Online Nursing Degree Technical Requirements

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COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Recommended Hardware (PC)

  • 700MHZ Pentium III or higher recommended with sound card and speakers
  • 256 MB RAM
  • 20 GB hard drive
  • CD-ROM drive
  • 56k modem or higher for Broadband Access (Cable Modem / DSL)

Minimum Software

  • Windows XP or later (PC) / OSX (Mac)
  • MS Office XP or later (MS Office includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
  • Internet access
  • Email address
  • Internet Explorer 6.x(PC) / Netscape 7.2 (PC) / Mozilla Firefox (PC/Mac) / Safari 1.2 or higher (Mac)
  • High Speed Broadband connection
  • Internet Service Provider

Utilities

  • WinZip (free download) for PC or Stuffit Standard (Mac Freeware)
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download)
  • Virus Protection Software: Norton Anti Virus

Plug-ins

  • *Java, Shockwave, or Flash Plug-in (latest version)

*Implies free download

Minimum Mac System Requirements

  • 500 MHZ iMac (minimum), 1 GHZ preferred
  • 128MB RAM (minimum), 256 MB preferred
  • 2 GB free disk space (minimum)
  • CD-ROM drive
  • Broadband Access (Cable Modem/DSL)
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