Required Software

Software Developer

Purpose

Microsoft Office XP or 2003

Microsoft Corporation

Word (word processing software)

PowerPoint (presentation software)

Excel (spreadsheet and statistical analysis software)

Norton Antivirus 2003 or 2004

Symantec Corporation

Protection against computer viruses, worms, etc.

PKZIP for Windows or

WinZip

PKWare, Inc.

WinZip Computing

File compression/extraction and archiving (storage) software. Allows you to send multiple documents as a single file attachment. Decreases size of most files for faster e-mail transmission

Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0

Adobe Systems

For reading PDF documents on- and offline. This is a free download.

Web Browser and e-mail software

Browser: Access the Internet , course management software, and university e-mail.

E-mail software: access personal e-mail account.