Well, Calvin posted his book list yesterday, so I shall follow suit. I’m taking Exegesis in I & II Samuel and Intermediate Hebrew Grammar with him, so those are the same and you can take a look at his blog post for those books. My other three classes:

Akkadian (I got these on sale at Eisenbrauns - yipee!)
A Grammar of Akkadian by John Huehnergard
Key to A Grammar of Akkadian by the same

History and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
The Ancient Near East c. 3000-330 BC (2 Volume Set) by Amelie Kuhrt
Archaeology of the Land of the Bible 10,000-586 B.C.E. by Amihai Mazar
Mesopotamia and the Bible edited by Mark W. Chavalas and K. Lawson Younger, Jr. (this was recommended but not required)

Historiography
The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship by George M. Marsden
Patterns in History: A Christian Perspective on Historical Thought by David Bebbington
The Modern Researcher by Jacques Barzun and Henry F. Graff

I’m terribly excited about Akkadian, even though it will be challenging (cuneiform anyone?). In all honestly, I’m pretty much looking forward to all my classes; of course that has the potential to change once I actually start. It’s hard to say what I’m looking forward to more - Akkadian by far the most, and then I’m not sure what. More to come soon!