Faculty Guidelines - Special Requests
Computer lab usage policies and guidelines for faculty:
  1. Faculty Software Requests. If you wish to have software available in the computer labs other than the standard lab software, contact Todd Norman in Carlson IT Student Services (ITSS). You must provide the software to ITSS at least two weeks prior to the start of the semester. The software must be legally licensed for all machines on which it will be installed. To view the software currently available in the labs click here.

  2. Access to the labs by non-Carlson School Students. Use of the Carlson School labs is limited to currently enrolled students in Carlson School graduate and undergraduate programs. The only exception is for non-Carlson school students enrolled in a Carlson School class that requires software NOT AVAILABLE IN OTHER UNIVERSITY LABS. These students can be provided guest access to the labs for Carlson related course work only. The instructor must provide a list of the students requiring access to ITSS (csomhelp@umn.edu). Access may be limited to non-peak hours.

  3. Custom Desktop Requests.  Program areas that wish to promote an upcoming event, please contact Michelle Linhoff  in the Undergraduate Program office for approval. If you wish to have a custom desktop for approved event notices, you must have the following requirements:

    1. Event must have department sponsorship

    2. Image must be Marketing Services approved

    3. Request must be made two weeks in advance

    4. File must be in jpg format and file dimensions no larger than
        1024 x 768

    5. Request must include start and end date 

Labs Only for Carlson Students

The Carlson School computer labs (L-112, L-113 and the Hanson Learning Lab) are operated through technology fees paid by Carlson students and therefore can only be used by students enrolled in and obtaining a degree major through the Carlson School of Management.

If you are NOT a Carlson student but still need access to a computer:

All students enrolled at the University of Minnesota have access to several labs on campus. The closest to the Carlson school is HHH 50 in the Humphrey building across the courtyard. A map is provided from the link below. HHH 50 is open to all students and carries both Mac and PCs, as well as the complete MS OFFICE package (Word, Excel, Access, etc). Students need to sign into a computer using their Student ID card. The labs charge a fee for each print job.



If you are NOT a Carlson Major, but are enrolled in courses offered by the Carlson School:

  1. If you are required to do a group project in a Carlson class, you may be logged into a computer by a lab consultant as long as you are working with your group at the time.
  2. Your coursework may occasionally require you to use the software available in the Carlson computer labs. Your Professor will inform you if software required for the class is available in the labs. If this is the case, you must request your Professor to submit a class list to the Lab Supervisor. When you need to use the labs, a Lab Consultant will verify your name on the list and log you into a computer. Your Professor should submit a class list to Carlson IT Student Services (ITSS) by emailing csomhelp@umn.edu. Until a class list has been submitted, you may NOT be logged into the computer labs.
  3. If you feel that your situation entitles you to special consideration, you can submit an email to IT Student Services (csomhelp@umn.edu) and request a temporary semester login account. Until your request has been reviewed and approved, you may not be logged into the computer labs.

Public computers are available in the Humphrey building. Carlson-to-Humphrey Map