Black & Gold Advantage is a course material delivery model that simplifies the student experience, lowers the cost of materials, and ensures students have access to all 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 provided directly within Moodle. The program is simply priced at $25 per credit hour. 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.
• One month before classes start, you will receive an email instructing you to select your delivery preference (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 Moodle.

All registered students are eligible to participate.

The program provides all required textbooks, eTextbooks, lab manuals, and access codes to eligible students.

The program does not include consumable course supplies that cannot be returned and reused such as lab goggles, dissection kits, molecular model kits, engineering kits or nursing kits.

All eligible students will be automatically enrolled in the Black & Gold Advantage program.

Students have the option to opt-out of the Black & Gold Advantage program each semester during the opt-out window. The opt-out window is open August 12 - Sept 6. 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 website, http://southwestern.bncollege.com/. To begin the opt-out process, please follow this link: https://sso.bncollege.com/bes-sp/bessso/saml/southwesternedu/fdcopt/logon.

To change your opt-out status and opt into the Black & Gold Advantage program, please click here or follow the instructions found in your opt-out confirmation email. Please note you must make your final selection by Sept. 6.