Technical Requirements for Online Courses

SNHU Online requires that all students have the following programs, software, and operating system on their computers prior to participating in their first online course. All SNHU Online instructors use these programs and software and may not be able to accept written work from students who are using incompatible programs.  Students participating in upper level IT courses may be able to obtain temporary licenses for software required for their courses through SNHU’s MSDN alliance program. Students in courses which take advantage of this alliance program will be given participation instructions during the first few days of class by their instructors.

Laptop or PC

Component	Minimum Required Specifications
Processor	Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent AMD chip for desktop PCs Intel Pentium M processor for laptops
Memory	512 MB
Hard Drive	40 GB
Floppy Drive	Optional, this is no longer a standard feature on most PCs and laptops
Network Card	Integrated Internal Card
CD-ROM	24X CD-RW/DVD drive
Operating System	Microsoft Windows XP Professional, SP2
Office Suite	Microsoft Office 2007 Professional
Antivirus Software	Symantec antivirus software from any company such as Nortons, McAfee, etc.

Apple Macintosh

Component	Minimum Required Specifications
Model	iBook G4
Processor	1.33GHz PowerPC G4
Memory	512 MB DDR266 (256MB built-in & 256MB SO-DIMM)
Graphics	ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 w/ 32MB DDR video memory
Display	14 inch TFT XGA display
Keyboard	U.S. English Keyboard
Hard Drive	60GB ultra ATA drive
CD-ROM	Combo drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW)
Operating System	Mac OS X “Tiger” or latest version
Required Software	Microsoft Office Suite 2004 for Mac iLife Suite Adobe Acrobat Reader