What I should have done differently this semester:

During the first two weeks of class, getting organized, registered, and physically equipped for class should have been a full-time job, and it involved a lot more work than I realized it would. It is usually not seamless.

I should have a) registered and applied for everything on time;
b) made a request of Prof. Kienzle for some kind of syllabus or something for the reserve book, or asked if I could put it together myself.

In courses where not all materials are available at the beginning of the semester, it's important for me to negotiate that and work with the professors or whatever in order to get my hands on them anyway, even if it's a lot of extra work. Then, if the materials are incomplete, at least I can add them after the fact. Better that, than to have nothing assumbled.