UTech, Ja Student Handbook 2019-2020

All online students are expected to have access to a computer with the following minimum technical specifications: Minimum Hardware Requirements for UTechOnline • 2 GB of RAM • 1 GB of free disk space • Broadband Internet connection (56 Kbit/sec or faster) • Sound card with speakers or headphones Minimum Software Requirements for UTechOnline • Operating System (OS) − Windows XP Operating System (or better) for Window computers − OS X for Macintosh computers • Browser Options and Requirements − Mozilla Firefox 15 or later − Google Chrome 22 or later (http://www.google.com/chrome ) − MS Internet Explorer 9.0 or later – a download is available from Internet Explorer site. Other Support Features Required • JavaScript must be enabled (http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/java- script-settings-for-interactive- web-pages#w_enabling-and-disabling- javascript ) • Cookies must be enabled (http://support.mozilla.org/en- US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-web- site-preferences ) • Pop-up blocker must be turned off ( http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/pop- blocker-settings-exceptions-troubleshoot- ing#w_pop-up-blocker-settings ) • Mozilla Firefox Adobe Acrobat Reader ( http://get.adobe.com/reader/ ) • Adobe Flash ( http://get.adobe.com/flash- player/ ) • Adobe Shockwave ( http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/) • Java runtime environment • VLC player U T E C H P H A R M A C Y The pharmacy is managed and operated by registered pharmacists with the assistance of pharmacy students and a Pharmacy Technician. It is a legally operated facility that is registered by the Pharmacy Council of Jamaica. The objectives of the pharmacy are to: 1. facilitate the learning process of 3rd-year pharmacy students, giving them real hands-on experience, and 2. provide pharmaceutical services to the UTech, Ja. communities. The pharmacy carries a wide range of prescrip- tion drugs, non-prescription drugs, toiletries, first aid supplies, multi-vitamins, contracep- tives, cough and cold preparations and much more. It also has an up-to-date computerized programme for processing prescriptions. U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E C H N O L O G Y , J A M A I C A – S T U D E N T H A N D B O O K 2 0 1 9 – 2 0 2 0 S U P P O R T S E R V I C E S F O R S T U D E N T S 76