(Part 2) Top products from r/UMD

First off, from a fellow transfer student, Welcome to UMD!

You'll be fine with your preparation so far. A lot of people go into 131 with little or no programming experience and do fine, and you'll already have a leg up on them.
I would download eclipse at http://www.eclipse.org and start looking through the textbook from the beginning.
Here is the class web pages list for the CS department: https://www.cs.umd.edu/class/
You can find course webpages for nearly every course offered there. Many have lecture slides and projects that you can look through and work on. Many will possibly be reused for your class. Some (NOT all) are password protected, just skip them.

The best thing about Java (IMHO) is the publicly available documentation. C has next to none, Ruby's is always missing stuff or has incorrect info. The java documentation is really well-done though.
If you haven't used Java before, the javadoc for Java SE 7 can be found here: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/
Get used to navigating it. The different "packages" are easy to navigate in the top left frame. In my 131 class I think the only ones we used were in java.lang and java.util.

For any math reqs you still need, I'd advise learning all the material beforehand, the math dept. is notorious for having some TAs that are cruel graders.

A note on books...I've taken 131/132/216/250/330/351, and not once has the "required" book actually been needed in the class. The 132 book I used http://www.amazon.com/Data-Structures-Abstraction-Design-Using/dp/0470128704/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374108009&sr=1-4&keywords=data+structures was a useful reference to have for Java, but It mostly covers data structures which aren't used as much in 131. 216's Pointers on C was fairly useful as well.
The Association for Women in Computing group on campus does book sales, w/ textbooks for $5-$10 each. Never anything assigned for a class, but it's a good place to get a cheap book for a language/topic you're interested in or as a supplement.

If you're interested in Artificial Intelligence and have room on your schedule, I highly recommend taking CMSC289I w/ Dr. Reggia. There's no programming experience required and it's an excellent overview of AI concepts.

Well, that's all I've got.

Since you're starting a Java programming course in two weeks, I'd recommend this one.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071809252/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It's one of the books I own. Admittedly this is not the book I would normally give to a complete novice in programming, but I think it's the best for the situation. It's a pretty fat book and full of knowledge, but it assumes the reader has some sort of technical background. It doesn't do much to help you visualize it in other ways. However it gets straight to the point, is fairly clear, and is ordered well. If you can understand the material in the first 3 chapters before the start of your class I think you will be very well off.

Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (CPR) gets taught very rarely in this department. The department recognizes the need to have a course on Kant's CPR (or, alternatively, on Kant's shorter version of the CPR, his "Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics"), but the Maryland philosophy department (a) doesn't have many faculty who work on the history of philosophy, and (b) those faculty who do work in the history of philosophy either do work on ancient philosophy (Rachel Singpurwalla, Quinn Harr, Kelsey Gipe) or on Spinoza and other historical Jewish philosophers (Charles Manekin).

Sam Kerstein of course does work on historical Kant, but Sam's focus and interests in Kant is fairly exclusively directed towards Kant's moral philosophy. This is why Sam teaches a 400-level class on Kant's Groundwork every other year or so.

The upshot is that I am the first person to teach a course on Kant's CPR at this department in many years (6+). I'll probably teach the course again either next school year or, if not next year, then the following year. Unfortunately, that sounds like it might be too late for you (from what you've said, it sounds like you graduate this year).

Fortunately, I would argue that it is better for you to have taken a class on Kant's Groundwork before you graduate than Kant's CPR. Kant's ethics is more important to contemporary philosophy than his epistemology and metaphysics. That being said, I do hope you decide to give the CPR a read on your own time someday or at least read a secondary source on Kant that covers the important content from the CPR in detail.

If you decide to read Kant's CPR on your own, let me recommend some resources. First, I'd suggest you watch the following two videos about Hume and the following three videos on Kant as background (although, unfortunately there isn't a video connecting Kant to Hume through how Kant's CPR is in large part a response to Hume's skepticism):

• Hume's Skepticism 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QpUrSn3cWU
  
• Hume's Skepticism 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPlNsyXl-0c
  
• Kant's CPR 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZtQXteAE-w
  
• Kant's CPR 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQnG0fyEr_w
  
• Kant's CPR 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQnG0fyEr_w
  
  You might want to also read one general secondary source on Kant's whole philosophical system before the CPR. Here are a few suggestions to pick one from - all accessible to a upper-level undergraduate student or graduate student. I am not sure which one would be best to recommend:
  
  
• Paul Guyer's Kant https://www.amazon.com/Kant-Routledge-Philosophers-Paul-Guyer/dp/0415843456/ref=sr_1_22?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1504276067&sr=1-22&keywords=kant
  
• Roger Scruton's Kant: A Very Short Introduction https://www.amazon.com/Kant-Short-Introduction-Roger-Scruton/dp/0192801996/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1504276050&sr=1-4&keywords=kant
  
• Allen Wood's Kant https://www.amazon.com/Kant-Allen-W-Wood/dp/0631232826/ref=sr_1_27?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1504276277&sr=1-27&keywords=kant
  
  There are also several specific secondary sources aimed at upper-level undergraduates and graduate students that specifically cover Kant's CPR. One of these might be useful to have besides you as you read the CPR for those times you get lost:
  
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Routledge-Philosophy-GuideBook-Critique-GuideBooks/dp/041511909X/ref=sr_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1504276632&sr=1-12&keywords=kant+critique+of+pure+reason
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Kants-Critique-Pure-Reason-Introductions/dp/0521618258/ref=pd_sim_14_34?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=DTHDDSHZVAW06VE9RC48
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Accessing-Kant-Relaxed-Introduction-Critique/dp/0199275823/ref=pd_sim_14_11?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=AZ7XQ4TK2FHQPD91321D

your tripping out, just buy the 2nd edition from amazon for like 15$ and save some money and you'll be fine, chemistry hasn't changed a whole lot in the past decade.

https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Chemistry-Molecular-Approach-2nd/dp/032175090X/ref=mt_hardcover?_encoding=UTF8&me=

I tested into JAPN201 when I came to UMD.

Um, they don't really do JLPT levels at UMD. As far as I can tell, what they covered in JAPN101/102 was Hiragana, Katakana, and some basic conversations. It was a long time ago. But I don't think they cover that much in JAPN101 and JAPN102. Oh JAPN201/202.

Hmm, okay. If you go here, and click on JPN 09, JSL. It's Part 2 (Lesson 13-24) if memory serves correct. This book basically.

But having gone through the program, I think UMD has a really really good Japanese program. Just be aware while JSL has really good content it's written all in weird romanization (like Fuji is Huzi).

Like Airth said there's no required book across all sections but some professors may recommend one book or another.

Professor Reinhardt recommended this text for 131 and 132 (I'm assuming that's what you're going into right now): http://www.amazon.com/Java-Foundations-Edition-John-Lewis/dp/0133370461

Googling can find you a pdf I think.

When I took the class 3 years ago we used Boyce and DiPrima's Elementary Differential Equations. I thought it was a great book since I ended up skipping most of the lectures and teaching the material to myself.

And white. The white is pretty important.

OP: $12 for paint, $5 for brushes.

That's not the standard 310 textbook. This is. Also, in 310 you go over the first 3 chapters of the 410 book. I'm not disagreeing with your comment otherwise though.

http://www.amazon.com/Chemistry-Structure-Properties-Nivaldo-Tro/dp/0321834682

Practically Speaking https://www.amazon.com/dp/0190457325/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_5FczDbN4G534W

Learned anchoring from climbing buddies, /r/climbing, John Long's Climbing Anchors, and this guide.

How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less
by Cal Newport
Link: http://amzn.com/0767922719

Ehhh, there's no secret there. You can pick up a classic textbook with knowledge that a 1935 researcher would kill for easily. Heck, wikipedia has some really amazing nuclear resources. Now, actually building things, now that's tricky.

https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Nuclear-Engineering-John-Lamarsh/dp/0201824981