Textbooks
Instead of buying textbooks for $200-300 for a semester, here are some alternative options to rent textbooks for your courses
Options to rent textbooks: GMU Bookstore Amazon Book Rental Chegg Book Rental
You can also use the library to check out the textbook and do homework if it is convenient. However, be aware that it is not guaranteed that the textbook is available at the library if you are doing homework at the last minute.
Software
Free software is available to students to download on the ITS website. Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus is available to students at no cost.
Software with educational discounts is available at Patriot Tech. Visit the Patriot Tech eStore.
Computer Labs Locations
- Fairfax Campus
- Johnson Center, Room 342
- Innovation Hall, Room 301
- Arlington Campus
- Van Metre Building, Room 211
- Science and Technology Campus
- Katherine G. Johnson Hall, Room 250
Applications that are included in these labs include the following:
7-Zip
Acrobat Reader DC
Adobe Creative Cloud 2021 ArcGIS 10.8.1
ArcGIS Pro 2.8 Filezilla
Gimp
Google Chrome Google Earth
IBM SPSS Statistics 27 jGRASP
Kaltura Capture MatLab R2021A
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Office Enterprise 2019 Mozilla Firefox
MS Visual Studio Code Notepad ++
Open JDK Python
Respondus Lockdown Browser SAS 9.40
VideoLAN VLC Player Wolfram Mathematica 12.2 Zoom
Zotero
*If you require software that is not loaded on the computers in the open labs or a specialized lab environment, there are a variety of other lab options, including the STAR Lab, the Collaborative Learning Hub (CLUB), and the Citrix Virtual Lab.