Depending on your major, you will study in one of Woodbury's three academic Schools: 

• School of Architecture
• School of Business
• School of Media, Culture & Design

School of Architecture

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Students in the nationally ranked Woodbury Architecture programs are the next generation of creative leaders. They are:

• professionally prepared
• proficient at change
• committed to their communities
• thoroughly prepared for the future

The School of Architecture offers a five-year professional Bachelor of Architecture degree, which integrates recent innovations in computer-aided design, multi-media, and sustainable technologies into the design curriculum.

Woodbury University's architecture program is accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. Entry is highly selective and you should apply early to this program as it is usually over subscribed. Students within the department are expected to master five areas of study pertinent to all architecture:

• Critical Thinking - the ability to build abstract relationships and understand the impact of ideas.
• Design - the inventive and reflective conception, development, and production of architecture.
• Building - the technical aspects, systems, and materials and their role in the implementation of design.
• Representation - the wide range of media used to communicate design ideas including writing, speaking, drawing, and model making.
• Professionalism - the ability to manage, argue, and act legally, ethically, and critically in society and the environment.

Hollywood Center for Community Research and Design

The School of Architecture's Center for Community Research and Design (CCRD) is located on Hollywood Boulevard at the core of the historic redevelopment district. The CCRD expands opportunities for students and faculty while extending the professional learning atmosphere into the city itself. The CCRD's community-based projects, research seminars, and design studios help students develop awareness and direct participation in the urban issues, practices and places that define the city. The CCRD is a public resource providing exhibitions, lectures, workshops, exchanges, and publications while serving as studio space for some upper division topic studios.

School of Business

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Woodbury University is home to the oldest business school west of the Mississippi, and offers a wide range exciting courses. Woodbury prepares business graduates to compete in a dynamic, global environment and get you into the job market as quickly as possible. During your first two years at Woodbury, you will take core courses in management, accounting, marketing and information technology. This allows you to sample each area before selecting one in which to major.

In years three and four, you will choose your major from the following fields:

• Business Management
  Here you will learn how to implement organizational goals, study complex financial models and measurements, and dissect and solve difficult issues facing organizations. You can also choose to focus on an area of emphasis in e-commerce, entrepreneurship, finance, human resources development, international business or management.
• Accounting
  As an accounting student, you'll learn how money flow is controlled and how business strategy and regulation directly affect accounting decisions. The goal is to prepare you for professional or managerial accounting positions, and in your senior year, you will take a 120 hour internship as a tax accountant, auditor, financial analyst or systems analyst.
• Information Technology
  You will learn how to design systems and build efficient communications networks vital to any successful business enterprise. You'll also take full advantage of Woodbury's multi-environment laboratories and case study learning experiences. In your senior year, you will learn advanced systems analysis and gain hands on technical IT experience in your senior project. All IT seniors are required to complete a real project for a real client.
• Marketing
  You'll learn how to shape your creativity and enthusiasm into a career where you specialize in getting products or services noticed, branded and used. You'll take courses in market research, consumer behavior and marketing management, and then tailor your degree to develop a specific area of expertise. You can choose from advertising/promotion, retail management, direct marketing, sales management, strategic marketing and product development and distribution. Before you graduate you will complete an internship in a marketing job.
• Fashion Marketing
  This degree offers those with a sense of fashion a unique opportunity to develop business sense in the world's second largest fashion market- Los Angeles. Course work draws upon case study analysis where you learn to apply fashion marketing principles to solve problems and develop plans of action. You meet fashion designers, manufacturers, merchandisers and retailers on a series of field trips before starting your senior internship.

The School offers challenging degree paths that cultivate the talents of each student and nurtures their growth. One of Woodbury's most popular majors, Fashion Design, is found in the School of Media, Culture and Design. 

The school offers rigorous education in the fields of Animation, Communication, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Interior Architecture and Psychology. Students are encouraged to explore the areas between and around these disciplines and to foster the personal vision, intelligence and talent needed to succeed.

The Design Center and the Judith Tamkin Fashion Center offer specialized support facilities including a wood/metal shop, a materials resource library, a photography lab, and specialized computing facilities, as well as providing 24 hour access to studios.

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