Since 1965, Colorado Technical University has helped thousands of students soar to achieve career success in business and high technology industries. Whether you are an experienced professional seeking to retain your competitive edge, a degree holder ready for the challenge of graduate school or someone preparing to enter the career world, CTU has the program and the learning style that works for you.
and spending. At CTU, we help students gain a solid accounting background by teaching practical, real world accounting techniques and combining them with insight from our experienced instructors. Students will have the opportunity to learn all aspects of the accounting cycle, analyzing and interpreting various financial statements, and how those statements can be used to make solid business decisions. Our courses in business and managerial accounting give students the tools they need to cultivate their critical thinking skills.
Graduates of the program have the opportunity to work in a variety of industries, as professional accounting services are essential to the success of any organization.
This degree concentration addresses the principles and techniques of systems management and logistics, including the fundamentals of analysis, design, implementation and customer support. You can build a strong foundation in analytical components including pricing and distribution as well as collaboration and management strategy.
In this degree program, you can learn the software programs that leading businesses use to increase efficiency, professional communication skills, team building, accounting, human resources, international business and marketing.
The management concentration expands your studies into more advanced managerial concepts and strategies such as project risk management, strategy development and human resource issues. You can further customize your program through choice of electives, including accounting, economics, money and capital markets, team building, logistics or sales.
The human resource management concentration can prepare you as an HR professional to participate as a member of the management team, with expanded studies in the legal environment, customer service and competitive issues, management structure and processes, and professional communication skills.
This degree program emphasizes a strong base of business fundamentals including critical-thinking and decision-making skills. You can learn practical, real-world applications from professors with extensive business experience. In addition to important undergraduate foundation studies in areas including English, math, social science and technology, you can learn presentation techniques, technology application and research basis.
Our Bachelor Degree program in Accounting at CTU helps students develop a solid foundation by teaching essential accounting techniques and combining them with professional insight from our instructors. Cultivate your critical thinking skills with our business and managerial accounting courses and build on a solid foundation of general education courses that you need for a quality learning experience.
- General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Ways to increase revenue and manage profitability
- Activity-based costing and management techniques
- Examine the strengths and weaknesses of reported accounting information
At Colorado Technical University, our program in Business Administration includes business fundamentals that are essential to any professional in the field today. We concentrate on teaching students key Business Administration techniques, including critical-thinking and decision-making skills, and incorporates that knowledge with key communication skills. Our instructors possess extensive business experience, so students have the opportunity to learn from their experience and gain the real-world knowledge needed to succeed. In addition to important undergraduate foundation studies in areas including English, Math, Social Science and Technology, we include a component that examines presentation techniques which is useful for any business professional.
Students can learn:
- Business terms and principles
- Key areas of management
- Computer applications and software
- Business statistics used in decision-making
- Supervisory skills for effective management
- Effective communication techniques
Graduates should possess the solid business, communication, and technical skills they need and can be confident that they are prepared to pursue a career in Business Administration.
At Colorado Technical University, our Business Administration Management Bachelor degree program can provide students with a solid educational foundation that focuses on Management. Since this program focuses on providing students with the key Business Administration and Management techniques they need, they have the opportunity to exceed their own expectations in today?s competitive marketplace. Plus, our skilled faculty possesses extensive business experience and brings that practical, real-world knowledge to our students.
The curriculum may include:
- Business Terms and Principles
- Management Structure
- Team Building
- Communication and Presentation Techniques
- Risk Management
- Human Resource Issue
Our graduates should be an asset to any management team with the degree in Business Administration ? Management from Colorado Technical University in their portfolio.
At Colorado Technical University, the Business Administration ? Marketing and Sales Associate degree program is designed to expose students to software programs that increase productivity and they will have the opportunity to learn professional communication skills and team building, explore effective accounting techniques, and look at business and marketing from a global perspective.
The program includes the following concepts:
- Business Terms and Principles
- The Role Marketing plays in an Organization
- Marketing Techniques
- National and Global Marketing Strategies
Graduates can pursue a rewarding career in Marketing and Sales. The career of your dreams can be within your reach!
The Business Administration Marketing Management degree program at Colorado Technical University is designed to give students the opportunity to build a solid business foundation while concentrating on the Marketing Management specialization. This comprehensive program focuses on the crucial interface between an organization and its customers. We provide a complete educational package by teaching key business and marketing techniques, including critical-thinking and decision-making skills. Our skilled instructors provide industry-current information so that graduates of the program are ready to face the challenges of a career in Marketing Management.
The curriculum may includes:
- Key business principles
- Research and Analysis
- Consumer Behaviors
- Strategic Marketing Planning
- Effective Communication Techniques
Graduates of the Business Administration Marketing Management Degree program from Colorado Technical University can be confident that they possess the essential skills they need to succeed in the fast-paced world of Marketing Management.
In this program, you can learn both electrical engineering and computer science skills. You will draw from each discipline to improve the hardware/software interface and to integrate software demands directly into the hardware design. You can develop all-important communication and interpersonal skills to help you interpret customer requirements and produce technology solutions.
Features:
- Complete your degree in as few as 3 years
- Qualified course transfer, life experience, and military credits accepted
- Earn high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
In this degree program, students can develop a strong base of practical, real-world skills from professors who are also computer science professionals. In addition to important undergraduate foundation studies, you can learn computer programming languages, computer network systems and software engineering skills. The systems security and project management components of this degree add competitive, industry-current skill sets.
Features:
- Complete your degree in as few as 3 years
- Qualified course transfer, life experience, and military credits accepted
- Earn high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
n this degree program, you can learn how to install, maintain, and upgrade modern computer systems. You can gain specific knowledge of personal computers, operating systems, servers, computer networking hardware and software, computer security, and wireless systems. You can also obtain the skills necessary to analyze and solve technical problems in modern computers and networks.
Features:
- Complete your degree in as few as 18 months
- Qualified course transfer, life experience, and military credits accepted
- Earn high-demand professional certificates with no added time or tuition cost
- Provides first half of a bachelor?s degree in information technology management (BSITM)
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
In this degree program, you can learn the basics of criminal thinking and gain important skills such as report writing; intake assessment and evaluation for work with juvenile and victim advocacy, family court work, child and youth work, loss prevention, fraud investigations, court administration, homeland security, crisis work, customs, juvenile correction work and court-appointed special advocate.
- Complete your degree in as few as 18 months
- Qualified course transfer, life experience, and military credits accepted
- Earn high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Helps you prepare for certification such as Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS?)
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
CTU?s bachelor?s degree in criminal justice is designed to build a strong base of practical, real-world applications from professors who are experienced professionals. In addition to foundational undergraduate studies, students can learn industry-standard skills in areas such as interview and interrogation, crime scene investigation and psychological criminal profiling. Built on a solid knowledge of the law and the courts, the skills and techniques you can learn are applicable in the many facets of the criminal justice system. You can also develop the professional and technical skills to empower you as a criminal justice professional ready for advancement.
Features:
- Complete your degree in as few as 3 years; with a qualified associate?s degree, you can complete in as few as 18 months
- Qualified course transfer, life experience, and military credits accepted
- Earn high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
The Doctorate of Computer Science program is an advanced professional degree for practicing computer and IT professionals, consultants, and academics. The program integrates technical knowledge with research skills, the ability to think and act strategically, and facility in anticipating and planning for the future while helping you to establish yourself as a leader in your chosen field.
Features:
- Complete your degree in as few as 3 years
- No need to relocate or interrupt your career
- No dissertation ? applied, career-focused projects
- Executive format ? limited residencies and 50% online collaboration
The Doctorate of Management program is an advanced professional degree for senior managers, consultants, and academics. It develops research and intervention skills, the ability to think and act strategically, and facility in anticipating and planning for the future while helping you to establish yourself as a leader in your chosen field.
Features:
- Complete your degree in as few as 3 years
- No need to relocate or interrupt your career
- No dissertation ? applied, career-focused projects
- Executive format ? limited residencies and 50% online collaboration
In this degree program, you can learn to design, develop and maintain Web pages and Web sites. You can also develop skills to act as liaison between the technical staff and management or customers. You can gain skills to act as a liaison between the technical staff and management or customers. You can gain fundamental business skills and understand how to apply them to the virtual marketplace.
Features
- Complete your degree in as few as 18 months
- Qualified course transfer, life experience, and military credits accepted
- Earn high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Helps you prepare for certification such as Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS?)
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
Students in this program can gain a clear understanding of the business life cycle, emerging business modeling, and interdisciplinary issues related to the e-business environment, such as intellectual property issues related to the Internet, the challenges of leadership and communication, process improvement with technology, and consumer satisfaction in the virtual marketplace. You can develop skills to act as a liaison between the technical staff and management or customers.
Features:
- Complete your degree in as few as 3 years; with a qualified associate?s degree, you can complete in as few as 18 months
- Qualified course transfer, life experience, and military credits accepted
- Earn high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
In this program, you can gain skills to analyze and design digital electronic components and systems, modern communication systems, large-scale electrical networks and CMOS integrated circuits. You can learn how microcontrollers are integrated into products such as multimedia entertainment systems, and gain invaluable teamwork skills.
- Complete your degree in as few as 3 years
- Qualified course transfer, life experience, and military credits accepted
- Earn high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
In this degree program, you can learn how electronic systems work, about digital design and embedded microcontrollers, and acquire basic knowledge about computer networks. You can gain the skills to analyze problems, measure and test components, and maintain electronic systems.
Features:
- Complete your degree in as few as 18 months
- Qualified course transfer, life experience, and military credits accepted
- Earn high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Helps you prepare for certification such as Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS?)
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
The Associate in Health Information Technology (HIT) program can prepare students to apply information technologies to healthcare and medical information operations. The curriculum combines general education, biomedical sciences, a solid foundation of HIPAA, and healthcare management to prepare students for health information technology positions in the growing healthcare industry.
This program offers two areas of concentration. The concentration in healthcare coding and billing emphasizes healthcare coding and billing, the use of ICD 9 and 10. Technology stresses information technology, security, data application and health operating systems.
The program allows students majoring in HIT and related fields to take courses to receive certification in health coding and billing, health information technology and HIPAA.
The information technology degree program is designed to develop a strong base of practical, real-world business and technology skills from professors who are also IT professionals. In addition to important undergraduate foundation studies, you can learn to link software and hardware needs to support business goals. You can develop a fundamental understanding of business along with technical skills such as computer languages, client-server networks, Web publishing, and database and spreadsheet applications.
Features:
- Complete your degree in as few as 18 months
- Qualified course transfer, life experience, and military credits accepted
- Earn high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Helps you prepare for COMPTIA certification such as Network+?
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
In this degree program, students can develop a strong base of practical, real-world business and technology skills. You can learn to link software and hardware needs to support business goals. You can develop an information system knowledge combined with technical computer capabilities. The inclusion of contemporary themes such as information system security and project management bring added relevance to this program.
Features:
- Complete your degree in as few as 3 years
- Qualified course transfer, life experience, and military credits accepted
- Earn high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Helps you prepare for certifications such as Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE?), CompTIA?s A+?, Network+? and Security+?, and Cisco?s CCNP?
In this degree program you can learn to plan, implement, maintain and manage computing and information technology. Professional communication, team building and project management techniques build competitive --soft-- skill sets that add to your marketability. The BSITM degree can provide the foundation for a career as a network engineer, network operational analyst, certified systems engineer, systems administrator, IT manager, business analyst, systems analyst, IT project leader or sales account representative.
- Complete your degree in as few as 3 years; with a qualified associate?s degree, you can complete in as few as 18 months
- Qualified course transfer, life experience, and military credits accepted
- Earn high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Helps you prepare for certifications such as Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE?), CompTIA?s A+?, Network+? and Security+?, and Cisco?s CCNP?
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
The Executive MBA is a professional degree, intended for those who aspire to increasing levels of responsibility in business and industry. The emphasis of this program is on skills and knowledge that tomorrow?s business leaders need: intellectual and geographic perspective of our global economy, critical thinking and decision-making skills, accounting and finance, and organizational processes. The CTU MBA also encompasses information technology management and project management competencies.
- Complete your degree in 16 1/2 months or less
- Earn two high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
In the Computer Science Software Engineering MBA Degree program at Colorado Technical University, we designed this program to prepare career professionals to contribute to the overall development and implementation of large-scale, complex software systems. Plus, the program gives professionals the skills they need to meet the management requirements of today?s technologically advanced work environments.
- Software Development
- Integration and Testing
- Process Improvement Practices
- Quality Assurance
- Risk Management
Along with your MBA, you can earn two professional certificates as you work toward the completion of your MSCS-SE program. These professional certificates will help you excel in your career without incurring the additional cost of added courses. Once you receive your Master?s Degree from Colorado Technical University in Computer Science Software Engineering, you should have the expertise you need to lead any software engineering department.
Our Master's of Business Administration Degree program in Accounting at CTU helps students develop a solid foundation by teaching essential accounting techniques and combining them with professional insight from our instructors. Cultivate your critical thinking skills with our business and managerial accounting courses and build on a solid foundation of general education courses that you need for a quality learning experience.
Students are expected to discuss the following concepts:
- General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Ways to increase revenue and manage profitability
- Activity-based costing and management techniques
- Examine the strengths and weaknesses of reported accounting information
- Accounting information systems (AIS) and develop a managerial approachto AIS
- Collection, storage and use of accounting information
- Security of accounting information systems
Graduates of Master's of Business Administration Degree program in Accounting at CTU may have the opportunity to obtain rewarding careers as successful Accountants, Accounting Supervisors, Billing Supervisors or Auditors.
The MBA-HRM degree prepares you to integrate human resource functions into an organization?s strategic plan. Long-range planning approaches, developing leadership vision and how to survive and thrive through organizational change are included in this program. You can learn effective recruiting and retaining/retraining options and how to protect the employee? and the organization?s best interests.
- Complete your degree in 16 1/2 months or less
- Earn two high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
The MBA-TM degree program can prepare you with an understanding of information technology management systems, networking architecture, data communications design and database management. Project management fundamentals can prepare you with industry-recognized approaches for organizational efficiency. Topics also include management-level finance, economics and decision-making strategies.
- Complete your degree in 16 1/2 months or less
- Earn two high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
At Colorado Technical University, our MBA-IT / Business Transformation degree program can give you a clear understanding of the issues related to the role technology plays today and in the future. Students have the opportunity to develop their business sensibilities and technical abilities from the enterprise perspective of an organization.
This MBA program discusses:
- Technology-Based Business Paradigms
- Using Technology to Achieve Organizational Goals
- Exploring Technological Tools From a Management Perspective
Graduates of the program should leave Colorado Technical University armed with solid, management-level business, communication, and technical skills and can be confident that they are prepared to meet the challenges in any organization.
Our Executive MBA Degree program at Colorado Technical University was created for those individuals who aspire to increasing levels of responsibility and career advancement in business and industry. This MBA program builds on the education and experience our students already possess and helps them take their career to the next level. We want you to be a business leader of tomorrow!
The MBA program emphasizes:
- Perspectives of the Global Economy
- Advanced Knowledge of Information Technology Management
- High-level Project Management Competencies
- Innovative Communication and Team Building Methods
There are Embedded Professional Certificates in the program as well. You can earn two high-demand professional certificates as you work toward the completion of your MBA.
Graduates of the MBA program at Colorado Technical University should be qualified to pursue a variety of management and leadership positions.
Our professional MBA program at Colorado Technical University in Business Administration Human Resource Management was created to teach professionals how to integrate human resource functions into an organization?s strategic management plan.
The program discusses:
- Developing Leadership Vision
- Long-range Staffing Plans
- Surviving Organizational Change
- Effective Recruiting Techniques
Plus, there are Embedded Professional Certificates in the MBA?HRM program at Colorado Technical University. You can earn two desirable professional certificates as you work toward the completion of your MBA in Business Administration Human Resource Management. The Business Administration ? Human Resource Management Master?s Degree Program from Colorado Technical University is essential for any HR management professional who is looking to advance their career and increase their earning power.
The MBA-IT/BT degree program can equip you with an understanding of the fundamental issues related to technology?s role today and in the future. You can develop both technical expertise and business savvy from the enterprise perspective of an organization. You can learn to create new technology-based business paradigms to achieve organizational goals. Course content explores key technological tools and concepts from a management perspective.
- Complete your degree in 16 1/2 months or less
- Earn two high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
The MBA-L/SCM degree program can prepare you with an understanding of the relevance and applicability of logistics methods as they relate to business management. You can learn quantitative and qualitative management techniques in the areas of production logistics, product design, distribution and life cycle analysis.
Features:
- Complete your degree in 16 1/2 months or less
- Earn two high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
The MBA-PM degree program can prepare you with the skills and knowledge necessary to become an effective project manager, including time/conflict management; teams and HR strategies; risk analysis and management; scheduling techniques; organizational and processes; costing and budgetary controls; procurement and contracting; and implementation and assessment.
- Complete your degree in 16 1/2 months or less
- Earn two high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
- Helps you prepare for Project Management Professional (PMP?) certification
The MCSE degree program emphasizes effective optimization of computer systems within organizations to strengthen competitive advantage. The program covers research, design, development and testing of computer hardware systems as well as integrating these foundational components with software applications.
Features:
- Complete your degree in 16 months or less
- Earn a professional certificate with no added time nor tuition cost
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
Our MBA degree program in IT/Project Management at Colorado Technical University is designed to give professionals the added edge they need to effectively manage project teams. We have designed our program to combine advanced courses in the theory and practice of project management in order to produce skilled, executive-level project leaders.
Our program discusses:
- Advanced Applications of Project Management Software
- High-level Implementation Plans and Work Breakdown Structures
- Executive-level Communication Techniques
- Tools to manage project costs at a management level
As part of the program, you can earn two embedded professional certificates as you work toward the completion of your MSM-IT/PM degree. Attaining these resume-building certificates can help you excel in you career without adding classes or increasing tuition. Graduates of the MBA program in IT/Project Management at Colorado Technical University can enter the marketplace confident that they have the advanced skills needed to lead any project management team.
The MSCS-SE degree concentration is designed to prepare students to contribute to the overall development and implementation of large-scale, complex software systems. Content includes development and evaluation of software design, integration and testing, process improvement practices, quality assurance and risk management in the development process.
Embedded Professional Certificates
You will earn three high-demand professional certificates as you work toward the completion of your MSCS-SE program. Attaining these resume-building certificates can help you continue to advance in your career while earning your degree and without adding courses or tuition costs.
The MSCS-SE degree concentration can prepare you to contribute to the overall development and implementation of large-scale, complex software systems. Content includes development and evaluation of software design, integration and testing, process improvement practices, quality assurance and risk management in the development process.
- Complete your degree in 16 1/2 months or less
- Earn two high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
The MSEE degree program provides industry-current knowledge of modern systems design applied to emerging and evolving technical fields. There is an emphasis on digital communications. Project management course components provide a practical, industry-recognized knowledge base to address today?s resource optimization and products delivery challenges.
Features:
- Complete your degree in 16 months or less
- Earn a professional certificate with no added time nor tuition cost
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
At Colorado Technical University, our Electrical Engineering MBA program is designed to provide engineering professionals with the skills necessary to analyze and design modern communication systems, large-scale electrical networks and CMOS integrated circuits. Plus, as with all of our MBA degrees at Colorado Technical University, there is an advanced communication and management component included in the program that teaches the essential skills all professionals need to be successful managers.
- Resource Optimization
- Management of Advanced Network Topologies
- Examining Products Delivery Challenges
Graduates should leave Colorado Technical University with valuable skills and indispensable knowledge that makes them an asset to the management team in any organization.
Our MBA degree program in IT/Project Management at Colorado Technical University is designed to give professionals the added edge they need to effectively manage project teams. We have designed our program to combine advanced courses in the theory and practice of project management in order to produce skilled, executive-level project leaders
Our program discusses:
- Advanced Applications of Project Management Software
- High-level Implementation Plans and Work Breakdown Structures
- Executive-level Communication Techniques
- Tools to manage project costs at a management level
As part of the program, you can earn two embedded professional certificates as you work toward the completion of your MSM-IT/PM degree. Attaining these resume-building certificates can help you excel in you career without adding classes or increasing tuition. Graduates of the MBA program in IT/Project Management at Colorado Technical University can enter the marketplace confident that they have the advanced skills needed to lead any project management team.
At Colorado Technical University, our Information Systems Security MBA degree program can provide technical leaders in systems security management with the skills they need to perform effectively in today?s technologically advanced work environments. Our goal is to incorporate emerging technologies with traditional practices and offer a dynamic curriculum that is based on the demands of today?s competitive market.
The program focuses on:
- Methods to combat threats to corporate resources
- Creating a security plan
- Analyzing the success of a corporate security plan
- Preparing for Project Management Professional (PMP?) designation
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP?) certification
In the Information Systems Security MBA degree program at Colorado Technical University, we want to produce graduates who can use their technical knowledge and effectively incorporate it with the business and management needs of a company.
This program helps you prepare for increasing levels of responsibility in planning, developing, integrating and managing computer systems. The systems security focus can equip you to develop a security policy, formulate an implementation plan, design and implement security measures, and monitor and manage an organization's computer security system.
Features:
- Complete your degree in 16 1/2 months or less
- Earn two high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Helps you prepare for Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSPâ„¢) certification
The MSM-ISS can prepare technical leaders in systems security management, including methods to combat threats to corporate technical resources. It provides a strong foundation for you to advance your technical skills in order to plan, manage, certify and accredit a security plan for your organization.
- Complete your degree in 16 1/2 months or less
- Earn five high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Helps you prepare for Project Management Professional (PMP?)
- Helps you prepare for Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP?) certification
The MSM-IT/PM degree program is designed to prepare you to integrate and manage an organization?s information and technology tools and leverage their effectiveness through the application of industry-recognized project management principles.
Features:
- Complete your degree in 16 1/2 months or less
- Earn four high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Helps you prepare for Project Management Professional (PMP?) certification
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
In this degree program, you can learn to maintain network hardware and software, analyze problems and monitor the network to ensure availability to system users. You can gain the skills to identify customer needs and then use that information to identify, interpret, and evaluate system and network requirements, including all important network security measures.
Features:
- Complete your degree in as few as 18 months
- Qualified course transfer, life experience, and military credits accepted
- Earn high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Helps you prepare for certification such as Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS?) CompTIA?s A+?, Network+? and Security+?, and Cisco?s CCNA?
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
The project management degree program is based on the Project Management Institute?s (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) ? the recognized industry standard. You can build a strong base of practical, real-world applications and undergraduate foundational studies in areas including English, math, social science and technology. You can learn real-world project planning; time and conflict management; human resource management; risk analysis and management; CPM/PERT, Grant and other scheduling techniques; an understanding of organizations, teams and processes; budgeting and cost control systems; contracting and negotiating.
- Complete your degree in as few as 3 years; with a qualified associate?s degree, you can complete in as few as 18 months
- Qualified course transfer, life experience, and military credits accepted
- Earn high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
Our Visual Communications program at Colorado Technical University are designed to prepare students for entry-level positions in the commercial art, graphic design, and multimedia fields. Students are given the opportunity to cultivate their creative talents in digital imaging, computer illustration, web design, desktop publishing, prepress, and advertising techniques by combining industry-current technology with traditional design methods. Plus, students will create a professional portfolio to showcase the professional skills they have obtained in our comprehensive Visual Communications program.
The program contains:
- Drawing and typography
- Digital and graphic design techniques
- Illustration
- Macromedia & Adobe software product
- Portfolio development
Graduates should leave the Visual Communications program at Colorado Technical University with the skills they need to solve multifaceted design problems. Plus, they possess a comprehensive working knowledge of visual expression as a means of developing and communicating ideas.
The Visual Communications program was designed with the creative student in mind. The experienced instructors at Colorado Technical University provide students with a thorough working knowledge of visual expression as a means of communicating ideas and we focus on developing the student?s creative problem solving abilities by developing concepts and content that is based upon the principles, practical applications and methodologies used in developing creative design. Plus, students will create a portfolio that will showcase the various techniques they have learned over the course of their degree program. Along with many other popular software programs, students can gain experience using Macromedia and Adobe products, as well.
The program discusses:
- History of Design
- Design Fundamentals
- Computer Illustration
- Multimedia and Web Design
Graduates of Colorado Technical University can develop into professionals that are able to use their skills for a satisfying career in the disciplines of advertising design, website design, graphic design, illustration, animation, digital design and multimedia.
The Visual Communication program is designed to educate and develop the talents and technical abilities of artistic and imaginative students. Students are educated with a comprehensive working knowledge of visual expression as a means of communicating ideas. Emphasis is placed on developing the student?s creative problem solving abilities by developing concepts and content that is based upon the principles, practical applications and methodologies used in developing creative design. Using the tools of industry-current technology along with traditional methods students can develop into professionals that are able to use their skills for a rewarding career in the disciplines of advertising design, website design, graphic design, illustration, animation, digital design and multimedia. Students will create a portfolio that will showcase the various techniques they have learned over the course of their degree program. Students will gain experience using Macromedia and Adobe products along with many other popular software programs. Students will gain experience using a variety of hardware.
- Features:
- Qualified course transfer, life experience, and military credits accepted
- Earn high-demand professional certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
- Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge
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