Update: 11/17/20: OC Health Agency guildelines state Orange County is back in the "Purple tier" thus all physical computers labs in the school are closed.
When given approval, we will open them back up. Thank you for your patience.
Due to COVID-19, everyone must follow social distancing guidelines. We have blocked off many seats, and removed chairs.
Capacity in the labs are very limited. If no chairs are available, you must come back later.
The labs priority is for students taking current classes which use our labs. OIT has two other options:
Virtual computer labs:
https://www.oit.uci.edu/labs/vcl/
and remote access to their labs:
https://www.oit.uci.edu/labs/remote-computer-access/
PLEASE NOTE: No food or drink is allowed anywhere in the computer labs. There are no exceptions. This policy protects the equipment from damage and provides for a cleaner shared environment.
There are two computer labs available in the School of Social Ecology:
Social and Behavioral Sciences 4200 is our main instructional lab. When classes are in session, please use the SE 1, 306 computer lab. You may find information about when the labs are occupied by checking online lab schedules, and the LCD screens located in the lobby of Social Ecology I and on the fourth floor of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Software in our labs include: Windows 10, Adobe Acrobat (reader), Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), Firefox, Internet Explorer, ArcGIS, SPSS, SAS, Stata, Stat Transfer (on certain computers marked with "ST"), AtlasTi (15 users at a time on any lab computer) and MPlus (5 users at a time on any lab computer).
Installation of software on any Social Ecology lab PC is prohibited. These machines have been set up to meet the needs of all classes and graduate students. Please check the Open Access OIT lab schedule for software available in their labs.
Other Computing Labs: Office of Information Technology (OIT) has an open access lab in the Social Science tower. This is the closest lab to our School. For more information, please check out UCI Open Access Labs.
Lab Hours
***Due to COVID-19, you will need access to the buildings to get into the labs. SE computer labs are open 8AM - 8PM Monday - Friday.
Learn more about accessing the labs after hours.
Reporting Problems for Social Ecology Labs
If you encounter problems with printing, printers need more paper, or would like to report broken equipment, please email us se.computing@uci.edu or call 824-8202 for service (voice mail).