Sport & Exercise Science Stage I courses SPORTSCI 100G Exercise & Fitness: Myths To be advised and Reality SPORTSCI 101 Foundations of Sport & To be advised Exercise Science SPORTSCI 103 Human Anatomy To be advised SPORTSCI 105 Exercise Perscription To be advised Statistics Stage I Courses STATS 101/101G Introduction to Statistics RECOMMENDED REFERENCE ONLY: Wild & Seber "Chance Encounters: A First Course in Data Analysis and Inference". Other materials produced by the Department will be available from the Student Resource Centre. A calculator which can automatically compute means and standard deviations

6 STATS 108 Statistics for Commerce RECOMMENDED REFERENCE ONLY: Wild & Seber "Chance Encounters: A First Course in Data Analysis and Inference". Other materials produced by the Department will be available from the Student Resource Centre. A calculator which can automatically compute means and standard deviations STATS 125 Probability and Its Applications A lecture workbook is supplied and can be obtained from the Faculty of Science Student Resource Centre, Building 301, Room G038. A basic calculator is required. STATS 150 Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics A lecture workbook is supplied and can be obtained from the Faculty of Science Student Resource Centre, Building 301, Room G038. A basic calculator is required. Recommended Reading The Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in Life (2008) by Michael Blastland and Andrew Dilnot Seeing through statistics 3 rd Edition (2004) by Jessica M. Utts