Is it normal for professors to create their own course books?

Question

My current college professor is using a course book that he and another person co-authored together. Is this normal in college? Do most professors create their own course books?

Answer 1

yeahhhhh they make a ton of money since all the kids have to buy it, and they don't have to teach on someone else's terms, pretty genius idea.

Answer 2

Let me correct you on one point first. I think my walk as a Christian is in direct response from a woman. My Wife. I knew The lord Jesus Christ was my savior but without her my faith would be as hollow as a dead tree stump. It was a hopeless cause until she redirected me back to GOD. I find my wife has been my best friend and that i can talk to her when oyther people tend to have me confine my words of GOD and Jesus Christ. I know that I should bond more with men but i find often when talking to other men the topic tends to sway away from the lord and into sports and work or something other than the praise at hand or discussion on the bible. Yes, I find that men are less likely to be Spiritual companions but i can't help wonder if that is not the same case with women as well. Is todays church more of a social setting to get together for gossip, and setting agendas for the rest of the week and less about worship anymore.

Answer 3

It's normal, but not common. Writing a book is a lot of work and getting it published is not easy. But in a big university there are usually a couple of people in each department who have co-authored a textbook.

Answer 4

ive seen it a few times in my college career so seems pretty common. my professor in my environmental thought class wrote the book for the class and two of my chemistry professors have written the lab manuals for lab.

Answer 5

I had a prof who made her own text book by photocopying newspaper articles. Thats It! Then she charged us $150 for it.