The College of Art & Design Requires all students to obtain a notebook computer.
LSU offers student pricing agreements for various Hardware & software purchases through the LSU TIGERWARE website:
LSU TigerWare
Apple Education Store (LSU Zip code: 70803)
Dell Education Store (up to 12% discount)
IBM/Lenovo Education Store
Suggested hardware configuration 2006-07 (minimum requirements in parenthesis):
- 2 GHz Intel Core Duo processor or comparable AMD (1.67 GHz Intel Core Solo processor or comparable AMD)
- 2.0 GB RAM (1 GB RAM)
- 80 GB Hard Drive (60 GB)
- 256 MB graphics card (128 MB)
- 15″ or 17″ widescreen Display (SXGA/TFT 14”)
- Integrated wireless network card – 802.11a/b/g/n
- Ethernet 10/100 and 56kbps Modem
- 8x CD-RW/DVD+RW+R combo (24X CD-RW/DVD combo)
- 256MB or larger USB Memory Stick
- Wireless 3 button Optical Mouse with Scroll wheel
- Windows XP w/SP 2 or Apple OSX Operating System
Software Required by the College:
- Microsoft Office Professional Suite (availale at NO charge from TigerWare);
- Adobe Photoshop Academic (latest version / education discount available from journeyed.com);
- Norton Utilities (available at no charge from TigerWare);
Software Required for Architecture:
- AutoDesk AutoCAD Academic (latest version / available with education discount from School of Architecture)
- AutoDesk VIZ Academic (latest version)
- Sketch-Up (latest version)
Software Required for Landscape Architecture:
- AutoDesk AutoCAD Academic (latest version / available with education discount from School of Architecture)
- VectorWorks Academic (latest version)
- AutoDesk VIZ Academic (latest version)
- Adobe Creative Suite 2 Academic (available from Journeyed.com)
Software Required for Interior Design:
- AutoDesk AutoCAD Academic (latest version / available with education discount from School of Architecture)
- AutoDesk Viz Academic (latest version)
- Adobe Creative Suite 2 Academic (latest version available from Journeyed.com)
- Macromedia Dreamweaver Academic (latest version available from Journeyed.com)
NOTE: Departments within the College of Art + Design may had additional software requirements.