TESU course info & syllabus

[Merlin]

So I'm about two weeks out from the start of my capstone so I figured I'd go ahead and get the textbook rental stuff out of the way. I was planning to use Amazon, but apparently, they only rent textbooks based on semesters. So if I rent it from them today, its due in mid-December. Considering my course runs until the end of January, that isn't going to work. The other option is to rent for two semesters, which would give me to March, but that's overkill and twice the price. Even if I wait until the beginning of November, there doesn't seem to be a "90 days from today" option. I'd end up paying the full rental fee and end up with the book for 45 days since its still due mid-December.

Looks like I'll have to rent it elsewhere. Luckily there are plenty of other options, but no free two-day shipping. Too bad Campus Book Rentals doesn't offer free shipping anymore. Not sure when that ended but it doesn't show on their site now and the checkout asks for shipping fees based on speed.

That's strange that they only do semesters, and not quarters.  Some of the books have a 15-day extension, but that only gets you to early January.  Do you need the book for the entire time?  Like, with the business capstone, I think there was a point at which I was done with the book, and was just doing the final paper.

As far as I know, TESU's business capstone course (BUS-421 Strategic Management) is the same for every AOS, so I would imagine you would know better than I, given you've taken the course already. I've been assuming I'll need the book for the entire course, which would be until like January 24th or something like that.

I didn't see a 15-day extension on Amazon, but even if they did, that would still get me to the end of December or first few days in January. I checked Barnes & Noble's textbook rental service and it seems almost identical to Amazon's, except more expensive and no free 2-day shipping. Both are tied to fixed semesters. Which is odd since I'm sure they must realize that quarter systems don't align the same, and other schools have their own systems. Maybe they just assume anyone who needs it longer will just pay for two semesters?

I'm probably going to just rent mine via Campus Books. It'll be a bit more expensive than a semester at Amazon, but since I can't really do that, this is the next best option. Plus I can set my own return date. I was planning to keep it through the last day of the course, but if it turns out I only need the book for part of that time, I could reign that in and save myself a few bucks.