The Department has three computer classrooms devoted to instruction: |
Ewing 205 |
Contains 28 stations - 27 for students and one for the instructor. The stations are Apple iMac computers with 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 2 GB of RAM and 17" 32-bit color LCD flat panel displays. They are running the Apple Mac OS X 10.4 operating system.
Maple and Matlab, two modern software packages widely used in academia and industry, are installed on the systems. Students learn to use the software as part of the course instruction in calculus, differential equations, linear algebra and numerical computing.
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Ewing 207 |
Contains 28 stations – 27 for students and one for the instructor. The stations are Apple iMac computers with 2 GHz PowerPC G5 processors, 1.5 GB of RAM and 17” 32-bit color LCD flat panel displays. They are running the Apple Mac OS X 10.4 operating system. Maple and Matlab, two modern mathematics software packages widely used in academia and industry, are installed on the computers. Students learn to use the software as part of the course instruction in calculus, differential equations, linear algebra and numerical computing. |
Ewing 101 |
Contains 25 stations – 24 for students and one for the instructor. The stations are Dell Precision Workstation 390 computers with 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 4 GB of RAM and 17” 32-bit color LCD flat panel displays. They are running the Microsoft Windows XP Professional operating system. Minitab 15 and Microsoft Excel are the two primary software packages used in this classroom by the students taking the two Introduction to Statistical Methods courses. In addition, students may access Maple, Matlab, web browsers and R (a statistical package) on these systems. |
Each of the classrooms contains a ceiling mounted computer projection system and a high speed laser printer. In addition, the instructor station contains a second set of network and video cables to allow the use of a laptop. |