Course and Research Materials

Most course texts, readings and other materials are available from a national distribution house associated with the program. Additional course material is available during the summer session. Students are responsible for securing all research and other materials necessary for courses.

Minimum Computer Requirements are:

• A Pentium 4 or later Windows computer with Windows XP or Vista  OR
• An Apple PowerPC G4 or later Apple computer with Mac OS X 10.3 – Panther or later
• Minimum 1 GB of memory (RAM)
• The latest version of Java available from: http://www.java.com/en 
• The latest version of QuickTime available from: http://www.apple.com/quicktime
• A current word processing software
• A headset with microphone

Browser Requirements

• Internet Explorer or Firefox for Windows computers OR
• Firefox for Apple computers

Internet Access

• Broadband Internet connection is required. Examples of broadband internet connection are high-speed DSL or a Cable modem.
• Use of Goucher e-mail is highly recommended

A workshop on the use of BlackBoard, the web-based classroom, is taught during the summer session.