haa i did that last year. had to read two books, see three movies, and make a portfolio to answer a thesis question. i rented the movies the day before, and fake-read the two books. i ended up reading one of the books once the class started, but i never read the second, but we NEVER used it. you're going to have to do some work, but you still can get by reading some of the work or doing it during the first few weeks.