The Graduate School, USDA partners with Specialty Books, Inc. to provide participants with access to textbooks and other materials for some of our courses. All official booklist information is available by clicking on the buttons below.
Most evening and weekend courses require textbooks, and any material listed as required is integral to your performance in a class. Classes listing optional materials often incorporate them in different ways, so students many want to consult their class syllabus prior to purchasing any materials listed as optional. The School recommends that students purchase their textbooks in a timely manner, but only after a course is confirmed to run. You may purchase your textbooks using one of these methods:
Payment must accompany your order. Specialty Books, Inc. accepts personal checks, money orders, major credit cards (American Express, Visa, MasterCard and Discover), wire transfers and debit cards. Participants using an agency purchase order to pay for their books must call (202) 314-3341 for further information on how they will receive their textbooks. BOOK BUYBACKS Specialty Books, Inc. also offers evening and weekend participants a buyback program at the end of each term. To sell back your textbook, call the Specialty Books Buyback line at (800) 466-1365, Option 3, or send an e-mail to buyback@specialty-books.com. You can also visit their buyback Web site at www.specialty-books.com/buyback. No matter which contact method you select, you'll need to provide the ISBN number found on the back of the book and the book's author and title. Inform Specialty that you are a student at the Graduate School, USDA and provide your course code (e.g., ECON1311E). Specialty Books will let you know how much you will receive for the book and provide you with a return authorization number and form. Specialty Books typically pays up to 40% of the current new book price for books still in use at the Graduate School, USDA. For all other books, the buyback value will be determined by national wholesalers and will depend on several factors, the most significant being the national demand for a particular title. Contact Specialty Books for further details. Bookstore Frequently Asked Questions Evening and Weekend Courses Information Evening and Weekend Calendar Evening and Weekend Course List by Term Self Paced Training Information Self Paced Training Course List |