Textbook Information for WKU Graduate Programs 2025

March 21, 2025 | gradacaaf

Please refer to the listed textbook information below for 2025 graduate programs: Doctor of Educational Leadership (Ed.D.), Educational Administration (M.A.), Biotechnology Science (M.S.), Instruction and Curriculum (M.A.), Computer Information Systems (M.S.), Architecture (M.Arch.), Global Management (M.B.A.), Psychology (M.A.), and Accounting (M.S.). Students need to purchase the textbooks by themselves, such as to go to e-commerce websites (e.g. Amazon.com) for available textbook items.

Price of the listed textbooks may be comparatively high. Students can go for other cost-saving alternatives to support their textbook needs, such as purchasing e-textbooks, or looking for used copies, or renting textbooks from bookstores/online rental services.

Below is the list of textbooks for 2025 graduate programs (Fall Semester):

Course Textbooks ISBN
Doctor of Educational Leadership (Ed.D.)
No textbook required.
Educational Administration (M.A.)School Business Administrator Option
No textbook required.
Biotechnology Science (M.S.)
STME 5010 
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Biology of the Cell (7th Edition)
by Bruce Alberts, Alexander D. Johnson, etc.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
 
STME 5103
Scientific Writing and Presentation
The Scientist’s Guide to Writing: How to Write More Easily and Effectively Throughout Your Scientific Career.
2nd Edition (2022)
by Stephen B. Heard
13: 978-0691219202
How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper." 8th Edition.
by Gastel and Day
13: 978-1440842801
STME 5510
Biostatistics & Computational Analysis
The Analysis of Biological Data (3rd Edition)
by Michael C. Whitlock, Dolph Schluter. Publisher: W. H. Freeman
978-1319226237
STME 5625
Medicinal Chemistry
An Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry, Graham L. Patrick, 7th edition
Publisher‏:‎ Oxford University Press
978-0198866664
Instruction and Curriculum (M.A.) – TESOL Option
TESL 5420
Methods for Teaching English Language Learners in ESL/EFL Settings: Standards Based Approach
Exploring English Language Teaching, by Graham Hall. Publisher: Routledge 9781138722811
Teaching by Principles (4th ed.), by Brown, H. (2015).
Publisher: Pearson Education ESL
9780133925852
ENG 5105
General Linguistics
Language files: Materials for an introduction to language and linguistics (12th ed.), by the Department of Linguistics at The Ohio State University.
Publisher: Ohio State University
9780814252703
TESL 5404
Culture, Cognition & Communication for English Language Learners
Crossing Cultures in the Language ClassroomSecond Edition Second, by Andrea DeCapua and Ann C. Wintergerst. Pubisher: University of Michigan Press ELT 9780472036417
TESL 5930
Assessment of Language Performance in ESL/EFL Contexts
Language Assessment: Principles and Classroom Practices, by H. Douglas Brown and Priyanvada Abeywickrama
Publisher: Pearson Education ESL
9780138149314
Computer Information Systems (M.S.)
CPS 5981
Software Assurance
 Software Security: Building Security 2006, Publisher: Addision-Wesley Professional 978-0321356703
CPS 5931
Network Systems
Computer Networks, 6th Edition, by Douglas Comer. Publisher: Pearson 9780136764052
Computer Networking, 8th Edition, by James F. Kurose, Keith Ross. Publisher: Pearson 9780135928790
CPS 5440
Advanced Analysis Algorithms
Introduction To The Analysis
Of Algorithms (3rd Edition), by Michael Soltys-kulinicz. Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd.
978-9813235908
Architecture (M.Arch.)   *Textbook information for pre-requisite courses will be announced to students who are required to take pre-requisite courses.
No textbook required.
Global Management (M.B.A.)
GMBA 5680
MGT LEADERSHIP GLOBAL ENVIRON
Developing Human Potential: A Personal Approach to Leadership,
by Gina S. Matkin, Jason Headrick, Hannah M. Sunderman
OER Link: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/developinghuman-potential-a-personal-approach-to-leadership
 
Leadership: Research Findings, Practice, and Skills
Andrew J. DuBrin
Cengage Learning
2012/1/1
978-1133435228
Accounting (M.S.)
ACCT 5220
Financial Statement Analysis
Financial Statement Analysis and Security Valuation, 5th Edition by Stephen Penman ISBN-10: 0078025311 | ISBN-13: 9780078025310
ACCT 5161
China Tax
China Master Tax Guide 2021, 14th edition, one-year online subscription + Hardcopy, Wolters Kluwer. https://www.wolterskluwer.com.hk/e-store/chinamastertaxguide2021
CPA Tax Law, 2025 edition, China Financial & Economic Publishing House 9787522337470
ACCT 5990
Seminar in Professional Accounting Practice
Damodaran on Valuation: Security Analysis for Investment and Corporate Finance, 2nd edition, by Aswath Damodaran, Wiley Finance 10:  0198736479
Investment Banking: Valuation, LBOs, M&A, and IPOs (Book + Valuation Models), 3rd Edition, by Joshua Rosenbaum, Joshua Pearl. Wiley. 10: 1119867878
Taxes and Business Strategy, 6th edition, by Erickson, Hanlon, Maydew, Shevlin 9781618533210
International Tax Primer, 5th edition, by Brian J. Arnold, Kluwer Law International 9789403542669
ACCT 5140
Managerial and Cost Accounting
Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (17th Edition), by Datar & Rajan. Pearson. 978-1-292-36307-3
ACCT 5230
Auditing Information Systems
Auditing: A Risk Based-Approach (11th Edition), by Johnstone, Gramling, & Rittenberg. Cengage. 978-1-337-61945-5
Psychology (M.A.) Human Behavior and Organizational Psychology Option
PSY 4940
Seminar: Contemporary issues in psychology
Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Psychological Issues by Edwin Gantt
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
9781260494174
PSY 5320
Learning Theory and Applications
Theories of Human Learning 7th Edition by Guy R. Lefrançois
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
 978-1108735995
PSY 3200
Psychology Statistics
Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences,10th Edition by Frederick J Gravetter, Larry B. Wallnau, Lori-Ann B. Forzano, James E. Witnauer
Publisher: Cengage
9780357365298