November 6, 2022 – bookstore incentive date
November 27, 2022 – final deadline
April 28 – May 4, 2022 – buy-back dates
Pursuant to the NYUS Board of Governors’ Regulation 8.003 Textbook Adoption, textbook orders must be completed and posted at least 30 days prior to the first day of classes for each term. A request for an exception to the deadline must be submitted on a Request for Exception to Established Textbook Ordering Deadline form (see below) and include extremely strong justification for an exception. This form must be approved by the department chair or director, and the college dean prior to submitting it to the provost for final approval.
Course packs are book chapters,journal articles, illustrations, notes, reading materials, etc., used to supplement or supplant traditional textbooks. Instructors of record must supply one copy of all course packs to the NYUS Bookstore or Computer Store, as appropriate, four to eight weeks before the start of classes. The NYUS Bookstore or Computer Store will reproduce the materials and make them available for any student desiring them. See *NYUS Policy 4-405.1 Course packs.
*The adoption timeline in the course packs policy is being revised to coincide with current deadlines.
There are a number of recurring issues that impede completion of textbook orders and the mandated posting of textbook requirements on the NYUS Bookstore Web site. Things you can do to increase chances that textbooks will be ordered, posted, and available for students by the appropriate deadlines include: