• Register for your classes and the bookstore will start preparing your course materials
• One month before classes start, you will receive an email instructing you to select your delivery preference (in-store pickup or shipped directly to you)
• An email notification will be sent when your order is ready for pickup or when it ships
• Your digital materials will be delivered for your course(s) within the LMS

All undergraduate, graduate and adult/professional studies students are elibile to participate. 

The program provides all required textbooks, eTextbooks, lab manuals and access codes to eligible students.

The program does not include consumable course supplies that cannot be returned and reused such as lab goggles, dissection kits, molecular model kits, engineering kits or nursing kits.

All eligible students will be automatically enrolled in the First Day® Complete program.

Students have the option to opt-out of the First Day® Complete program each semester during the opt-out window. The opt-out window is open 7/28/24 – 9/9/24. By opting out, students will not receive their required materials in a convenient package and access to digital content will be removed after the opt-out window closes. Options for purchasing course materials after opting out can be found on the bookstore website. To begin the opt-out process, please follow this link.

To change your opt-out status and opt into the First Day® Complete program, please visit the opt-out page or follow the instructions found in your opt-out confirmation email. Please note you must make your final selection by 9/9/24. 

Students will be responsible for purchasing their required course materials through the bookstore.

The deadline to return all rental textbooks is the last day of final exams for the semester. Undergraduate students will receive reminders ahead of the rental deadline to their email address.

Yes, the program provides you with the option to purchase any rental textbooks at a reduced rate during the semester.

Yes, you will still be required to return continuation course textbooks. You will be issued the same title for the next semester of the continuation course.

Students will receive email notifications from the bookstore reminding them to verify their order and choose their fulfillment preference. If the student does not opt-out, their materials will be held at the bookstore and their student account will be charged.

Yes, if the student does not opt-out, their materials will be held at the bookstore and their student account will be charged.

If course materials have been picked up or delivered for the dropped class, those materials should be returned to the bookstore within 48 hours. If you drop a class and enroll in a different class, the bookstore will “swap” the required course materials so that you have what you need.

Yes, you will have 48 hours to return your textbooks. If you do not return the textbooks, the charge for the bundle may remain on your student account and you will be subject to a replacement and non-return processing fee.

Yes, the program provides you with the option to purchase textbooks at a reduced rate during the return period. Note that this only applies to undergraduate students. Graduate students do not rent materials; they are purchased as a part of the graduate rate.

Yes, you will still be required to return continuation course textbooks. You will be issued the same title for the next semester of the continuation course.

The deadline to return all rental textbooks (undergraduate only) is the last day of final exams for the semester. Students will receive reminders ahead of the rental deadline to their email address. If rental textbooks are not returned to the bookstore by the due date, you will be assessed a replacement and non-return processing fee. The replacement fee is 75% of the new book price at the time of purchase and the non-return processing fee is 7.5% of the new book price at the time of purchase.

The deadline to return all rental textbooks is the last day of finals. Undergraduate students will receive email reminders about the rental deadline to their email address.