Do professors instruct you to bring textbooks with you to class? (require, students)

[FreshFresh]

I havent been in college in a while, so I forgot the routine. I'm only taking 2 classes and I paid around 500 for the textbooks.

But I hope I'm not instructed to bring these books with me; they're so heavy.

[Pitt Chick]

Some do; some don't.

[Adi from the Brunswicks]

2 textbooks are heavy, come on dude.

But usually, I just take my notebook unless an announcement is posted online demanding me to bring my textbook.

[Eresh]

I've never had my students bring their books unless it was a lab and they needed the lab manual.

[NJBest]

I do not have my students bring textbooks to class. I expect them to read them on their own.

eBooks don't weigh much...

[BostonAccountant]

Most professors do not care if you do or not, and if they have a preference it is stated the first class or in the syllabus.

I personally think that it makes you look like a more involved student and can be helpful refreshing your memory about material during class discussions.

[BostonMike7]

Depends on the class really.

With most of my engineering courses, you needed to have the textbooks with you. A lot of them contained reference material you needed to review

[K-Luv]

I have had many professors claim that textbooks were required and necessary to bring to each class...the only courses I took that actually utilized the textbooks in class were calc I & II and a 300-level math course on proofs and conjectures. All other courses were taught from the board or Power Point.

[LBTRS]

I was never told to bring them to class but I brought them anyway as I would often refer to them if something wasn't clear that the professor was discussing. I've had several classes where the textbooks were not used and I could have made it the whole semester without having the textbooks.

[marie5v]

My textbook is heavy, but I need students to have it in class, and I tell them so from the beginning (and often). I do not expect anyone to have it on day one.