All Human Sciences students are required to have a laptop computer.
Laptop with the Windows operating system (Minimum Requirements) **

Minimum resolution 1920 x 1200 with true color
External Hard Drive 1 TB or higher SSD or equivalent
External mouse with cord (not Bluetooth connected) for drafting software (multiple-button gaming/ergonomic mouse and mousepad recommended)

Recommended Three-year protection plan
Auburn University offers free cloud storage (OneDrive and Box) to all students along with the following packages: Microsoft Office 365, Adobe Creative Cloud

Notice for Pre-Interior Design students:
Pre-Interior Design (INDX) students do not have any specific technology requirements beyond the standard College of Human Sciences laptop requirements listed above. Those students who are admitted to the Interior Design (INDS) program will have specific hardware and software requirements for the major. These requirements will be emailed to students at their official auburn.edu email address in May, following completion of their INDX sequence and well in advance of the Fall term in which they will begin INDS courses.
**Notes for Interior Design students:
1. Apple products with the M4 chips are incompatible with the necessary software. Macs should not be considered due to the need to use software like Autodesk Revit which is PC based only.
2. Students also have the option to use a virtual machine for software that may require more capabilities (i.e., Enscape). To use the virtual machine, students must have a reliable internet connection and a computer with the Windows operating system (at least meeting the minimum requirements mentioned above).
3. Google Chromebook and other lightweight computers and tablets are NOT capable of running the necessary software.
4. Regular backups are highly suggested using external drives in addition to cloud storages.