Comment by dml2135

Have you seen what books cost? Not textbooks, like those from Pearson or something, but regular books.

This guy is a philosophy professor, so if he is assigning a book every 1-2 weeks, in a 14-week semester, let’s say that’s like 8 books.

Buying 8 books for under $100 is cheap. It does sound like he takes care to craft an affordable syllabus.

Of course, if you are taking 5 classes a semester it’s gonna add up, but this is really not on the egregious end of things.