This software is pre-installed on public computers around campus, instructor stations in classrooms, computer classrooms, and most science teaching labs. Changes are generally made between semesters. Faculty will receive an email soliciting requests mid each semester for the following semester, along with textbook and library orders. Please note, not all students have laptops so please request software accordingly.
Computers are running either macOS 15 Sequoia or Windows 11.
More information is available regarding the licensing of many of these programs, including their availability for installation on office and personal computers.
Fall 2025 as of October 17, 2025
| Windows | macOS | |
| 7-Zip | ✓ | |
| Acrobat Reader | ✓ | ✓ |
| Adobe Creative Cloud[1] | ✓ | ✓ |
| Anaconda/Python | ✓ | ✓ |
| ApE | ✓ | ✓ |
| ArcGIS Pro | ✓ | |
| Arduino IDE | ✓ | ✓ |
| AstroImageJ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ATLAS.ti | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audacity | ✓ | ✓ |
| ChemDraw | ✓ | |
| FIJI/ImageJ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Firefox | ✓ | ✓ |
| Garageband | ✓ | |
| Gaussian & GaussView | ✓ | |
| GIMP | ✓ | ✓ |
| Github Desktop | ✓ | |
| Google Chrome | ✓ | ✓ |
| Google Earth | ✓ | ✓ |
| Handbrake | ✓ | ✓ |
| Homebrew | ✓ | |
| IGV Integrative Genomics Viewer | ✓ | ✓ |
| iMovie | ✓ | |
| jamovi | ✓ | ✓ |
| Java SDK | ✓ | ✓ |
| Keynote | ✓ | |
| Lockdown Browser | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mathcad | ✓ | |
| Mathematica | ✓ | ✓ |
| Microsoft Office | ✓ | ✓ |
| Node.js | ✓ | |
| Notepad++ | ✓ | |
| Origin Pro | ✓ | |
| Python/Anaconda | ✓ | ✓ |
| PyMOL | ✓ | ✓ |
| R | ✓ | ✓ |
| Racket | ✓ | |
| RStudio | ✓ | ✓ |
| Spartan | ✓ | |
| Stata/BE | ✓ | ✓ |
| Stellarium | ✓ | ✓ |
| Thonny | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tracker | ✓ | ✓ |
| UCSF Chimera | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vectorworks | ✓ | |
| VLC | ✓ | ✓ |
| VSCode | ✓ | ✓ |
| WorldWide Telescope | ✓ | |
| YuJa Software Capture | ✓ | ✓ |
| Zoom | ✓ | ✓ |
| Zotero | ✓ | ✓ |
In addition, these programs with more restrictive hardware or licensing requirements have been added to the standard set of applications above in selected teaching labs:
- Pasco Capstone: Dana 111, 220, 256
- TCapture: Wall 218, 220, 328
- In Dana B055: NI Multisim
[1] Adobe CC app availability varies by location due to disk space requirements. All locations have: Acrobat, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro. Wall 380 (Windows) and Wall B05 (Mac) also have: After Effects with Adobe Media Encoder, Animate, Audition, and InDesign.