Textbook Information for WKU Graduate Programs 2021
Please refer to the listed textbook information below for 2021 graduate programs: Doctor of Educational Leadership (Ed.D.), Biotechnology Science (M.S.), Instruction and Curriculum (M.A.), Computer Information Systems (M.S.), Architecture (M.Arch.), and Global Management (M.B.A.). Students need to purchase the textbooks by themselves, such as to go to e-commerce websites (e.g. Amazon.com) for available textbook items. The e-commerce websites may require bank cards with foreign currency payment functions when purchasing textbooks. Students who do not have such bank cards may need to apply for one from banks before purchasing.
Price of the listed textbooks may be comparatively high. Students can go for other cost-saving alternatives to support their textbook needs, such as purchasing e-textbooks, or looking for used copies, or renting textbooks from bookstores / online rental services.
Below is the list of textbooks for 2021 graduate programs (Fall Semester):
| Course | Textbook | ISBN |
| Doctor of Educational Leadership (Ed.D.) | ||
| EDD 6005
Organizational Theory and Change |
Owens, R. G. & Valesky, T. C. (2014). Organizational behavior in education: Adaptive leadership and school reform (11th ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon/Pearson. | 978-0133489033 |
| Fullan, M. (2015). The new meaning of educational change (5th ed.). New York: Teachers College Press. | 978-0807756805 | |
| EDD 6302
Educational Research |
Gay, L. R., Mills, G. E., & Airasian, P. W. (2012). Educational research: Competencies for analysis and applications (10th ed.). Boston: Pearson. | 978-1292106175 |
| EL 5606
School Supervision and Organizational Theory |
No textbook required | |
| EL 5607
Supervision and Evaluation of Instruction |
No textbook required | |
| Biotechnology Science (M.S.) | ||
| STME 5010
Molecular Cell Biology |
Molecular Biology of the Cell (6th Edition) by Bruce Alberts (Author), Alexander D. Johnson (Author), etc. Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company |
978-0815344322 |
| STME 5103
Scientific Writing and Presentation |
No textbook required | |
| STME 5510
Biostatistics & Computational Analysis |
The Analysis of Biological Data (3rd Edition) by Michael C. Whitlock (Author), Dolph Schluter (Author) Publisher: W. H. Freeman |
978-1319226237 |
| Instruction and Curriculum (M.A.) – TESOL Option | ||
| ENG 5122
World Englishes |
Global Englishes: A Resource Book for Students, by Jennifer Jenkins. Publisher: Routledge. | 978-0415638449 |
| ENG 5105
General Linguistics |
Dawson, H. C. and Phelan, M. (Eds). (2016). Language files: Materials for an introduction to language and linguistics (12th ed.). Ohio State U. | 978-0814252703 |
| TESL 5420
Methods for Teaching English Language Learners in ESL/EFL Settings: Standards based Approach |
Exploring English Language Teaching, by Graham Hall. Publisher: Routledge. | 978-1138722781 |
| Computer Information Systems (M.S.) | ||
| CPS 5301
Advanced Software Engineering |
Software Engineering, by Ian Sommerville. Publisher: Pearson. | 978-1292096131 |
| CPS 5440
Advanced Analysis of Algorithms |
Introduction to Algorithms (3rd Edition), by Thomas H. Cormen. Publisher: MIT Press. | 978-0262033848 |
| Introduction to the Analysis of Algorithms (3rd Edition), by Michael Soltys-kulinicz. Publisher: World Scientific. | 978-9813235908 | |
| CPS 5802
Machine Learning Innovation |
Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow: Concepts, Tools, and Techniques to Build Intelligent Systems, by Aurélien Géron. Publisher: O’Reilly Media. | 978-1492032649 |
| Architecture (M.Arch.) *Textbook information for pre-requisite courses will be announced to students who are required to take pre-requisite courses. | ||
| ARCH 5109
Studio 9: Complex program II |
No textbook required | |
| ARCH 5501
Professional Practice 1 |
No textbook required | |
| ARCH 5404
Building System 2 |
No textbook required | |
| ARCH 5601
Professional Elective I |
No textbook required | |
| Global Management (M.B.A.) | ||
| ACCT 5010
Accounting For Managers |
Accounting: What the Numbers Mean, 12th Edition, by Marshall, McManus, and Viele. Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education | ISBN13: 978-1260565492 |
| FIN 5300
Business Finance |
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 12th Edition, by Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W. Westerfield, and Bradford D. Jordan. Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin | ISBN: 1260091902 | ISBN13: 978-1260091908 |
For inquiries, please contact us by programs:
| Graduate Programs | Telephone No. | |
| Doctor of Educational Leadership (Ed.D.) | +86-0577-55870076 | edd@wku.edu.cn |
| Biotechnology Science (M.S.) | +86-0577-55870466 | biotech@wku.edu.cn |
| Instruction and Curriculum (M.A.) | +86-0577-55870063 | instcurr@wku.edu.cn |
| Architecture (M.Arch.) | +86-0577-55870060 | m.arch@wku.edu.cn |
| Computer Information Systems (M.S.) | +86-0577-55870721 | cis@wku.edu.cn |
| Global Management (M.B.A.) | +86-0577-55870723 | mba@wku.edu.cn |
