The following academic majors require students to have department-specific laptop hardware and software tools, which will be used extensively within the departmental curriculum. Some students may already own a laptop and/or software which fulfills the requirements of their major and, in other cases, a student will need to purchase the necessary computer and/or software. All students entering these departments will receive detailed required system specifications, ordering instructions for discounted purchases, and laptop program policy information during the late spring/early summer before they begin in their majors.

• Apparel

• Architecture

• Digital + Media

• Experimental and Foundation Studies

• Film Animation Video

• Furniture Design

• Graphic Design

• Illustration

• Industrial Design

• Interior Architecture

• Jewelry + Metalsmithing

• Landscape Architecture

• Photography

• Textiles 

Total Academic Laptop Program costs vary depending on each department’s specifications, but total required hardware and software costs generally range between $2,000 and $4,500.

Please be sure to account for these additional costs in your financial planning calculations.