UWC DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

COMPUTER POLICY

Statement:  Involvement by members of the Department of History in the projects “Distance Education Builds a Community of History Student and Faculty Learners Statewide” and the “Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age” have created the necessity for members of the department to have access to advanced computer technology.  These projects and other technology initiatives will require members of the department to continue to upgrade their computer skills and technology to enhance the quality of undergraduate education.  The Department of History adopts as the standard for a minimum computer configuration.

            ·            Intell Pentium III 550 MHZ Processor – CPU

            ·            15.0 GIGABYTE HARD DRIVE – HDD

            ·            40X IDE CD ROM Drive – CDD

            ·            1.44 MB 3.5” FLOPPY DRIVE – FDD

            ·            Logitech 3 BTN PS2 MMAN S38 – IOA

            ·            KEY TONIC SMALL KEY PS2 – KBZ

            ·            INTEL SE440BX2 3 PCI  I SHARED 1 ISA AGP2X SND – MBA

            ·            MULTIMEDIA SPEAKERS/HEADPHONES

            ·            128 MB SDRAM DIMM 100MHZ UNBUFFERED – MEM

            ·            INTEL PRO 10/100 WOLF MANAGED ETHERNET ADAPTER – NIC

            ·            MOUSE

            ·            235W ATX PS – SUPPORTS WOL – PSA

            ·            LABTEC CS800 SLIMLN SHIELD AMP – SND

            ·            IOMEGA ZIP 100 MB IDE INTERNAL – TAD

            ·            IOMEGA ZIP PC 100 MB PREFORM PC – TAS

            ·            MATROX MIL G200 16MB AGP – VDC

            ·            17 INCH SVAG MONITOR

            ·            HARDWARE CERTIFIED BY MICROSOFT TO RUN NT CLIENT

            ·            WINDOWS NT

The Department of History Executive Committee will review these specifications every other year to upgrade the minimum configuration recommendation.

Approved by the Department:  April 14, 2000

Webpage Updated: April 16, 2005