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Laptop Program
RISD academic
departments currently requiring students to purchase specific laptop hardware
and software packages through their academic program are: Industrial Design,
Graphic Design, Furniture Design, Interior Architecture, Architecture,
Landscape Architecture, Digital Media and Photography.
Students
declaring the above stated majors will be required to purchase a
department-specified laptop hardware and software package directly through the
academic program for use beginning in the fall term of the student’s sophomore
year (or 1st year of entry for Graduate students). All students
declaring majors in the above specified Academic Laptop Programs will receive
detailed system specifications, ordering instructions, and program policy
during the late spring/early summer time frame prior to the fall term in which
they enter into their program major.
Academic Laptop
Program cost varies according to each individual department’s specifically
required hardware and software suite. Total Laptop Package costs can be
anticipated to fall within the range of $3000 - $4000. Detailed laptop program
information may be available through the individual laptop program departments.