First Day® Complete is a course material delivery model that simplifies the student experience, lowers the cost of materials, and ensures students have access to all of their required course materials on or before the first day of class. Through this innovative program, physical books are conveniently packaged and provided to students on a rental basis, and access to digital material is directly within eLearning/Blackboard, at $22.50 per credit. At the end of the term, students will receive email reminders to return rented physical course materials to the bookstore.     

• Register for your classes and the bookstore will start preparing your course materials.
  
• Before classes start, you will receive an email instructing you to select your delivery preference for physical materials (in-store pickup or shipped directly to you). An email notification will be sent when your order is ready for pickup or when it ships.
  
• Your digital materials will be delivered for your course(s) within eLearning/Blackboard.
  

    

The program provides all required textbooks, eTextbooks, lab manuals, and access codes to students.
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The program does not include consumable course supplies that cannot be returned and reused such as art supplies, lab goggles, dissection kits, molecular model kits, engineering kits or nursing kits.​            

All students registered in any credit-bearing courses are automatically enrolled in this program.​​

​The charge for textbook rentals will appear in your semester term bill as a “First Day Complete" line item when you register for a course.  You can view/pay your term bill online through your student portal, or with the Business Office either by phone or in person.  There will not be a separate bill for textbook rentals.​ ​    

Yes. Students can opt-out of the First Day®​ Complete program each semester during the opt-out windows.
 
The opt-out windows for the Summer 2025 semester are:
 

• For classes that begin before July 1, 2025: April 19 - May 30
  
• Please note, if you opt-out during this window, you are opting out of all courses that begin before July 1.​
  
• For classes that begin after July 1, 2025: To be announced​
  
• Please note, if you opt-out during this window, you are opting out of all courses that begin after July 1.​
  

​By opting out, students will not receive their required materials in a convenient package, and access to digital content will be removed after the opt-out window closes. Options for purchasing course materials after opting out can be found on the bookstore websites.           
   

Gloucester Barnes & Noble​Cumberland Barnes & Noble​
              

To opt-out or change your status in the First Day® Complete program:  
 

   

Gloucester Campus:
 

Gloucester Campus: To opt out or change your status Cumberland Campus:

   

 

Students will be responsible for purchasing their required course materials through the bookstore. 

The deadline to return all rental textbooks is the last day of final exams for the semester. Students will receive reminders ahead of the rental deadline to their email address.              

If you do not return your rentals by the deadline, you will need to pay Barnes & Noble a replacement fee for the materials. If rentals are not returned and you do not pay the replacement fee, you may be ineligible for the First Day Complete program for future semesters. ​
              

Yes, the program provides you with the option to purchase any rental textbooks at a reduced rate during the semester.             

Yes, you will still be required to return continuation course textbooks. You will be issued the same title for the next semester of the continuation course.​
 

Students will receive email notifications from the bookstore reminding them to verify their order and choose their fulfillment preference. If the student does not opt-out, their materials will be held at the bookstore and their student account will be charged. 

Yes, if the student does not opt-out, their materials will be held at the bookstore and their student account will be charged.  

If course materials have been picked up or delivered for the dropped class, those materials should be returned to the bookstore within 48 hours. If you drop a class and enroll in a different class, the bookstore will “swap” the required course materials so that you have what you need. 

Yes, but you will then need to return the textbooks you picked up within 48 hours. ​