Westwood College

Associate's Degree Programs

• Associate Degree - Advanced Electronics Technology (Avionics)
• Associate Degree - Airframe and Powerplant

  Many of our hands-on classes take place in simulated work environments, so you get experience in the skills you need to help attract employers and succeed. Redstone can help you pursue your goals if you want to get an airframe and powerplant license. There are a lot of aviation mechanic schools, but Redstone’s hands-on and fast-track approach can help qualify you for a job more quickly and prepare you to do things such as:

  • Ensure that aircraft carrying hundreds of passengers are safe for flying each day
  • Repair and maintain jets, working with your hands in a non-office environment
  • Inspect aviation components for problems
  • Test all repairs to ensure the aircraft is safe
  • Listen to descriptions of aircraft problems, then find their cause and fix them professionally

  We make sure our curriculum trains you with the skills that the industry looks for when hiring employees. To develop our programs, Redstone has advisory boards with representatives from major airlines, aircraft manufacturers and aircraft and powerplant maintenance companies to stay current with the latest industry needs. Aircraft mechanics require technical education and practice and this is just what Redstone offers to students!

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• Associate Degree - Automotive Technology

  Turn Your Passion into a Career

  America’s legendary love affair with the automobile is more powerful for some folks than others. If you’re among the chosen ones, turn your love of autos into a satisfying career. A Westwood associate degree in automotive technology* gives you the skills you need to succeed in this in-demand career.

  Working professionals bring real-life experience and insights into the classroom, giving you knowledge and insights beyond textbook theories. You’ll learn how to diagnose, service and repair vehicles, how to operate engine and emissions controls and how powertrain components affect new-car performance – all in a setting modeled after the workplace to give you hands-on experience.

  Westwood’s degree program meets the standards of the National Institute of Automotive Service Excellence to prepare you for a variety of potential career paths in fields such as auto mechanics, parts sales, fleet maintenance and specialties such as transmissions.
  
  If your pulse quickens at the thought of doing what you love and getting paid for it, don’t just dream about the future… click here and start building it now – with Westwood College, A Place Where You Can Succeed.®

  * Associate Degree in Automotive Technology available only at the Westwood – Denver North Campus

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• Associate Degree - Business Administration

  Primed in Business Essentials: The Perfect Career Launch

  Employers are constantly looking for individuals who understand the fundamentals of business: accounting, marketing, human resources, advanced business software and more. That’s why a Westwood degree in business administration can make you their ideal candidate with the perfect platform to launch your business career. Plus it’s the ideal stepping stone to your bachelor’s degree.

  As working professionals, Westwood faculty draw on personal experience and insights to take your skills from potential to success, instilling essential traits that make you an asset in any organization. Top it all off with our hands-on business simulations and real-life case studies and you’ll graduate with far more than just textbook theories.

  You’ll also be well versed in professional communications, effective customer service techniques and more. And best of all, you’ll enter the job market with a capstone project to demonstrate your professional skills to prospective employers.

  If business is your calling, you might as well be the best! Don’t just dream about a great future. Click here and start building it now – with Westwood College, A Place Where You Can Succeed.®

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• Associate Degree - CAD - Architectural Drafting

  The Drafter Life: It All Begins with You

  From skyscrapers and homes to bridges and boulevards, architects and architectural drafters touch our lives every day. Using sophisticated software, drafters create plans and drawings that bring structures to life long before the first screw is turned.

  Under the guidance of our faculty of working professionals, you’ll begin taking career-related courses in your first term* to develop the essential skills you’ll need for success as an architectural drafter. Coursework includes residential and commercial construction, residential architectural design and basic Computer Aided Design (CAD) techniques.

  In fact, eighty percent of your core contact hours will take place in hands-on lab settings. You’ll be trained by experts on industry-standard software such as AutoLISP and REVIT, plus AutoCAD, which integrates architectural and engineering drafting methods to create intricate plans and charts.

  If the idea of going from concept to creation excites you, don’t just dream about a great future. Click here and start building it now – with Westwood College, A Place Where You Can Succeed.®

  *Subject to meeting admissions placement requirements

  Not all programs available at all campuses

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• Associate Degree - Construction Management

  The Associate of Applied Science in Construction Management Degree offered at Westwood College is a kick-start to a career that can be filled with opportunities. Construction managers are needed in a variety of areas in today’s quickly growing urban climate. A career in construction management means that you will be able to oversee projects from conception to completion, and work with a team that gets things done!

  Construction management professionals need a variety of skills to succeed in this dynamic field. Professionals coordinate projects varying from road and bridge construction to residential projects and the construction of buildings like schools and hospitals. Westwood has a construction management program that provides the comprehensive training and hands-on practice that will give you experience to help prepare you for the workplace.

  Construction management jobs require a unique set of skills. Knowledge of construction science, construction management, and business are crucial for successful individuals in this field, which is why these are the three main areas of study in the Construction Management Program. Within these three areas of focus, some of the things that you will learn include:

  *A basic foundation in construction concepts fundamental to residential and commercial structures, such as building materials and construction methods.
  *General business skills needed to operate effectively in a construction management environment.
  *Skills that support the administration of projects, such as tracking construction schedules, monitoring activities on a construction site, and construction estimating.

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• Associate Degree - Construction Management

  The programs focus on three main areas of instruction (construction science, construction management and business) to provide you with the tools required to successfully manage construction projects. Your coursework in construction management provides a basic foundation in the construction concepts that are fundamental to residential and light commercial buildings, such as building materials, construction design and construction methods. You’ll also learn the skills needed to provide support to construction projects and to develop estimates, bids and schedules. The business component of the program prepares you to provide administrative support to the internal operation of a construction company.

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• Associate Degree - Graphic Design and Multimedia

  Turn Your Eye for Art into a Promising Career

  Our Graphic Design and Multimedia degree blends art and marketing with software expertise to create a satisfying career on multiple levels. It’s also a field abundant in career paths, from advertising and web design to digital photo editing and, of course, graphic design.

  You’ll gain the essentials of success in a hands-on learning environment: effective page layout, web design, image editing and more. And you’ll be mentored by a faculty of working professionals who draw on their experience and insights to prepare you for the world of design with real-life perspectives rather than just textbook theories.

  Your coursework will include courses in design fundamentals, digital illustration, web design, audio-visual principles and print production.

  Blend in your newly acquired skills in Adobe® Creative Suite® (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash Dreamweaver and Encore), plus a student portfolio to demonstrate your skills to prospective employers, and some might say you’ll have an unfair advantage in your job search!
  
  Use your eye for art to design an exciting career! Click here to start creating your future now – with Westwood College, A Place Where You Can Succeed.®

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• Associate Degree - HVAC/R

  Redstone College’s HVAC/R program prepares students to get entry-level positions in the HVAC industry in under 20 months. Many of our hands-on classes take place in simulated work environments, so you get the skills and experience you need to help attract employers and to find in-demand job opportunities. The HVAC/R training at Redstone is fast-track and career-focused so that you can get out of school quickly and move into the working world. At Redstone students have access to an up-to-date lab environment for training and lessons in the diagnosis, repair and the service of basic HVAC/R systems including air conditioning repair.

  Getting HVAC/R training from an accredited technical school like Redstone can increase your chances of finding employment. If you are hoping to get HVAC/R certification, Redstone can help you prepare for exams and give you the opportunity to practice air conditioning repair, heating systems, and other important skills in a work-environment complete with industry-standard equipment.

  The HVAC/R program gets you working on small, medium and large-scale heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration systems. You’ll use HVAC/R technology and work with electronic and pneumatic systems that are controlled by computers. If you are interested in getting HVAC certification, learning air conditioning repair and maintenance, and like working with your hands, Redstone could be right for you. Redstone can help prepare you for HVAC certification through the HVAC/R program. Your training can have you out helping people when they truly need it.

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• Associate Degree - Information Technology

  Information technology professionals with a major in systems security are gatekeepers who protect companies and government agencies. They use their knowledge of computers, computer software and engineering to offer and implement e-business security solutions, identify threats and create firewall systems. It’s a big job with huge career potential; work towards it with help from Westwood College.
  In recent years, systems security has become increasingly important for national and international business. Security breaches have affected every industry and have cost companies billions of dollars in lost revenue and productivity. Combined with recent terrorist activities, this has required the computer networking industry to seek out employees in areas like computer information security and network management.
  Westwood College’s Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Technology: Major in Systems Security
  Our Information Technology program with a major in Systems Security provides students you with advanced security skills required to implement e-business solutions security policies, identify security threats, develop countermeasures using firewall systems and attacking recognition technologies, and manage the deployment of security solutions. Topics are covered extensively in career major courses of the Information Technology degree, but students also take advantage of general education courses, and career preparation, during their studies. These general courses add to the value of the degree, providing you with a well-rounded education.

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• Associate Degree - Medical Assisting

  Medical Assisting: Making a Difference – One Person at a Time

  No job matters more than helping to care for someone with health needs. A medical assisting degree prepares you for a rewarding career in the fast-paced healthcare industry. Westwood will give you the training and skills you need to support doctors and nurses in providing quality healthcare to patients.

  Possible career paths in the medical assisting field include*:
  ▪ Emergency room support –Checking vital signs, starting IV treatments, transporting patients
  ▪ Medical assistance – Performing customer service/administrative duties in a medical office
  ▪ Clinical support – Prepping exam rooms, patient follow-up after treatment

  This 17-month program takes place in lifelike settings, giving you the experience you’ll need to move into the world of medical assisting. Plus, externships provide real-life hands-on training. Study areas include:
  • Anatomy and physiology
  • Medical terminology and administrative procedures
  • Minor surgical procedures
  • Principles of caring for patients

  If making a difference one person at a time speaks to you, listen. And don’t just dream about the future… click here and start building it now – with Westwood College, A Place Where You Can Succeed.®

  * Westwood prepares graduates for certification. Graduates wishing to attain certification must take and pass all applicable test/exams.

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• Associate Degree - Paralegal

  Behind Every Great Lawyer Is a Great Paralegal

  Lawyers may win justice all by themselves on TV. But in the real world, much of what goes into the legal process is created by paralegals – people like you.

  If you have a natural curiosity, an instinct for sizing up a situation, and a flair for research and communication, a fast-paced paralegal/legal assistant career could be your ticket to success.

  And job satisfaction? There’s no greater reward than seeing justice prevail.

  At Westwood you get a real-world education taught by paralegal professionals – which means you graduate with crucial insights that make you an asset from your first day on the job.

  You’ll become a skilled researcher in LexisNexis, Westlaw and more while earning a degree that prepares you for the industry-standard Certified Legal Assistant exam*.

  Course content you’ll study to earn your degree includes:
  ▪ Wills, trusts and probate
  ▪ Family law
  ▪ Legal research
  ▪ Interviewing and investigation
  ▪ Legal writing
  ▪ Business law

  If the thought of “doing good” gives you a rush, listen to what your gut is telling you. Instead of just dreaming about your future, click here to start building it now– with Westwood College, A Place Where You Can Succeed.®

  *State and local restrictions may apply. Additional training may be required. Westwood prepares graduates for certification. Graduates wishing to attain certification must take and pass all applicable test/exams.

  Not all programs available at all campuses.
  

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• Associate Degree - Surveying

  Turn Your Passion into a Career

  Whether it’s a house or a skyscraper, before it’s built, bought or sold, it gets surveyed. Surveyors are essential to the real estate and construction industries, and with a Westwood associate degree in surveying*, you’ll learn the essential skills of surveying and drafting through CAD labs and hands-on courses in the field.

  But best of all, you’ll be taught by working professionals who share experiences and insights to take you beyond textbook theories and prepare you for a variety of surveying roles:
  • Using basic surveying tools to measure angles, elevations and distances
  • “Rod man” functions such as obtaining information for engineering design and boundary determinations
  • Technician duties including field work and collecting data for analysis

  Subject areas include boundary law, survey trigonometry, construction and electronic surveying, field surveying basics and more. Plus, you’ll be trained in management techniques to advance your career.

  If you love the outdoors and can work independently or as part of a team, don’t just dream about the future. Click here and start building it now – with Westwood College, A Place Where You Can Succeed.®

  * Associate Degree in Surveying available only at the Westwood – Denver North Campus.

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