Computer applications in Geology include those common in the petroleum industry and include spreadsheets, data base management, and geological modeling. All majors and secondary certification students must take History 470, which includes a component on the historian's use of technology. Due to the varied and diverse needs of the Department of Human Sciences a large amount of technology equipment is maintained and used by the Department. These items range from the common audiovisual equipment such as VCR' s and television units to blueprint copiers, computers equipped with CAD software and computers equipped with word-processing or the usual software packages. However, Fashion Merchandising, Interior Design, Hospitality Administration and Foods, Nutrition and Dietetics all use specialized software with which the student must become proficient.
Assignments require the use of library computers, search engines, and Internet research.
The curriculum places a strong emphasis on technology by allowing students to have hands-on experience with heart rate monitors, Skindex electronic body fat assessment machines, electronic blood pressure machines and pulmonary function machines. A networked computer laboratory is housed in the department and is available for student use. Students are given the opportunity to utilize technology in a fully equipped Human Performance Laboratory with bicycle ergometers, a state of the art computerized treadmill, computerized metabolic analysis system, computerized blood pressure assessment and other equipment designed to conduct research and learning experiences in the area of exercise physiology. A Biomechanics Laboratory with a Peak 2D motion analysis system also is housed in the department. Course work in classes using the above-referenced technologies is required in the majors offered by the department.