Technology Requirements—School- and Course-Specific Requirements

In the Purdue Global online learning environment, computer software and hardware allows you to communicate clearly and effectively with faculty, staff, and other students. It is the vehicle by which you submit all course assignments. Without the appropriate software and hardware, you will not be able to access course materials, collaborate with faculty, nor complete assignments for submission and grading.

Additional Software and Hardware Requirements

Along with the software and hardware requirements listed on the Purdue Global Technology Requirements page, all students should review and be aware of any additional software and hardware requirements for their classes prior to enrollment.

Please review the information on this page carefully. If you have questions about these requirements or whether your current software or hardware is appropriate for a class in which you would like to enroll, contact your Student Support Specialist at 866-522-7747.

If you need to purchase additional software, please see the Recommended Software Vendor section for information about discounted student rates.

School-Specific Requirements

Please check to ensure that your computer meets the minimum requirements needed to run any additional software. All software and hardware requirements are subject to change.

Social and Behavioral Sciences

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

All social and behavioral sciences courses require Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer, available as a free download (if you do not have PowerPoint already) from this page.

In addition, students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Communication program must have access to a computer with a built-in microphone and webcam or an external headset with a microphone and an external webcam.

Please Note: Purdue Global's Support and Solutions Team is not available to offer guidance or technical support concerning the use of microphones or webcams. Students should understand how to operate the built-in features and/or external equipment prior to using them in the classroom environment.
Nursing

School of Nursing

Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing: RN to BSN and graduate nursing programs will utilize Shadow Health software throughout the program. The current, one-time fee of $99.00 and $3.99 learner support fee are paid directly to Shadow Health. Instructions to purchase the software is provided to students in this course.

Additionally, all School of Nursing students—both graduate and undergraduate—must have access to a computer with a built-in microphone and webcam or an external headset with a microphone and an external webcam.

Please note: Purdue Global's Support and Solutions Team is not available to offer guidance or technical support concerning the use of Shadow Health. Shadow Health provides technical support for students.

Course-Specific Requirements

Undergraduate Courses

Review the hardware/software requirements for undergraduate courses below.

Associate's Business (AB)
- AB122: Payroll Accounting: Computerized Payroll Accounting Software (comes w/ textbook)
- AB209: Small Business Management: Quicktime™
Accounting (A/C)
- AC122: Payroll Accounting: Computerized Payroll Accounting Software (comes w/ textbook)
Criminal Justice (CJ)
- CJ290: Confronting Terrorism Today: Windows Media Player® or Real Player® is required for viewing videos.
- CJ407: Crisis Negotiation: Windows Media Player® or Real Player® is required for viewing videos.
Communication (CM)
- CM214: Public Speaking for the Professional: Webcam and related software—audio and video recording required for course
- CM313: Tools for the Digital Age: Webcam and related software—audio and video recording required for course
- CM405: Communicating Persuasively: Webcam and related software—audio and video recording required for course
- CM460: Strategic Communication: Webcam and related software—audio and video recording required for course
Fire Science (FS)
- FS101: Fire Behavior and Combustion: Adobe Acrobat Reader® is required for viewing PDF files.
- FS102: Building Construction for Fire Protection: You will need access to a camera to send pictures as part of Discussion requirements.
- FS103: Fire Protection Hydraulics and Water Supply: Windows Media Player® and Quicktime™ to view video segments.
- FS104: Fire Protection Systems: Windows Media Player® and Quicktime™ to view video segments.
- FS105: Fire Prevention Practices: Windows Media Player® and Quicktime™ to view video segments.
- FS204: Occupational Safety and Health for Emergency Services: There are video clips throughout this course. You will need Windows Media Player® and Quicktime™ to view these video segments.
- FS205: Ethics for the Fire and Emergency Services: Adobe Acrobat Reader® is required for viewing PDF files.
- FS302: Advanced Principles of Firefighter Safety and Survival: There are video clips throughout this course. You will need Windows Media Player® and Quicktime™ to view these video segments.
- FS304: Community Risk Reduction for Fire and EMS Windows: There are video clips throughout this course. You will need Windows Media Player® and Quicktime™ to view these video segments.
- FS320: Recovery Practices in Emergency Management: There are video clips throughout this course. You will need Windows Media Player® and Quicktime™ to view these video segments.
- FS403: Leadership and Management: You will need access to a PC microphone.
General Business (BU)
- BU486: Independent Directed Study VI: Built-in computer microphone or students must purchase a headset with microphone.
Health Science (HS)
- HS305: Research Methods For Health Sciences: You will be using Tableau Data Visualization Software. Your instructor will provide instructions for obtaining this free software during the course.
- HS312: Epidemiology and Biostatistics II: PSPP Software is required. A free download is available.
Information Technology (IN/IT)
- IN301: Software: SQL Server 2017 Express®, SQL Server Management Studio®, Adventure Works™ Database 2017 Backup, VirtualBox®, Horton Works Sandbox HDP®, R3 Corda®, H2 Database Engine. Instructions for download and installation will be provided in the online class environment. Hardware: A minimum of 30 GB of hard disk space and a minimum of 4 GB RAM.
- IN302: Tableau Public, Power BI Desktop
- IN303: Hardware: 10 GB of hard drive space, 4 GB of memory (RAM). Software: VirtualBox, Cloudera, Quickstart Virtual Machine
- IN304: Hardware: 10 GB of hard drive space, 4 GB of memory (RAM). Software: VirtualBox, Cloudera, QuickStart Virtual Machine, Python, PyCharm, EDU, Java, Eclipse, Weka, R, RStudio
- IN400: The following software requirements are required in this course beyond the ones listed in the catalog: Virtual Box, Cloudera QuickStart, Python, R, Spark Products
- IN401: Hardware: A minimum of 10 GB of hard disk space and a minimum of 4 GB RAM. Software: All available in Cloudera Quickstart, Python, R, RStudio, MySQL
- IT111: Programming Fundamentals for Beginners: Alice 3.0, © Carnegie Mellon University, available as a free download from http://www.alice.org/index.php
- IT117: Introduction to Website Development: Latest version of the following browsers: Microsoftreg; Internet Explorer®; Firefox®, or Safari (for MAC® users) Web hosting service to display your course work. You will have the option of using the free Web Server.
- IT163: Database Concepts Using Microsoft Access: Microsoft® Access® is required and is available through Microsoft Office 365. Purdue Global students may activate a free renewable subscription to MS Office 365 ProPlus. Log on to Purdue Global Campus and go to University Info > Student Store and Discounts, and then select OnTheHub to search for Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus 12-month subscription. MAC Users will need to set up a Windows environment and install the Windows version of Office 365 to obtain Access.
- IT213: Software Development Concepts—Introductory: Depends on student's choice of language. Eclipse for Java or Web Development, available from http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/updates/. Visual Studio Community for C#.
- IT214: Foundations of Web Design: A clean editor such as NotePad™ or TextEdit™ is required for this course. Server space will be provided.
- IT227: Cloud Infrastructure Administration: A program that allows the student to connect to a remote server over SSH. These are often called "shells." Free examples include PuTTY on Windows or Terminal on MacOS.
- IT232: Software Design and Development Concepts—Intermediate: Depends on student's choice of language. Eclipse for Java or Web Development, available from http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/updates/. Visual Studio Community for C#,
- IT234: The latest version of Microsoft SQL Server Express and SQL Server Management Studio, available for free download from the Microsoft website. Links will be provided in the course.
- IT247: Fundamentals of Web Graphics: Students are required to download GIMP™ and Inkscape™. Details and free download information are provided in the course. The ability to take photographs either from a digital camera, tablet, or cell phone is required.
- IT261: Desktop Administration: Optional: VirtualBox® – Open Source Software for Virtualization – Download VirtualBox for Windows Hosts. http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
- IT273: Networking Concepts: Microsoft Visio® will be required in this class. Version: Any version of Visio is acceptable.
- IT278: Network Administration: Microsoft Windows Server® 2016/R2; Windows Server 2016; available by setting up a Microsoft Azure™ account. A link is in the online classroom. Hardware requirements: A minimum of 30 GB of hard disk space and a minimum of 4 GB RAM. Version: Microsoft Windows Server® 2016/R2.
- IT283: Networking with TCP/IP: Wireshark® protocol analyzer (free download); Screen capture software
- IT299: Associates Capstone in Information Technology: Microsoft Project®; Microsoft Visio®; available by setting up a Microsoft Azure™ account. A link is in the online classroom.
- IT301: Project Management I: Set up a Microsoft Azure™ account for access to Microsoft Project® software. A link is in the online classroom.
- IT302: Human Computer Interaction: A microphone is required. Audio file creation software (several free tools are suggested in the course) is required; Microsoft Visio is required.
- IT303: Application Development, Virtualization, and the Cloud: Software: Microsoft® SQL Server®, Oracle® VirtualBox™, Imagine™ account; Hardware: A minimum of 30 GB of hard disk space and a minimum of 2 GB RAM
- IT304: A program that allows the student to connect to a remote server over SSH. These are often called "shells". Free examples include PuTTY on Windows or Terminal on MacOS.
- IT316: Computer Forensics: The following software requirements are required in this course beyond the ones listed in the catalog:
  FireEye Memoryze software (free download) available from https://www.fireeye.com/services/freeware/memoryze
  Autopsy Forensic Software (free download) available from https://www.autopsy.com/download/
- IT350: Advanced Database Concepts: Latest version of SQL Server Express and SQL Server Management Studio.
- IT374: Linux System Administration II: You may need VirtualBox™ (free download) or Microsoft® Virtual PC® 2007 (free download) or VMWare® Player or Server (free editions), if you intend to install your Linux software as a virtual operating system. CentOS and UbuntuLinux Software. You can download CD images from www.centos.org and www.ubuntu.org. Your systems must be capable of installing the CentOS and UbuntuLinux operating system as a stand-alone operating system, a dual-boot, or as a virtual operating system using VirtualBox or Virtual PC or VMWare. Recommended operating system is CentOS 6.2 Live DVD and Ubuntu Server 12.1 or current images. The ISO images can be downloaded from the Centos and Ubuntu organization websites.
- IT391: Advanced Software Development Including Web and Mobility: Depends on student's choice of language. Java, or Web Development:
  Eclipse and Codename One for Java. C# - Visual Studio and Xamarin.
  For C#, the development environment is Visual Studio 2017 configured to include mobile applications (Xamarin).
- IT401: Project Management II: MS Project® 2010. Note that MS Project is available by setting up a Microsoft Azure™ account. A link is in the online classroom.
- IT402: IT Consulting Skills: Microsoft Visio® is required. Mac users will need to set up a Windows environment to use Visio; information is given in the course. Microsoft Project is required. Note that MS Project is available by setting up a Microsoft Azure™ account. A link is in the online classroom. A microphone is required.
- IT458: Oracle Database Administration: Oracle® 11g Enterprise Edition: Available for download at https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/oracle-database-software-downloads.html. Version: Oracle® 11g Enterprise Edition
- IT460: Systems Analysis And Design: Microsoft Visio; Microsoft Project®, Available through Microsoft Azure. See instructions through Course Resources. Microphone, recording device, and Webcam.
- IT478: Web Servers and Security: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (Enterprise Edition preferred); available from the Microsoft Azure™ website. A link is in the online classroom.
- IT481: Advanced Software Development: Depends on student's choice of language. Eclipse for Java or Web Development. Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2017 for C#.
- IT482: Network Design: OPNET IT Guru Academic Edition. Download this free software from the OPNET website, as directed in Unit 2. Adobe Acrobat Reader®
- IT488: Software Product Development Using Agile: Depends on student's choice of language. Eclipse for Java or Web Development, available from http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/updates/. Visual Studio for C#, available from the Microsoft Azure™ account. A link is in the online classroom.
Medical Assisting (MA)
- MA260: Clinical Competencies I: Web access to SimCharts via Evolve
- MA265: Online Clinical Competencies I: Web access to SimCharts via Evolve
- MA270: Clinical Competencies II: Web access to SimCharts via Evolve
Management (MT)
- MT209: Small Business Management: Quicktime™
- MT217: Finance: Requires extensive use of the Time Value of Money calculator
- MT357: E-Marketing for the Non-Business Professional: You will be creating presentations with free Prezi™ software
- MT434: Requires downloading and installing the most current corporate version of SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software.
- MT437: Requires downloading and installing the most current corporate version of SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. $36 fee.
- MT477: Requires downloading and installing the most current corporate version of SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. $36 fee.
- MT499: Bachelor's Capstone in Management: Quicktime™
Mathematics (MM)
- MM212: College Algebra: Adobe Acrobat Reader®; Java™
- MM255: Business Math and Statistical Measures: Adobe Acrobat Reader®; Java™
- MM305: Business Statistics and Quantitative Analysis: Microsoft Excel®, with Data Analysis Add-In™
- MM325: Statistical Data Analysis: Students need to have an R programming environment, such as R Studio, installed in order to write and execute R code.
Medical Office Management (MO)
- MO260: Medical Office Applications: The Virtual Medical Office Online Simulation.
Nursing (NU)
- NU333: Physical Assessment for the Professional Nurse: Shadow Health™ Digital Clinical Experience™ is third party software students will interact with in this course. The software requires certain specifications to run. Review the specifications at https://shadow.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/963290-dce-recommended-system-specifications. Download instructions are within the course.
- NU140: Lippincott CoursePoint+ (https://thepoint.lww.com/gateway)
- NU141: Lippincott CoursePoint+ (https://thepoint.lww.com/gateway)
- NU142: Lippincott CoursePoint+ (https://thepoint.lww.com/gateway)
- NU143: Lippincott CoursePoint+ (https://thepoint.lww.com/gateway)
- NU144: Lippincott CoursePoint+ (https://thepoint.lww.com/gateway)
- NU225: Lippincott CoursePoint+ (https://thepoint.lww.com/gateway)
- NU245: Lippincott CoursePoint+ (https://thepoint.lww.com/gateway)
- NU263: Lippincott CoursePoint+ (https://thepoint.lww.com/gateway)
- NU298: Lippincott CoursePoint+ (https://thepoint.lww.com/gateway)
The Unity Web Player is a free Web application that you must install in order to use the Shadow Health™ Digital Clinical Experience™. Instructions are within the course

Shadow Health’s Digital Clinical Experiences require the use of a computer monitor, keyboard, and mouse or touchpad. However, if you are currently unable to use the DCE due to a visual or motor impairment, please contact the Shadow Health Learner Support team at Support@ShadowHealth.com.

Computer speakers or PC headphones are required in order to listen to narration and/or normal and abnormal sounds within the concept labs.

Tina Jones™ presents auditory and visual information representative of a human patient. To address auditory accessibility, Tina's speech is presented as both audio and text displayed at the bottom of the screen, except in instances where the textual representation would distinguish physical findings (e.g. textual descriptions of breathing sounds). If you require a transcription of these instances due to an auditory impairment, please contact the Shadow Health Learner Support team at Support@ShadowHealth.com.

The use of virtualization technologies (i.e. VMware, Bootcamp, Parallels) is currently unsupported when using the Digital Clinical Experience.
Paralegal Studies (PA)
- PA335: Trial And Courtroom Presentation: SmartDraw® Legal 2014 ASIN: 1935341049
Science (SC)
- SC360: Energy and Our Global Climate: Adobe Acrobat Reader®; Java™

Graduate Courses

Review the hardware/software requirements for undergraduate courses below.

Graduate Business (GB)
- GB500: Business Perspectives: Master of Business Administration students will pay a one-time fee of $45 as part of GB 500 (Marketplace Business Fundamentals Simulation).
- GB513: Business Analytics: Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus, which is available as a free, renewable subscription to active, enrolled students at Purdue Global.
- GB590: Ethics in Business and Society: EthicsGame Simulation
- GB601: MBA Capstone: Master of Business Administration students will pay a one-time fee of $50.00 as part of GB 601 (Marketplace Strategy and Business Policy Simulation).
Graduate Management (GM)
- GM502: Leadership Theory and Practice 1: Master of Business Administration students will pay a one-time fee of $45 as part of GB 500 (Marketplace Business Fundamentals Simulation).
- GM591: Strategic Project Selection and Initiation: One of the following is required to be dowloaded in this course. Project Online Professional (30 days trial period): https://products.office.com/en-us/project/project-online-professional or Libre Office (Free open source software): https://www.projectlibre.com. If you have an account with the School of Information Technology, you can download Project for free as a student.
- GM592: Project Planning and the Project Plan: One of the following is required to be dowloaded in this course. Project Online Professional (30 days trial period): https://products.office.com/en-us/project/project-online-professional or Libre Office (Free open source software): https://www.projectlibre.com. If you have an account with the School of Information Technology, you can download Project for free as a student.
- GM593: Project Execution With Monitoring and Control: One of the following is required to be dowloaded in this course. Project Online Professional (30 days trial period): https://products.office.com/en-us/project/project-online-professional or Libre Office (Free open source software): https://www.projectlibre.com. If you have an account with the School of Information Technology, you can download Project for free as a student.
- GM594: Project Closing, Ethics, and Professional Responsibilities: One of the following is required to be dowloaded in this course. Project Online Professional (30 days trial period): https://products.office.com/en-us/project/project-online-professional or Libre Office (Free open source software): https://www.projectlibre.com. If you have an account with the School of Information Technology, you can download Project for free as a student
Human Services (HN)
- HN530: Research, Grant Writing, and Funding—Webcam and related software; audio and video recording required for course
Instructional Design (IX)
- IX536: Design and Development Tools: You will need to access CourseSites by Blackboard™ at https://www.coursesites.com
- IX542: Multimedia Development and Implementation: Media production software. Additional information is given in the course.
- IX564: Design of Learning Environments: Quicktime™
- IX565: Design of Learning Environments: Quicktime ™
Information Technology (IN/IT)
- IT503: A clean editor such as NotePad™ or TextEdit™ is required for this course, as well as a microphone or other method to create an audio file.
- IT504: Critical Concepts and Competencies for the IT Professional: Students must have a microphone for this course.
- IT510: System Analysis and Design: Microsoft Project 2010 and Visio recommended. Available from the Microsoft Azure™ account. A link is in the online classroom.
- IT511: Information Systems Project Management: Microsoft® Project® 2013 is required. It is available at no cost via your Microsoft Azure™ account. A link is available in the online classroom.
- IT523: MS SQL Server Enterprise or Developer Version with MS SQL Server Management Studio, MS Visual Studio and MS SQL SQL Server Data Tools.
  MS SQL Server Data Tools includes Analysis Services, SQL Server Reporting Services, and Integration Services.
- IT527: Foundations in Data Analytics: Students will need to download and install two free software applications, in order:
  R base system: https://cloud.r-project.org/
  R Studio: https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/#download
- IT528: Students will need to download and install two free software applications, in order:
  R base system: https://cloud.r-project.org/
  R Studio: https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/#download
- IT599: Applied IT Master Project: MS Project® 2010. Note that MS Project is available by creating a Microsoft Azure™ account. A link is available in the online classroom.
Legal Studies (LS)
- LS621: Federalism and the Health Care Delivery System: Real Media Player® (to listen to audio summaries)
Management (MT)
- MT434: Logistics and Distribution Management: Requires downloading and installing the most current corporate version of SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software.
- MT437: Strategic Warehouse Management: Requires downloading and installing the most current corporate version of SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software.
Nursing (MN)
- MN552: Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning: "Shadow Health™ Digital Clinical Experience™ is third party software students will interact with in this course. The software requires certain specifications to run. Review the specifications at https://shadow.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/963290-dce-recommended-system-specifications. Download instructions are within the course.
- MN566: Family practice guidelines mobile application: https://www.springerpub.com/apps/nursing-apps/family-practice-guidelines-app
- MN564: i-Human: https://ih2.i-human.com/
- MN566L NP I—Introduction to Primary Care for the Nurse Practitioner: Family Practice Guidelines mobile application: https://www.springerpub.com/apps/nursing-apps/family-practice-guidelines-app, i-Human https://ih2.i-human.com/
- MN573: AGNP I Clinical—Adolescent And Adult Focus: i-Human https://ih2.i-human.com/
- MN576: NP II - Primary Care of Women's Health: i-Human https://ih2.i-human.com/
- MN580: FNP II - Primary Care of Children and Adolescents Health: i-Human https://ih2.i-human.com/
- MN585: AGNP II Clinical—Frail Elderly Focus: i-Human https://ih2.i-human.com/
- MN651: AGACNP Introduction to Acute Care Management: i-Human https://ih2.i-human.com/
- MN652: AGACNP Acute Care Diagnosis and Management I: i-Human https://ih2.i-human.com/
- MN654: AGACNP Acute Care Diagnosis and Management II: i-Human https://ih2.i-human.com/
- MN656: AGACNP Critical Care Management: i-Human https://ih2.i-human.com/
- MN661: PMHNP Psychopathological Disorders and Psychotherapy: Students will be required to use an Oculus Quest 64-Gb VR headset to participate in the virtual assignments in this course. The cost is $299 per headset. The headset can be purchased at https://www.oculus.com/quest/ (if the item is out of stock, enter your email on the website to be notified when they will be back in stock and check back periodically). This cost is not eligible to be covered by financial aid. Use of the headset has the following browser requirements: Edge/Internet Explorer 11, Firefox 60, Safari 11, or Chrome 6.
- MN663: PMHNP Diagnosis and Management Across the Lifespan I: Students will be required to use an Oculus Quest 64-Gb VR headset to participate in the virtual assignments in this course. The cost is $299 per headset. The headset can be purchased at https://www.oculus.com/quest/ (if the item is out of stock, enter your email on the website to be notified when they will be back in stock and check back periodically). This cost is not eligible to be covered by financial aid. Use of the headset has the following browser requirements: Edge/Internet Explorer 11, Firefox 60, Safari 11, or Chrome 64.
- MN665: PMHNP Diagnosis and Management Across the Lifespan II: Students will be required to use an Oculus Quest 64-Gb VR headset to participate in the virtual assignments in this course. The cost is $299 per headset. The headset can be purchased at https://www.oculus.com/quest/ (if the item is out of stock, enter your email on the website to be notified when they will be back in stock and check back periodically). This cost is not eligible to be covered by financial aid. Use of the headset has the following browser requirements: Edge/Internet Explorer 11, Firefox 60, Safari 11, or Chrome 64.
- MN667: PMHNP Diagnosis and Management Across the Lifespan III: Students will be required to use an Oculus Quest 64-Gb VR headset to participate in the virtual assignments in this course. The cost is $299 per headset. The headset can be purchased at https://www.oculus.com/quest/ (if the item is out of stock, enter your email on the website to be notified when they will be back in stock and check back periodically). This cost is not eligible to be covered by financial aid. Use of the headset has the following browser requirements: Edge/Internet Explorer 11, Firefox 60, Safari 11, or Chrome 64.
Psychology (PS)
- PS507: Ethics for Behavior Analysts—Webcam and related software; audio and video recording required for course
Public Health (PU)
- PU699: Master of Public Health Capstone: A Microsoft® PowerPoint® add on called Office Mix® is required. Office 2013 or Office 365 will be required to install Office Mix. Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus is available as a free, renewable subscription to active, enrolled students at Purdue Global.
Science (SC)
- SC540: Biology of Pollution: Adobe Acrobat Reader®; Java™