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 accredited bachelor's degrees and postgraduate degrees.
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 (Industrial) 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 Creative Technologies NQF 7
This includes the following majors:
User Experience Design
Interaction Development
Industrial Design
Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communication Design NQF 7
This includes the following majors:
Communication Design
Illustration
Photography
Higher Certificate in Graphic Design NQF 5
Higher Certificate in User Interface Design NQF 5
Higher Certificate in Digital Film Production NQF 5
Higher Certificate in 3D Animation: Modelling & Design NQF 5
Higher Certificate in Photography and Videography NQF 5
