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City Colleges of Chicago- Harold Washington College

30 E Lake St, Chicago, IL 60601

http://hwashington.ccc.edu/

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Harold Washington College is a learning-centered urban institution of higher education that offers accessible and affordable opportunities for academic advancement, career development, and personal enrichment. The College is committed to upholding high institutional and academic standards and to understanding and improving student learning.

At Harold Washington College (HWC) you will receive an excellent education in small classes, taught by dedicated and talented professors. Most of our college credit courses are fully transferable to any college or university across the country.

We have a state-of-the-art building that provides a Library & Multi-Media Center, expanded Computer Laboratories, and newly furnished classrooms and laboratories for the arts and sciences. Our multi-purpose rooms can accomodate concert and theatre events, meeting and conference space, as well as office space for faculty and staff. We also have a Student Union Lounge that provides food service.

Harold Washington College is conveniently located in downtown Chicago, Illinois - USA, which makes the campus easily accessible for current or new students interested in attending the college. The campus is located in an eleven story building one block south of the Chicago River at the corner of Lake and Wabash Streets.

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City Colleges of Chicago- Harold Washington College

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Harold Washington College is a two-year community college within the City Colleges of Chicago system of Chicago, Illinois. It is located in the Loop at 30 E Lake St. Founded in 1962 as Loop College, the college was renamed for the first African American Chicago mayor Harold Washington after his death in 1987.

History

The school was dedicated to Washington's memory in a ceremony on April 19, 1988. Elements of City-Wide College were joined to the college when the former was closed in 1993. The Dawson Technical Institute was under the auspices of the college from 1993 to 1995, when it became part of Kennedy-King College.

Programs

The community college offers two year degrees in a wide variety of majors and provides transfer assistance to local four-year colleges and universities. It is also the only site in the city of Chicago for taxicab driver certification. In 2005 it finished renovations with the help of a city bond initiative that was the first of its kind in support of a City Colleges institution.

Notable individuals

  • Minnie Riperton attended Loop College for less than 21 days
  • Walid Shoebat

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Quick Facts

Location:
Midwest
Setting:
Large City Setting
Type:
Public
Size:
Large (5,000 to 10,000 Undergrad)

Students & Campus Life

Full Time Students:
62%
Athletic Programs:
Unavailable
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 8,236
Students Receiving Aid:
62%
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Degree Programs at City Colleges of Chicago- Harold Washington College

Associate's Level Programs

  • Arts & Humanities

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      • General Studies
        An undifferentiated program that includes instruction in the general arts, general science, or unstructured studies.
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      • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
        A program that is a structured combination of the arts, biological and physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities, emphasizing breadth of study. Includes instruction in independently designed, individualized, or regular programs.
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      • Accounting
        An accounting program provides the tools to practice accounting and to perform related business functions. This program includes instruction in accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, budget control, tax accounting, legal aspects of accounting, auditing, reporting procedures, statement analysis, planning and consulting, business information systems, accounting research methods, professional standards and ethics, and applications to specific for-profit, public, and non-profit organizations.
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      • Business Administration and Management
        Generally, this program prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control a firm or organization. To aid them in taking a leading role in business, individuals in this program study management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization and production, marketing, and business decision-making.
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  • Communication & Media

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    • Animation & Video Graphics
      Students in this program learn to manipulate audio/visual content to communicate messages and simulate the real-world. This program includes instruction in specialized camerawork and equipment operation and maintenance, image capture, computer programming, dubbing, CAD applications, and applications to specific commercial, industrial, and entertainment needs.
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    • Commercial & Advertising Art
      A program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to use artistic techniques to effectively communicate ideas and information to business and consumer audiences via illustrations and other forms of digital or printed media. Includes instruction in concept design, layout, paste-up, and techniques such as engraving, etching, silkscreen, lithography, offset, drawing and cartooning, painting, collage, and computer graphics.
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  • Engineering

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    • General Engineering
      A program that generally prepares individuals to apply mathematical and scientific principles to solve a wide variety of practical problems in industry, social organization, public works, and commerce.
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  • Family and Consumer Science Professions

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      • Child Care Provider/Assistant
        Individuals in this program are prepared for the demands and challenges of providing home, family, residential, or institutional-based child care services. Student preparation includes instruction in child growth and development; nutrition; recreation; planning and supervision of play and learning activities; child abuse and neglect prevention; parent-child relationships; and applicable legal and administrative requirements.
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  • Health & Medical Services

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      • Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling
        A program that prepares individuals to help prevent substance abuse, counsel individuals and families with drug and alcohol problems, and perform intervention and therapeutic services for persons suffering from addiction. Includes instruction in individual and group counseling skills, psychology of addiction, sociology, crisis intervention, substance abuse identification methodologies, substance abuse treatment modalities, substance abuse prevention and treatment resources, pharmacology and behavioral aspects of abused substances, treatment evaluation, patient observation and education, group dynamics, professional standards and ethics, and applicable law and regulations.
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  • Interdisciplinary Studies

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      This general program is either a synthesis of the biological and physical sciences, or a specialization which draws from the biological and physical sciences.
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  • Security and Protective Service Careers

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    • Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
      A program that focuses on the criminal justice system, its organizational components and processes, and its legal and public policy contexts. Includes instruction in criminal law and policy, police and correctional systems organization, the administration of justice and the judiciary, and public attitudes regarding criminal justice issues.
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    • Fire Science/Firefighting
      A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of fire fighters. Includes instruction in fire-fighting equipment operation and maintenance, principles of fire science and combustible substances, methods of controlling different types of fires, hazardous material handling and control, fire rescue procedures, public relations and applicable laws and regulations.
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  • Social Work

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  • Technician Careers

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      • Architectural Drafting and Architectural CAD/CADD
        A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to develop working drawings and electronic simulations for architectural and related construction projects. Includes instruction in basic construction and structural design, architectural rendering, architectural-aided drafting (CAD), layout and designs, architectural blueprint interpretation, building materials, and basic structural wiring diagramming.
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  • Technology

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      • Information Technology
        A program that focuses on the design of technological information systems, including computing systems, as solutions to business and research data and communications support needs. Includes instruction in the principles of computer hardware and software components, algorithms, databases, telecommunications, user tactics, application testing, and human interface design.
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Certificate Programs at City Colleges of Chicago- Harold Washington College

  • Business

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      • Accounting
        An accounting program provides the tools to practice accounting and to perform related business functions. This program includes instruction in accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, budget control, tax accounting, legal aspects of accounting, auditing, reporting procedures, statement analysis, planning and consulting, business information systems, accounting research methods, professional standards and ethics, and applications to specific for-profit, public, and non-profit organizations.
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    • Information Systems See more schools with programs in Information Systems
      • Information Science/Studies
        A program that focuses on the theory, organization, and process of information collection, transmission, and utilization in traditional and electronic forms. Includes instruction in information classification and organization; information storage and processing; transmission, transfer, and signaling; communications and networking; systems planning and design; human interfacing and use analysis; database development; information policy analysis; and related aspects of hardware, software, economics, social factors, and capacity.
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      • Marketing/Marketing Management
        A program that generally prepares individuals to undertake and manage the process of developing consumer audiences and moving products from producers to consumers. Includes instruction in buyer behavior and dynamics, principle of marketing research, demand analysis, cost-volume and profit relationships, pricing theory, marketing campaign and strategic planning, market segments, advertising methods, sales operations and management, consumer relations, retailing, and applications to specific products and markets.
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  • Communication & Media

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    • Animation & Video Graphics
      Students in this program learn to manipulate audio/visual content to communicate messages and simulate the real-world. This program includes instruction in specialized camerawork and equipment operation and maintenance, image capture, computer programming, dubbing, CAD applications, and applications to specific commercial, industrial, and entertainment needs.
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  • Family and Consumer Science Professions

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      • Child Care Provider/Assistant
        Individuals in this program are prepared for the demands and challenges of providing home, family, residential, or institutional-based child care services. Student preparation includes instruction in child growth and development; nutrition; recreation; planning and supervision of play and learning activities; child abuse and neglect prevention; parent-child relationships; and applicable legal and administrative requirements.
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    • Nutrition See more schools with programs in Nutrition
      • Foodservice Systems Administration/Management
        A program that focuses on the principles and practices relating to the administration of food service systems in institutional settings, and that prepares individuals to manage such operations in public and private facilities. Includes instruction in human nutrition, food safety, the design and organization of food service systems, purchasing, personnel management, and related business practices.
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  • Health & Medical Services

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      • Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling
        A program that prepares individuals to help prevent substance abuse, counsel individuals and families with drug and alcohol problems, and perform intervention and therapeutic services for persons suffering from addiction. Includes instruction in individual and group counseling skills, psychology of addiction, sociology, crisis intervention, substance abuse identification methodologies, substance abuse treatment modalities, substance abuse prevention and treatment resources, pharmacology and behavioral aspects of abused substances, treatment evaluation, patient observation and education, group dynamics, professional standards and ethics, and applicable law and regulations.
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  • Security and Protective Service Careers

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    • Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
      A program that focuses on the criminal justice system, its organizational components and processes, and its legal and public policy contexts. Includes instruction in criminal law and policy, police and correctional systems organization, the administration of justice and the judiciary, and public attitudes regarding criminal justice issues.
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  • Social Work

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  • Technician Careers

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  • Transportation Careers

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      • Truck and Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operation
        A program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to drive trucks and buses, delivery vehicles, for-hire vehicles and other commercial vehicles. Includes instruction in operating gas, diesel, or electrically-powered vehicles; loading and unloading cargo or passengers; reporting delays or accidents on the road; verifying load against shipping papers; arranging transportation for personnel; and keeping records of receipts and fares.
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Students

General

Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 62%
Part-Time 38%
Race/Ethnicity
African-American 45%
Caucasian 21%
Hispanic 19%
Asian 12%
Other 3%

Geography

In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 97%
Out-of-State 3%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Illinois 97%
Indiana 0%
Percent of Students International: 0%
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) In-District In-State Out-of-State
Published Tuition and Fees:
 $ 2,260 $ 5,130 $ 8,236
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
 $ 2,010 $ 4,880 $ 7,986
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
 $ 250 $ 250 $ 250
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
 $ 3,013 55%  
State and Local Grants:
 $ 1,010 37%  
Institutional Grants:
 $ 828 2%  
Student Loans:
 $ 2,296 1%  
Any Aid:
   62%  

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Question: Chicago Residents?

I'm considering moving to Chicago from Orlando,FL and transfering from my Communiity College to one in Chicago. I ran across Harold Washington College, Truman College, and Wilbur Wright College. What college is the best overall and which college is located nearest to the city. In Other words, which one would you choose if you had too. Are all three of these community colleges??
22 months ago
StellaBtheWriter
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Best Answer

As one of the above posters noted, HWC, Truman and Wright are all city community colleges belonging to the same system: City Colleges of Chicago. All three are IN the city. Harold Washington is located in the Loop and features a diverse student body (ethnically, age-wise, etc., etc.). Truman is in the Uptown neighborhood, off the Red Line's Wilson stop. If you are afraid of people you are bound to see in a city, then fine, it's a "bad" neighborhood. In fact, it's no more "bad" than any other neighborhood in the city.... Wilbur Wright is on the Far Northwest Side, bordered not by Oak Park; however, it is close to a suburb called Norridge. It is accessible via the Montrose bus, but many students commute by car. There are fewer local shops, etc., for lunch and whiling away your time between classes here, but the school does have a cafeteria. Also, Harlem Irving Plaza shopping mall is a two-minute drive away. This student body likely has a far greater percentage of Caucasian students than the other schools. If, you know, you think that makes it "safe." All three schools have faculty that have impressed me. There's an instructor at HWC who used to work for NASA!
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Question: can anyone please tell me some apartments near Harold Washington College in Chicago,IL?

the apartment buildings can be 1-15 minutes away from harold washington college..........so can you please tell me some cheap apartment complexes near that college please n thank you
28 months ago
bodinibold
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Best Answer

One to 15 minutes away is still a pretty pricey area near Harold Washington College. It's located in the Loop and they are constructing expensive condos all around. At best, 15 minutes away put you at about the Gold Coast on the north, new highrise condos to the east, the new South Loop homes on the south and new lofts and condos to the west. Chicago has pretty good transportation (when it's working) so start looking further away to save money. Most Chicagoans probably have about a 30 minute commute to the loop each morning, so it's not out of the ordinary to live further away. There are no cheap apartments near downtown and Harold Washington College in particular. Start looking further out and expect at least a 30 minute commute.

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