Texts Used in Prior Courses

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The AIM Program has used the texts listed below in the past and plans to use them again in upcoming courses. If you are interested in purchasing a used text or selling one of your books, post a message in the AIM News conference in FirstClass.

Some texts are used in more than one class, e.g., Research Methods and Writing for Research texts are used again in the Capstone course. Therefore, you should plan on keeping certain textbooks until you finish the program.

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Business Continuity Planning

• Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery for IT Professionals by Susan Snedaker. Syngress Publishing, 2007. ISBN: 1597491721 or 978-1597491723. (Required)

Capstone

• Research Design: Qualitative & Quantitative Approaches, 3rd Edition by J.W. Creswell. Sage Publications, 2008. ISBN: 1412965578 or 978-1412965576. (Required)
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition. American Psychological Association, 2009. ISBN: 1433805626 or 978-1433805622. (Required)
• The Clockwork Muse: A Practical Guide to Writing Theses, Dissertations and Books by E. Zerubavel. Harvard University Press, 1999. ISBN: 0674135865 or 978-0674135864. (Optional)

Information Design and Communication

• The Information Design Handbook by Jenn and Ken Visocky O'Grady. HOW Books, 2008. ISBN 160061048X or 978-1600610486. (Required)

Research Methods

• Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, 3rd Edition by John W. Creswell. Sage Publishing Co., 2009. ISBN: 1412965578 or 978-1412965576. (Required)
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition. American Psychological Association, 2009. ISBN: 1433805626 or 978-1433805622. (Required)

Sustainability in Business

• The Business Guide to Sustainability, 2nd Edition by Darcy Hitchcock and Marsha Willard. Earthscan, 2009. ISBN: 1844077667 or 978-1844077663. (Required)

Writing for Research

• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition American Psychological Association, 2009. ISBN: 1433805626 or 978-1433805622. (Required)
• Virtual Team Success: A Practical Guide to Working and Leading from a Distance by Darleen DeRosa and Richard Lepsinger. Jossey Bass: 2010. ISBN: 0470532963 or 978-0470532966. (Required)