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At Westwood, we strive to create a learning environment where students can focus on learning and not be troubled with technical problems. That is why we offer every student enrolled in an online program access to the Westwood Help Desk which is staffed with industry experts that are knowledgeable in technology and dedicated to your satisfaction.

Technical support

Resolving your technical questions is so important to us that we provide personalized support 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That's right! Even if you are studying at 3 AM and you run into a technical problem, you are able to connect to a live resource to help you troubleshoot your issue.

If you experience technical issues with accessing student mail, web space, or have computer hardware or operating system issues, contact Westwood College - Online Campus technical assistance.
Toll Free: 1-877-780-7851

Online technical support for hardware and software is available Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Mountain time. One of our Support Technicians will contact you within 24 hours.

PC requirements by program

• Animation (BS)
• Business Administration: Major Accounting and Financial Management (BS)
• Business Administration: Major Fashion Merchandising (BS)
• Business Administration: Major Healthcare Management BS)
• Business Administration: Major Management (BS)
• Business Administration: Major Marketing Management (BS)
• Criminal Justice (BS)
• Game Art (BS)
• Game Software Development (BS)
• Graphic Design and Multimedia (AAS)
• Information Technology (AAS)
• Information Technology: Major Network Management (BS)
• Information Technology: Major Systems Security (BS)
• Interior Design (BS)
• Master of Business Administration  (MBA)
• Paralegal (AAS)
• Visual Communications (BS)
• Web Design and Multimedia (BS)

Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Business Administration: Major Accounting and Financial Management (BS)
Business Administration: Major Fashion Merchandising (AAS/BS)
Business Administration: Major Healthcare Management (BS)
Business Administration: Major Management (BS)
Business Administration: Major Marketing Management (BS)
Criminal Justice (BS)
Paralegal (AAS)

• XP - 800MHz or faster processor; Vista - 1GHz or faster processor
• XP - 256MB RAM (512MB recommended); Vista - 512MB RAM (1GB+ recommended)
• DVD-ROM/CD-R/-RW drive (DVD±R/±RW recommended)
• 15GB of AVAILABLE hard-disk space
• Speakers and Sound Card
• Internet connection. Broadband (DSL, Cable)

Westwood College Online students may be required to upgrade hardware and/or software during their education. Certain optional software choices may increase hardware requirements.

• Microsoft® Windows® XP or Vista
• 1.0GHz or faster processor
• 1GB RAM (2GB recommended)
• DVD-ROM/CD-R/-RW drive (DVD±R/±RW recommended)
• 20GB of AVAILABLE hard-disk space
• Speakers and Sound Card
• Internet connection; Broadband (DSL, Cable)

• Microsoft® Windows® XP or Vista (Home Premium, Business, Enterprise or Ultimate)
• 2.0GHz or faster processor Intel or AMD* (*Athlon 64, Sempron or newer only; NO Athlon/AthlonXP)
• 2GB RAM (3GB+ recommended)
• DVD-ROM/CD-R/-RW drive (DVD±R/±RW recommended)
• 35GB of AVAILABLE hard-disk space
• Monitor capable of displaying resolution of 1,280 x 900 or higher; OpenGL video display adapter with 64MB Video RAM (256MB Video RAM recommended)
• Speakers and Sound Card
• Internet connection; Broadband (DSL, Cable)
• Flatbed (not sheet-fed) Color scanner (600x1200 minimum resolution)
• Digital Camera (4.0 MP or greater)

• Microsoft® Windows® XP or Vista
• XP - Pentium 4 2.2GHz or faster; Vista - Pentium 4 3.0GHz or faster
• XP - 1GB+ RAM. Vista - 2GB RAM
• DVD-ROM/CD-R/-RW drive (DVD±R/±RW recommended)
• 15GB of AVAILABLE hard-disk space
• Speakers and Sound Card
• Internet connection; Broadband (DSL, Cable)
• Flatbed (not sheet-fed) Color scanner and regular format printer

Westwood College Online students may be required to upgrade hardware and/or software during their education. Certain optional software choices may increase hardware requirements.

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