Computer Policies

On the recommendation of the faculty, the board of directors approved the following policy.

In order to ensure that all students are capable of utilizing the enhanced technologies that are incorporated into many of the Seminary’s courses, as well as to facilitate communications with
students through email communications and course websites, it is a requirement of students matriculating at LTSP that they have regular access to appropriately equipped computers.

Therefore, a student who is admitted to a program at LTSP who does not own such equipment is strongly advised to purchase an appropriate computer system [laptop preferred] and appropriate
software, according to the suggested guidelines published annually in June by the Technology Staff. The student is invited to include computer hardware and software expenses in his/her cost of
attendance for purposes of seeking financial aid and/or federal student loans.

Students lacking basic computer skills (especially in word processing, email, and internet use) will find on the LTSP Web site: http://www.ltsp.edu/studentresources. Further assistance may need to be found by remedial help in these areas at their own expense. Seminary helpdesk support is limited to the software and hardware specifications issued each June.

[Minimum Specifications]
Processor – Celeron, 633 MHz or PowerPC G4 laptop or G5 desktop
Memory – 1 GB
Videocard – at least 16 million colors, 1024x768 resolution
Hard Drive – 80 GB
Network – 10/100 NIC card
CD Drive – CD-RW
Operating System –Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7, Macintosh X
Word processing software that will save documents in MS Word 97 format. (.doc or .rtf)

[Specifications for New Machines]
Mobile Celeron, Pentium dual-core, AMD X2 dual-core, or (MacIntosh) Pentium Core2Duo At least 1GB of memory (2GB or more recommended) - Macintosh 2GB minimum or more recommended. Big hard drive [120 -500GB] to hold all those MP3s
DVD/CD-RW drive for burning audio CDs
Wired and wireless networking for network-equipped classrooms and dorm rooms
Microsoft Windows 7 or Microsoft Windows Vista (Windows XP Home is acceptable) or Apple Mac OS X
Microsoft Office Standard Edition (XP edition is a minimum) or Microsoft Office Student/Teacher Edition (Microsoft Office Student/Teacher Edition 2003 is the minimum) or Office 2007 for Mac OS X (freeware office suites such as "Open Office" for PC or "NeoOffice" for MAC are available to download)

We do not recommend any specific computer or computer manufacturer. Students may purchase a PC from any source as long as it meets the required specifications. We do encourage students to shop around for the best deal.

Student pricing is available for Macintosh through the Apple online Store; Apple Stores physical locations offer the same discounts with student id. From time to time our other computer suppliers will offer discounts to our students and we will provide links to these discounted offers below.