Dual Enrollment
Instructional Materials
Starting on the First Monday of August (FALL Term) and First Monday of January (SPRING Term) , Each student attending courses Online or on a USF campus will have an account set up with funds in the USF Bookstore to purchase their Dual Enrollment textbooks.
All Textbooks must be bought by the first week of classes. The deadline to purchase and get refunds is Friday during first week of class. If not purchased by this date, students may lose their Funding Credits through Follett.
DO NOT SIGN UP FOR FREE TRIALS FOR YOUR TEXTBOOKS IN CANVAS!
STUDENTS SHOULD BUY THEIR TEXTBOOKS ONCE THEY KNOW THEIR SCHEDULES AND THEIR FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE. DO NOT DELAY! Get your textbooks or downloads by Friday the first 1 week of class.
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BEFORE YOU PURCHASE YOUR TEXTBOOKS REVIEW THE INFORMATION BELOW:
- The required materials for every USF course are published on the webpage for each campus bookstore 45 days prior to the start of each term.
- Only purchase REQUIRED Instructional Textbooks through student bookstore funds. Dual enrollment students will get charged for recommended materials, only required should be selected.
- THE STATE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS WILL ONLY PAY FOR REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS.
- PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO PAY FOR ONLY THE "REQUIRED" COURSE TEXTBOOKS NEEDED BY DUAL ENROLLMENT STUDENTS.
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IMPORTANT:
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Lab coats, goggles, calculators or equipment are not covered by dual enrollment.
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Students pay for parking passes, ID cards, and other incidentals (notebooks, pens, pencils, calculators, etc.).
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- IF YOU DROP Your Course: If you drop your course before it starts, or during drop/add week you must return your purchased textbooks (14 day window from first day of class) to the Bookstore or you will be charged, please use this link:
- Reminder: ENC 1101, ENC 1102, ENC 2210, ENC 3246, ENC 3250 or any courses that require
USF Writes the instructional textbook are not eligible, unless public, private schools and homeschool/PEP make arrangement to pay for the
instructional textbook "USF WRITES" for the student. This instructional textbook is NOT offered through Follett and
is embedded in Canvas for the course ($40-50). Private and Public schools may opt
to pay for this but it must be arrange in advanced. The student cannot pay!
- NOTE: Public, Private, Charter, and Homeschool/PEP students are not allowed to pay for the USF Writes Instructional Materials and must have arrangements made to purchase the instructional materials to take these courses. If no arrangements are made for the student, the course is not eligible. Reminder: This applies to ENC 1101, ENC 1102, ENC 2210, ENC 3246, ENC 3250 or any courses that require USF Writes Instructional Materials. This instructional textbook is NOT offered through Follett and is embedded in Canvas for the course and arrangements must be made outside of any student payment.If no arrangements are made for the student, the course is not eligible for dual enrollment or Early Admission.
THERE ARE TWO PROCESSES BELOW, ONLINE AND USF CAMPUS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS ON A HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS. MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE CORRECT COURSE OF ACTION FOR YOUR COURSE AND SITUATION.
PROCESS FOR ANY USF COURSES ON A USF CAMPUS OR ONLINE.
(THIS PROCESS APPLIES to PUBLIC, PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND HOMESCHOOL/PEP STUDENTS)
- There are 2 ways to look up your materials, one uses your USF U number, and the other uses the course information. You will use the USF U Number option.
- First, Review your registered course schedule in My Self-Service Student Portal and locate the follwong information for each course. Write this information down! For each courses locate the campus, the program, the correct term, course prefix, course number, section and CRN. You will also need your email and U Number. Next,
- Input your University U Number in the section labeled “Want to Save Time?"
- Next, Input your University U Number in the section labeled "Get your textbooks"
- If you have more than one course, each course must be looked up with the infomration
you wrote down. For each course you will enter the campus, program, and term separately.
- Look up the required materials for each of your courses
- Unless noted by the professor, USF allows you to select any new or used book (digital or hard copy); however, public school districts may stipulate preferred options. Please check with your school counselor to see whether your school/district has instructions pertaining to the types of books you should purchase or rent.
- Professors sometimes list “suggested” or “recommended” materials; however school districts and the duyal enrollment scholarship funds only pay for "required" course materials, and students will be billed for the purchase of anything that is not listed as “required.” Parking, ID badges, goggles, lab coats, incidentals are not paid for by the scholarship fund.
- Look up the required materials for each of your courses
- Third, Once you have selected all required textbooks for all of your classes, you should continue to the Order Summary screen – anything not through Follett such as primal or 3rd party vendors is not covered (this is rare). Lab support materials such as coats and goggles are not covered. Students must purchase those.
- Fourth, At Order Summary, review your order and follow the prompts to checkout.
- You may request home delivery for your textbooks ordered online, but to do so you must pay the delivery charges when you place the order. Books can be picked up at a USF bookstore free-of-charge.
- When checking out, and to make your purchases, all online ordering process will always ask for the form of payment -you must select the form of payment as scholarship/student loan (this Financial Aid-PrePaid Account is associated with your Dual Enrollment account).
NOTE: You will have money assigned to your account to cover the costs of your books and materials. If after you re-enter your University ID during checkout, you find that you are still being prompted to pay, it means that you have exceeded the expected cost of your required texts. Please email both the Bookstore manager and dual enrollment at 2094mgr@follett.com and dualenrollment@usf.edu for prompt assistance in making sure additional funds will be added to your account.
REFUNDS:
If you drop from a course before classes begin or during drop/add week you must return your purchased textbooks. There is a14 day window from first day of class to return the textbooks to the Bookstore or you will be charged, please use this link:
IMPORTANT REMINDER: (Dont get Charged!): Lab coats, goggles, calculators or equipment are not covered by the Dual Enrollment Scholarship Funds. Students pay also for parking passes, ID cards, and other incidentals (notebooks, pens, pencils, calculators, etc.).
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Students who are admitted to take dual enrollment courses through USF will be provided required instructional materials free of charge (books) with the expense covered by the Florida Dual Enrollment Scholarship Plan.
- Students will use the financial aid prepaid accounts for purchase. For questions, please see contacts below.
FASTEST WAY TO GET HELP!:
If you need assistance with your Follett Bookstore Account email: 2094mgr@follett.com
If you need assistance with 'opting in' for textbooks you can email: 2094txt@follett.com
In the email provide:
Your Student Name
U Number
Course Prefix, Number, Section
CRN (coruse reference number)
Explain the Problem
PROCESS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS TAKING USF COURSES ON THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS
- Students taking dual enrollment courses on their high school campuses are provided by the school / School District with a copy of the textbook to use for the semester. Students return their texts at the end of term.
- By June 1, the school district will provide the USF Follett bookstore of the campus in its region with its textbook order for the next year. The bookstore places the order with the publisher. Unless otherwise arranged by the school / school district and a direct order is placed to the publisher.
- When the ordered textbooks are delivered, the bookstore delivers them to the district office or school. The books remain the property of the school district for reuse in dual enrollment courses. Unless otherwise arranged.
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ALL USF BOOKSTORES
Contact Information
USF Tampa Campus Bookstore
Manager: Scott Christopher
Website: USFBookstore.com OR usf.edu/bookstore
St. Petersburg Campus Bookstore
Manager: Bryan Bell
Website: USFBookstore.com OR usf.edu/bookstore
Sarasota-Manatee Campus Bookstore
Manager: Peter McClain
Website: USFBookstore.com OR usf.edu/bookstore
Main Bookstore Phone Number and Website
Bookstore
Phone: 813.974.2631
Website: