The College has four computer classrooms featuring the latest in computing and multimedia technology. These classrooms permit faculty to supplement a broad range of media and information sources. In implementing an effective academic computing program, Washington College has wired for Internet-capability every student room and maintains computer workstations in every residence hall on campus. The College also has equipped faculty and administrative offices, and employs computer-based demonstrations in the classroom. Aside from traditional applications for spreadsheet and analysis software in the business management and economics departments, the personal computers are a valuable learning tool in nearly every department.
Music students can learn composition.
Drama students can learn set and lighting design. The psychology depart-ment's own file server provides the Institute for Scientific Information's monthly Current Contents, a bibliographic reference for current research. Students use the College's network and its web server to explore economics using a computer-based simulation. This network not only gives students access to the online Miller Library catalog from computer stations in their residence hall, but permits them to explore the Internet. A sophisticated network links microcomputers across campus with the College's UNIX and network hosts.