Open Window Institute

Open Window
Type	Private
Established	1993
CEO	Nigel Tattersall
Undergraduates	+/- 800
Location	Centurion, Gauteng, RSA
Campus	John Vorster Drive Ext. East, Southdowns, Irene
Website	www.openwindow.co.za

Open Window is an accredited private higher education provider. It was established in 1993 as an art school. It has since expanded into an institute offering three bachelor's degrees, postgraduate degrees and accredited certificates.

Open Window provides dynamic practice-led higher education integrating conceptual thinking and academic rigour in applied arts. Its approach is multi-disciplinary, with the following subject choices:

Communication Design
Illustration
Photography
User Experience Design
Interactive Development
Product Design
Film & Television
Screen Acting
Screen Writing
Production Design
Motion Design
Sound Design
3D Animation & Game Design.

Students are high school students, gap-year students, graduates, corporates, professionals and others.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Arts Honours in Visual Communication NQF 8

A four-year Honours degrees includes a mix of practical work, critical and creative thinking, as well as research.

All qualifications are accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) and are registered with the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA).

Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Practice NQF 8

The Open Window’s Postgraduate Diploma in Creative Practice is offered at NQF level 8 and consists of 120 credits in total.

The degree's methodology is practice-led and practice-focused and comprises both practical and theoretical components that are examinable.

Bachelor of Film Arts NQF 7

This includes the following majors:

Film & Television
Sound Design
Motion Design
3D Animation
Game Design
Production Design
Screen Acting
Screenwriting

Bachelor of Interaction Design NQF 7

This includes the following majors:

User Experience Design
Interaction Development
Product Design

Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communication Design NQF 7

This includes the following majors:
Communication Design
Illustration
Photography

Open Window is also registered at MICT Seta (Accreditation Number: ACC/2016/07/0012) for the following programmes:

National Certificate: 3D Animation and Visual Effects NQF 5
National Certificate: Film and Television Production NQF 5
National Certificate Design Techniques NQF 5 – Communication Design
National Certificate Design Techniques NQF 5 – User-Interface Design
FET Certificate: Photography NQF 4

External links

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