Westwood College - Loop

Westwood College is a successful, growing organization of postsecondary learning institutions that offer hands-on, career-focused educational programs. Our primary goal is to prepare students for rewarding jobs in high-demand careers. Westwood College looks for people who want to acquire new skills to take advantage of growing opportunities in the professional workplace. Our students are highly motivated, hardworking, and committed to preparing for rewarding careers.

Why Choose Westwood?

The Accelerated Difference
At Westwood you can earn an associate degree in as little as 17 months or a bachelor degree in less than three years. This means less time learning a career and more time earning money in your career.

Flexible Enough to Fit Anyone's Life
Westwood offers day, night, and online schedules to fit your busy life. No matter how packed your life may be, we'll find a program that will fit your schedule.

It's Hands-On
At Westwood, you'll learn the hands-on skills that set Westwood graduates apart. You'll work on practical, real-world scenarios that will prepare you for what you'll be doing in your career. You'll learn from practicing professionals in your field.

Credit for Relevant College Work
Westwood helps qualifying students to obtain a quality college degree in a shorter amount of time by providing tuition credit for courses already taken.

Career Development, Even After Graduation
Even after you've graduated from your program, our Career Development Specialist will still be there for you. Westwood's Career Development Departments, located at each campus, will help you in your quest to find a rewarding career in the field of your choice.

Accreditation
Westwood's Chicago Loop campus is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) for Associate of Applied Science and Bachelor degrees.

Associate's in Graphic Design and Multimedia

Designers work on everything from illustrations and advertising layouts to animation and multimedia production. The Graphic Design and Multimedia program prepares graduates for positions as graphic designers, production artists, web page designers and multimedia designers within a diverse industry.

This program teaches the fundamentals of graphic design and gives you hands-on experience with industry relevant technology to prepare you for this fun and creative career. Students learn to create effective designs that communicate visually in both print and multimedia environments. The combination of technical and general education courses in the program helps students develop skills in critical thinking, logic, communication and problem solving.

Bachelor's in Animation

In Westwood's Animation program you learn to combine visual effects with live action to breathe life into 2D and 3D objects by modeling bone, skin and features, and then adding animated lifelike motions. Because animation is a blend of art and technology, those working in the field will not only require creativity and good visualization skills, but also specialized training in industry-relevant design software and digital media equipment to be competitive and successful.

Westwood's Animation program covers topics such as the laws of human motion, physics, psychology as applied to 2D and 3D characters, life drawing and rendering techniques, and the application of audio and video to an animation project.

Bachelor's in Interior Design

Interior Design requires creativity and good visualization skills, but also specialized training in design, materials and market specific building codes to be competitive and successful.With these necessary skills in mind, Westwood has created an Interior Design program to focus on the technical, creative and human facets of interior design. With a Westwood degree, you can develop the necessary technical skills and fine-tune your creative skills to enter this growing career field.

Bachelor's in Visual Communications

Visual Communications is an exciting, creative field that offers the opportunity to work on everything from illustration and advertising, to animation and multimedia production.

The Visual Communications program is designed to prepare students with the design, marketing and technical skills necessary to pursue positions working for advertising agencies, in-house design departments, design companies, web-design firms and Internet companies. The combination of management and general education courses in the program help students apply skills in general management, critical thinking, logic, communication and problem solving to workplace challenges.

Bachelor's in Web Design and Multimedia

Web design requires creativity and conceptual and visual skills, but also specialized training in high-tech software and computers, e-commerce, scripting and authoring to be competitive and successful. Westwood has designed a Web Design and Multimedia program to focus on the technical, creative and relevant business knowledge required to stay on top in this profession.

*Programs not applicable in all states, e.g. TX, MA, IL.

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