🎒 Academic Supplies ✏️ 

The following is a list of recommended academic supplies for students of all majors. 

• Backpack/bag to carry books & supplies
• Computer & accessories      
• Remember, you can download Microsoft Office for FREE!  Microsoft Office downloading instructions here.  Also, remember that printing is free in the Main University Library, 1st floor.
• Phone charger
• Calendar/day planner (print or electronic or both- your preference)
• White board for your room or desk calendar for outlining assignment due dates
• Notebooks
• Folders
• 2 inch Binder with filler paper
• Writing Utensils (pens, pencils, pencil sharpener)
• White out
• Highlighters
• Scissors
• Stapler & Staples
• Scotch Tape
• Paper clips
• Index Cards
• Sticky Notes (various sizes)
• Calculator (if taking quantitative courses). Students may need scientific or specialized depending on major. Students in SECCM should have a scientific calculator, TI-82 or better.
• For Architecture Students: Architecture Kit (more info to come)
• Books & other materials required by class:
  • The faculty teaching your classes will let you know what is required/recommended on your syllabus.  Architecture students have been notified of the materials they will need through a list provided at orientation. It is a personal preference on whether you would like to order your books and other materials before classes start or wait to see what the faculty member suggest when classes start. See below for a few ways you will be able to find your required course materials.

📚 Ordering Books

1. Go to the RWU Bookstore website
2. Scroll down to Get Your Textbooks Header
3. Select your program ‘Roger Williams University’ and ‘Fall 2025’ term
4. Click ‘Find Courses’
5. Proceed through the course selection steps by selecting Department, Course Number and Course Section
6. Once added, click ‘Find Materials for Courses’ to see the required materials for the course

You can also find information about your books in RWU Bridges:

1. Visit rwu.edu.  At the very bottom of the page, click on “Bridges.”
2. Log in to your Bridges account.
3. You will see your courses in the top blue band. If an instructor has not published their course yet, you will not see the course. Some instructors might not publish their courses until shortly before classes start.
4. If you can see the course, click on the name of the course.
5. On the left side of the course page, you will see a list of tabs. Click on the “Books and Supplies” tab and/or the “Syllabus” tab. Because instructors are able to customize the list of tabs, some instructors might remove some tabs.
6. If the instructor has posted a book and materials list and/or a syllabus, you will find that list in either place (on the “Books and Supplies” page or within the Syllabus document).