Academics

BookPass FAQs

Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about HCU’s BookPass program.

 

 

  • The BookPass program costs $24 per credit hour.

  • Charges are automatically assessed when you register for classes and will automatically adjust if you add or remove classes. BookPass program fees are paid online via HuskyNet. Tuition and fee refund dates apply. See Payment Portal for more information.

    • Electronic materials will be available via link provided in BlackBoard or Canvas depending on which LMS the course is using within 24 hours of the order release date which is Monday, December 23rd for the Spring 2025 semester.
    • Physical materials will be available for pick-up at the Lighthouse Lab on the second floor of the Hinton building starting move in weekend, January 11th. On campus physical book pick up will be available through Wednesday, January 29th. If preferred, students can have physical materials shipped to their home address after paying the $5 shipping fee via link provided in BlackBoard each semester.

  • Yes, if you authorize HCU to pay for non-institutional charges. See “Excess Financial Aid” in Student Accounts FAQs for more information.

  • The opt out period will begin three weeks before the semester begins and end on census date.  Opt-out link: accessportal.follett.com/2379. Charges will be removed from the student account within five business days of opting out for the program.

    Additional opt-out information: Please follow up with hcubookpass@bkstr.com if you have additional questions. If it’s your first time using the opt-out portal, please select ‘Create an Account’ and use your @hc.edu email address.

  • You may pick them up at the McNair Lighthouse Lab (second floor of Hinton) at these dates and times:

    Saturday, January 11th (Move in Weekend)
    10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

    Sunday, January 12th
    12 p.m. – 4 p.m.

    Monday, January 13 – Thursday, January 16
    8 a.m. – 6 p.m.

    Friday, January 17
    8 a.m. – 2 p.m.

    Monday, January 20
    MLK Holiday (Campus Closed)

    Tuesday, January 21 – Thursday, January 23
    9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

    Friday, January 24
    8 a.m. – 2 p.m.

    Monday, January 27 – Wednesday, January 29 (Census Date)
    9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

  • If you have not picked up your physical materials and would like to opt out:

    • Email HCUBookPass@bkstr.com
    • Title of Email:  Opt Out of BookPass
    • State in email that you would like to be opted out of the BookPass program and that you have not picked up the physical materials. Include student name and ID number.

    We will process the opt out for you.

    If a student has picked up physical material:

    • Return your materials to the 2nd Floor of Hinton Center (Lighthouse Labs)
    • once the materials are returned, then we will manually opt you out and process the refund.

  • If the student drops a course that has physical materials provided through the program, the student must return that material. Please note that students receive an automated email when a course with physical materials is dropped with instructions to return their materials. Students will not be able to opt out of the program until all physical materials are returned. The $5 is not an additional charge added to the student account; it is an additional purchase the student will pay for at the time of ordering their materials. When sending it back, the student would go through their preferred shipping method, they would not use the same $5 shipping method as before.

  • Starting Monday, December 23rd, physical materials for online students will be shipped free of charge to the address on file with the school.

    On-campus students who would like their physical materials shipped can purchase shipping and handling for $5 through the HCUBookPass.com website.

  • For digital materials, students will be able to access those materials for a minimum of 180 days (i.e. the semester). Each material’s access is dependent on the publisher’s terms and may well exceed the 180-day minimum.

  • All required course materials are provided in BookPass.

  • Recommended or optional materials are not provided in BookPass.

  • Some HCU courses (for example, Honors College courses) require students to read some of the assigned books before the semester starts. We are working with our vendor to find a way for students to be able to do this with as much time as possible. For now, however, students will have access beginning Aug. 11, 2024.

  • Please contact the campus store via email at HCUBookPass@bkstr.com.

  • This will be determined soon.

  • Yes, Bookpass is billed based on total number of credit hours taken each semester.  You may opt-out of the entire semester.

  • No, Bookpass is billed based on total number of credit hours taken each semester.  You may opt-in or opt-out for the entire semester.