Books

Hi,
Of late we have been flooded with a lot of mails regarding the books to bring.
well we have not been able to collect that information very well. however i would like to point out a few things so that u guys can decide it urselves.

1. to start with go over to these 2 websites

http://www.uic.edu/depts/ims/classschedule/
this one has the list of courses in various dept that will be offered this fall.
http://www.uic.edu/ucat/courses/
this site has a description of the various courses that r offered. so read thru both of them and think what will be the list of possible courses that u will take.

how should u decide on the courses. grad students get credit only for 400 and 500 level courses. most engg depts have a requirement of 3 500 level courses from the dept and abt 3 more 400 level courses inside the dept on an avg.

btw if u have a nice advisor u can take even weird courses such as Twentieth-Century Analytic Philosophy or advanced french...


anything is possible but usually advisors will restrict u. but u can take. the point is u can take the course of study that u want to do. if u r a grad student in mech u can go ahead and
take typography no one is going to stop u.

research and try ur best to constrain urself to the courses that u will benefit ur career which is the most important.
first semester i would encourage u folks to take one 500 and atleast 2-400 level courses. try to finish ur requirements asap.

once u decide on these courses then think of books. with regard to them u can mail the prof and ask him what book he is going to use. it will usually be a costly book and most will not be available in india. even if u get it, they r usually costly. instead pick books from which u learnt ur basics. for example i would say grab grewal for math(esp engg guys u need a math book.. and esp to madras univ folks if u can get singaravelu that will be gr8 for u) just becuase u r used to using those books.

probably the main diff here is the units. u would have all along talked in kmph u come here it is mph. that kinda is freaky but u will get used to.

u could also look at course websites and see what books they used the previous semesters. it will usually be the same this year too.
http://www.uic.edu/classes/

PS not all courses will be there. but u should find a few.

to summarise
1. see those 2 websites
2. get books that cover ur fundementals
3. if possible a good calculator helps
4. mail profs for the books, they r the best bet.