Cardinal Course Materials
Cardinal Course Materials (CCM) is an affordable textbook rental program through the Barnes and Noble Bookstore. Through this program, students can receive required textbooks, lab manuals, access codes and electronic books.
The CCM bundle will provide the needed learning materials at $25 per credit hour (added to your student account), saving students up to 35-50% on the cost of course materials. The cost can be paid by financial aid or by the student. If a student enrolls in a payment plan, this charge will be included in the payment plan calculations. Supplies are not included in this program and will need to be purchased separately.
Lamar University students are automatically enrolled in the program at the time of registration and will begin receiving emails about selecting their preferred delivery method.
How Does It Work?
Register for Your Courses
Upon registering for courses, you are automatically enrolled in the CCM rental access program.
Verify Your Order
Within 30 days of the first-class day, students will receive an email through their Lamar University email account directing them to verify their classes, provide an address to have their rental books shipped to them, or select the option to pick up their CCM at the Barnes and Noble Campus Bookstore on the Lamar University campus.
Receive Your Books
Once you confirm your order, an email notification will be sent to your Lamar University email account notifying you when your rental order will be ready for pick up or when it will ship. You will be required to either provide an address to ship your books to, or you will be given the option to pick up your CCM at the Barnes & Noble Campus Bookstore on the Lamar University campus. Your email and order number will provide guidance on shipping information and pick-up details.
Your digital materials will be delivered for your course(s) within Blackboard.
Returning or Buying Books at the End of the Semester
- Wait until the end of the semester then bring your books back to the Barnes & Noble Bookstore on the Lamar University campus located at:
- 4405 Jimmy Simmons Blvd.
Beaumont, TX 77705
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
- 4405 Jimmy Simmons Blvd.
- Download a UPS label from the bookstore webpage and send your books back for $5. To download this label, you will need to pull up your order number from a previous B&N order email.
- Go to the Rental Book Return webpage.
- Input your original order number and email address, download a label, and bring it to a UPS return point.
- Students will be notified through their LAMAR UNIVERSITY email about book return options. Students will have the option to purchase their textbook rentals through instructions that will be emailed to them from the Barnes & Noble bookstore.
Opting out of CCM
The CCM bundle is designed to provide significant savings on course materials, but we understand that it may not be a fit for every student. You can compare the price of the CCM at $25 per credit hour to the opt out price at https://lamar.bncollege.com/course-material/course-finder?bypassCustomerAdoptions=true
If you do not wish to participate in the CCM program, you must opt out each semester. Students may opt-out or opt back in as many times as desired during the opt-out period and through the same opt-out link. No adjustments will be made to the CCM charges on your account until after the final opt-out date.
In classes with digital materials, if students have opted out of the program, they will often have access to the digital material for a short-term period, for example, two weeks. After that free trial ends, students who have opted out will lose access. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the student who opts out to purchase access to that digital material for their use after the free access period ends.
Note: If a student opts out of CCM, it will take 24-48 hours to be reinstated.
Questions?
For questions about the Cardinal Course Materials program, please email ccm@lamar.edu. For order specific questions, please contact Barnes & Noble College (BNC) by calling 409-880-8342.