Required and Recommended Reading for iCarnegie Courses

The following books are required (or are recommended or alternate books, as indicated) for iCarnegie SSD courses.

In the list below, "Spring" semester starts in the first week of January, "Summer" semester starts in the middle of May, and "Fall" semester starts in the beginning of September.

SSD1: Introduction to Information Systems
Textbook for Fall 2008: (English)
		Introduction to Programming Using Java: An Object-Oriented Approach 2nd Edition David Arnow, Scott Dexter, Gerald Weiss ISBN: 0-321-20006-3 Addison-Wesley Order online
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SSD2: Introduction to Computer Systems
Textbook for Fall 2008: (English)
	New Perspectives on Computer Concepts, 9th Edition, Comprehensive June Jamrich Parsons and Dan Oja ISBN: 1-418-83944-2 Course Technologies Order online Note: The 8th edition, ISBN 0-619-26765-8, or 7th edition, ISBN 0-619-24361-9, of the book can be used instead of the 9th edition.
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SSD3: Object-Oriented Programming and Design
Required Textbook for Fall 2008: (English)
	Beginning Java Objects: From Concepts To Code, Second Edition Jacquie Barker ISBN: 1-59059-457-6 Apress Order online
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SSD4: User-Centered Design and Testing
Textbook for Fall 2008: (English)
	Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET, Second Edition Diane Zak ISBN: 0-619-21718-9 Course Technologies Order online
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SSD5: Data Structures and Algorithms
Textbooks for Fall 2008: (English)
	Data Structures and Problem Solving Using C++ (2nd Edition) Mark Allen Weiss ISBN: 0-201-61250-X Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1999 Order online
	C++: The Complete Reference; 4th Edition Note: This book is a required course textbook. Herbert Schildt ISBN: 0-07-222680-3 McGraw-Hill, 2002 Order online
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SSD6: System-Level Programming
Fall 2008: No required textbook for SSD6.
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SSD7: Database Systems
Textbook for Fall 2008: (English)
		Database Systems: A practical approach to Design, Implementation, and Management; 4th Edition Thomas M. Connolly, et al ISBN: 0-321-21025-5 Addison-Wesley, 2004 Order online Note: The 3rd edition (ISBN: 0-201-70857-4) or 2nd edition (ISBN: 0-201-34287-1) of the book can be used instead of the new 4th edition. Copies of old editions may be available through sources that sell used books.
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SSD8: Networks and Distributed Computing
Textbooks for Fall 2008: (English)
	Network Programming and Distributed Computing David Reilly and Michael Reilly ISBN: 0-201-71037-4 Addison Wesley, 2002 Order online
	Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet; 3rd edition James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross ISBN: 0-321-22735-2 Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., 2004 Order online Note: The second edition of this book (ISBN: 0-201-97699-4) can be used instead of the 3rd edition. Copies of the 2nd edition may be available through sources that sell used books.
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SSD9: Software Specification, Testing and Maintenance
Textbook for Fall 2008: (English)
	Object-Oriented and Classical Software Engineering; 7th Edition Stephen R. Schach ISBN: 0-07-319126-4 McGraw-Hill, 2006 Order online Note: The previous (6th) edition of this book (ISBN: 0-07-286551-2) can be used instead of the new 7th Edition. Copies of this edition may be available through sources that sell used books.
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SSD10: Software Project Organization and Management
Textbook for Fall 2008: (English)
	Software Project Management : A Unified Framework Walker Royce ISBN: 0-201-30958-0 Addison-Wesley Pub Co, 1998 Order online
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