Our online courses are designed to work on modern browsers and operating systems. Please use the recommendations below to ensure that your computer is properly configured for our online curriculum.

¹ Indicates that the browser has been deemed compatible but has not been certified.
² Firefox 1.5 is not supported for Blackboard Academic Suite Release 8.0 and above. It is recommended that Firefox 1.5 users upgrade to Firefox 3.0 to access the latest security patches and Mozilla support.

Minimum Requirements³	Recommended³
Online courses may not function properly on computers that do not meet the following minimum hardware and software requirements:	For best results, it is strongly recommended that students enrolled in online courses use the following hardware and software configurations in addition to or in place of the minimum requirements:
500MHz Pentium-III (or compatible) with Windows 98 or newer	1GHz Pentium-4 (or compatible) with Windows XP or newer
500MHz Macintosh G3 or better with OS 8 or newer	1GHz Macintosh G3 or better with OS 10.3 or newer
512MB of RAM	1GB of RAM
1GB of free hard disk space	10GB of free hard disk space
56.6Kbps modem with active Internet connection	1.5Mbps Internet connection or faster (cable, DSL, or broadband)
Monitor and video card capable of VGA resolution (800x600 or higher) and 65,000 colors or higher	Monitor and video card capable of VGA resolution (1024x768 or higher) and 32-bit color
Sound card and speakers — a microphone is required for online language courses
Adobe Flash Player 8 or higher
The latest version of Sun's Java JRE
	Printer

³ Some online courses may require specific software or other technical specifications. Please check the course description before enrolling.