Master Textbook List

Information on textbooks for all Undergraduate Mathematics courses at the New Brunswick and Piscataway campuses of Rutgers for the current semester is collected here. Individual course pages may have additional information.

Detailed information about availability of textbooks can be found at The Rutgers Bookstore. The title, author, or ISBN number can also be used to find information from on-line bookstores such as Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

ISBN numbers issued before 2007 have 10 digits; those issued since 2007 have 13 digits. Some books published before 2007 can be identified by ISBN numbers in either format.

Check the syllabus for your particular sections before purchasing a text.

FALL 2025 TEXT BOOK LIST
CRS	TITLE	AUTHOR	PUBLISHER	ISBN	ED	YR
001	Basic College Mathematics	Tobey and Slater	Pearson	978-0135840658	9th	2021

025	Elementary Algebra	Tussy and Gustafson	Cengage	978-1111567668	5th	2012
	E-text: WebAssign for Elementary Algebra	Tussy and Gustafson	Cengage	978-1337773188	5th	2012
	Students are automatically enrolled in the First Day Program, which bills the cost for WebAssign, the software used for homework (includes copy of e-text) to the term bill and gives immediate access to the homework and the textbook. Students may opt out of this program, i.e., those who have previously paid for WebAssign.

026	Intermediate Algebra	Tussy and Gustafson	Cengage	978-1111567675	5th	2012
	E-text: WebAssign for Intermediate Algebra	Tussy and Gustafson	Cengage	978-1337773263	5th	2012
	Students are automatically enrolled in the First Day Program, which bills the cost for WebAssign, the software used for homework (includes copy of e-text) to the term bill and gives immediate access to the homework and the textbook. Students may opt out of this program, i.e., those who have previously paid for WebAssign.

103	NO TEXTBOOK

104	NO TEXTBOOK

106	The Mathematics of Money	Timothy Biehler	Kendall Hunt	978-1506695914	3rd	2013
	Note: An online version of the textbook can also be purchased from: https://he.kendallhunt.com/product/mathematics-money

107	Mathematics for Elementary Teachers with Activities	Sybilla Beckmann	Pearson	978-0134392790	5E	2017

111	Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus	Stewart	Cengage	978-0357758823	8th-custom	2024
	access code
	Students are automatically enrolled in the First Day Program, which bills the cost for WebAssign, the software used for homework (includes copy of e-text) to the term bill and gives immediate access to the homework and the e-textbook. Students may opt out of this program, i.e., those who have previously paid for WebAssign.

112	Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus	Stewart	Cengage	978-0357758823	8th-custom	2024
	access code

115	Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus	Stewart	Cengage	978-0357758823	8th-custom	2024
	access code
	Students are automatically enrolled in the First Day Program, which bills the cost for WebAssign, the software used for homework (includes copy of e-text) to the term bill and gives immediate access to the homework and the e-textbook. Students may ope out of this program, i.e., those who have previously paid for WebAssign.

123	NO TEXTBOOK (subscription bought directly from Knewton, see course syllabus)

125	NO TEXTBOOK (Students need to bring their laptops to class)

130	Calculus for Business, Economics, Life Sciences and Social Sciences	Barnett, Ziegler, Byleen and Stocker	Pearson	978-0134668574	14th	2018
	Students are automatically enrolled in the First Day Program, which bills the cost for MyMathLab, the software used for homework (includes copy of e-text) to the term bill and gives immediate access to the homework and the e-textbook. Students may opt out of this program.
135	Calculus, Single Variable: Early Transcendentals	Briggs/Cochran/Gillett	Pearson	978-0134766850	3rd	2018
	Students are automatically enrolled in the First Day Program, which bills the cost of the MyLab Math license (includes copy of e-text) to the term bill and gives immediate access to the textbook. Students may opt out of this program. Students may also purchase, through their MyLab course, a physical copy of the text.

151	Thomas' Calculus: Early Transcendentals	Hass, Heil & Weir	Pearson		15th	2023
	MyMathLab access code (with e-text) only			978-0137559756
	OR MyMathLab access with Physical textbook			978-0137560103

152	Thomas' Calculus: Early Transcendentals	Hass, Heil & Weir	Pearson		15th	2023
	MyMathLab access code (with e-text) only			978-0137559756
	OR MyMathLab access with Physical textbook			978-0137560103

157	NO TEXTBOOK

158	NO TEXTBOOK

196	NO TEXTBOOK

244	Differential Equations - An Intro. for Engineers	Matt Charnley
	The PDF version can be found here:
	https://sites.rutgers.edu/matthew-charnley/course-materials/differential-equations-an-introduction-for-engineers

250	Linear Algebra and Its Application	Lay/McDonald	Prentice Hall	978-0135851159	6th	2021

251	Thomas' Calculus: Early Transcendentals	Hass, Heil & Weir	Pearson		15th	2023
	MyMathLab access code (with e-text) only			978-0137559756
	OR MyMathLab access with Physical textbook			978-0137560103

252	Differential Equations with DE Tools Printed Access Card	Blanchard	Cengage	978-1133109037	4th	2012
	Differential Equations (text only)			978-0495561989	4th	2012
	BOTH versions acceptable
SSM	Differential Equations			978-0495826729

285	NO TEXTBOOK REQUIRED
	Please reach out to the professor for more details

291H	NO TEXTBOOK

300	A Transition to Advanced Mathematics	Smith/Eggen/St. Andre	Cengage	978-1285463261	8th	2015
	also available online: https://www.vitalsource.com/
	The book is suggested but not required

300H	A Transition to Advanced Mathematics	Smith/Eggen/St. Andre	Cengage	978-1285463261	8th	2015
	also available online: https://www.vitalsource.com/
	The book is suggested but not required

311	Introduction to Analysis	Gaughan	AMS	978-0821847879	5th	2009
	OR
	Understanding Analysis	Stephen Abbott	Springer	978-1493927111	2nd	2015
	Electronic Version available Rutgers University Library
NOTE	Check the syllabus for your particular section before purchasing a text

311H	Understanding Analysis	Stephen Abbott	Springer	978-1493927111	2nd	2015
	Electronic Version available Rutgers University Library

321	Data Driven Science and Engineering	Brunton/Kutz	Cambridge	978-1009098489	2nd	2022

325	Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics	J. S. Bell	Cambridge	978-0521523387	2nd	2004
	Making Sense of Quantum Mechanics (optional)	Jean Bricmont	Springer	978-3319258874	1st	2016

336	NO TEXTBOOK (online notes)

350	Linear Algebra	Friedberg/Insel/Spence	Prentice Hall	978-0134860244	5th	2019
350	Linear Algebra e-text			978-01357517424		2021
	https://www.pearson.com/store/en-us/pearsonplus/p/9780137515424.html

350H	Linear Algebra	Friedberg/Insel/Spence	Prentice Hall	978-0134860244	5th	2019
	Linear Algebra e-text			978-01357517424		2021
	https://www.pearson.com/store/en-us/pearsonplus/p/9780137515424.htmp

351	Abstract Algebra: An Introduction	Hungerford	Cengage	978-1111569624	3rd	2011

354	Mathematics of Optimization: How to do things faster	Steven J. Miller	AMS	978-1470441142		2017

356	Elementary Number Theory & Its Application	Rosen	Prentice Hall	978-0135696897	7th	2023

361	Elements of Set Theory	Enderton	Academic Press	978-0122384400	1st	1977

373	Numerical Analysis	Burden & Faires	Cengage	978-1305253667	10th	2015

411H	Principles of Mathematical Analysis	Rudin	McGraw Hill	978-0070542358	3rd	2007

421	Advanced Engineering Mathematics	Zill & Wright	Jones & Bartlett	978-1284206241	7th	2021

423	Applied Partial Differential Equations	J. David Logan	Springer	978-3319124926	3rd	2015

428	A First Course in Graph Theory	Zhang/Chartbrand	Dover	978-0486483689		2012

437	A History of Mathematics	Katz	Pearson	978-0134689524	3rd	2017

441	Topology	Munkres	Prentice Hall	978-0134689517	2nd	2017

451H	Algebra	Artin	Prentice Hall	978-0134689609	2nd-classic	2017

454	Introductory Combinatorics	Richard Brualdi	Prentice Hall	978-0134689616	Classic	2019

477	A First Course in Probability	Ross	Prentice Hall	978-0134753119	10th	2019
	OR
	Intro. to Probability	Anderson, Seppalainen and Valko	Cambridge	978-1108415859	1st	2017
NOTE:	Check the syllabus for your particular section before purchasing a text

478	Intro. To Probability Models	Ross	Academic Press	978-0128143469	12th	2019

481	Mathematical Statistics w/ applications	Freund	Prentice Hall	978-0321807090	8th	2012

485	Stochastic Finance	Turner & Zeindler	Cambridge	978-1009048941	1st	2023

486	Actuarial Mathematics for Life Contingent Risks	Dickson, Hardy & Waters	Cambridge	978-1108478083	3rd	2020

491	NO TEXTBOOK

495:01	NO TEXTBOOK
495:02	NO TEXTBOOK
495:03	Mathematics for Machine Learning	Deisenroth, Faisal	Cambridge	978-1108455145	1st	2020

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