Course Books at the Library - Fall
Use the search below to find required and recommended course books and ebooks owned by the Library and other CSUs. For a complete list of books and media on reserve at in the Library, search Course Reserves.
Last Updated: 09/21/2026
| Course Number | Course Name | Instructor | Status | Type | Title / Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHIL 104 | Bioethics | TBD | Required | Course Reserve | Contemporary debates in bioethics / |
| PHIL 105 | Science+Human Values | Ayala-Lopez, Saray | Required | Book | Science, Policy & the Value-Free Ideal / Douglas |
| PHIL 105 | Science+Human Values | Ayala-Lopez, Saray | Required | Book | Testosterone Rex / Fine |
| PHIL 105 | Science+Human Values | Ayala-Lopez, Saray | Required | Book | Undrowned / Gumbs |
| PHIL 105 | Science+Human Values | Ayala-Lopez, Saray | Required | E-Book | Undrowned : Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mam / Gumbs |
| PHIL 117 | Existentialism | Warnes, Mathias | Required | Book | At the Existentialist Cafe / Bakewell |
| PHIL 117 | Existentialism | Warnes, Mathias | Required | Book | Situating Existentialism / Judaken |
| PHIL 122 | Political Philosophy | TBD | Required | Course Reserve | Beyond democracy, toward meritocracy : freedom to choose from those worth choosing / Park, John J. |
| PHIL 2 | Ethics | TBD | Required | Course Reserve | Exploring ethics : an introductory anthology / |
| PHIL 6 | Introduction to Philosophy: Knowledge, World and Self | TBD | Required | Course Reserve | The Norton introduction to philosophy / Gideon Rosen, Alex Byrne, Joshua Cohen, Seana Valentine-Shiffrin / Rosen, Gideon |
| PHOT 148 | Artificial Light, Studio | Shepard, Nick | Recommended | E-Book | Light Science & Magic : An Introduction to Photog / Hunter |
| PHOT 148 | Artificial Light, Studio | Shepard, Nick | Recommended | Book | Light, Science & Magic / Hunter |
| PHOT 149 | Artificial Light, Location | TBD | Required | Course Reserve | Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters / |
| PHOT 15 | Survey of Photography | TBD | Required | Course Reserve | A world history of photography / Rosenblum, Naomi. |
| PHOT 40 | Beginning Darkroom Photography | TBD | Required | Course Reserve | Black & white photography : a basic manual / Horenstein, Henry, |
| PHYS 11A | Gen Phys-Mechanics | Utter, Robert S. | Required | Book | University Physics (Print-Color) (V1) / Openstax |
| PHYS 30 | Science+Pseudoscience | Pettitt, Alexander R. | Required | Book | Just a Theory / Ben-Ari |
| PHYS 30 | Science+Pseudoscience | Pettitt, Alexander R. | Required | Book | Power of Critical Thinking / Vaughn |
| PHYS 30 | Science+Pseudoscience | Pettitt, Alexander R. | Required | E-Book | The Power of Critical Thinking : Effective Reasoni / Vaughn |
| PHYS 30 | Science+Pseudoscience | Degraffenreid, William | Required | Book | Just a Theory / Ben-Ari |