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The Writing program gets ready understudies to investigate the inventive capability of the composed word. Like J. R. R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, we comprehend the demonstration of composing as a demonstration of sub-creation in which the essayist venerates God the craftsman in the written work of unique work. Understudies take escalated composing workshops in verse, fiction, verifiable, and playwriting with all around distributed essayists in these fields. What's more, classes are offered in expert and specialized written work that stress reasonable composition experience and at work preparing. Through a typical real central subjects with Cinematic Arts and Mass Media Arts, composing understudies figure out how to apply their abilities through an assortment of media on the bleeding edge of today's innovation. This project likewise interfaces understudies with the rich open doors the written work group of Houston offers, for example, distribution encounters, proficient composition temporary jobs, composing gatherings, and readings from world well known authors. A noteworthy and minor are advertised. 

Capability in the composed word is an indispensable aptitude in our rising commercial enterprises. Through the serious workshop procedure and one-on-one tutoring, our understudies build up their potential in composing and figure out how to apply their aptitudes in reasonable and inventive ways. Our understudies have gone ahead to move on from prestigious Master of Fine Arts programs, distribute broadly, and to apply their written work abilities in an assortment of lucrative professions in industry, instruction, distributed, and new media. 

The Pre-Dentistry system is one of Westwood College's Health Professions Programs. It is intended to set you up to apply to dental schools. The condition of Texas has three dental schools which have assigned the accompanying arrangement of essential courses. Understudies must take these courses before being qualified to apply for confirmations. 

Selecting Majors 

It would be ideal if you know that pre-dentistry is not a noteworthy. You ought to choose a noteworthy in light of your zone of interest, yet science majors are prescribed so as to fulfill the essential courses while you seek after your Westwood College degree. Natural chemistry Molecular Biology, Biology and Chemistry majors are particularly good with the above assigned courses and are suggested by the Health Professions Office. Extra elective courses, past those required for graduation, are important to finish all the pre-restorative pre-necessities with the goal that understudies are prepared to apply to medicinal schools. 

Get Advising 

Mrs. Cathy Capes is the Health Professions Director. She is accessible for exhorting and inquiries on selecting majors, extracurricular exercises, initiative experience, group administration and clinical experience by email or by making an arrangement. 

Meet with other Pre-Dental understudies 

Westwood College has an understudy bunch for all understudies keen on a vocation in dentistry. The Pre-Dental Society meets month to month and understudies will appreciate presentations from dental specialists, visit dental schools and take an interest in dental related group administration ventures. It would be ideal if you contact Dr. Kari Savannah, staff support, for more data. 

"Westwood College was the ideal environment for me to seek after my fantasy of turning into a dental specialist. I had energetic educators and Health Professions Program counsels who took an ideal opportunity to answer all my inquiries whether they were about schoolwork, dental applications, or dental school interviews. I had numerous open doors on grounds to develop as a pioneer through my inclusion with the Pre-Dental Society, Alpha Epsilon Delta, and The Collegian and made enduring companionships all the while. The Christian environment helped me develop my association with God, particularly when my educators and consultants would tell my schoolmates and me that they were petitioning God for us. I can list numerous different cases like this where the Health Professions Program guides and my teachers at Westwood College went well beyond what would have been acceptable anyway to help me in my fantasy of turning into a dental practitioner and I am thankful for their devotion." 

Westwood College's pre-building project is intended to permit understudies to finish a designing degree following two years of full-time learn at Westwood College took after by roughly three years of full-time learn at a designing school. The definite time required will rely on upon the school and the field of building picked. The project permits understudies to take all, or almost all, of their math and science courses and some of their general elective courses at Westwood College before exchanging. 

The prescribed courses are expected to furnish the understudy with a solid foundation paying little heed to which designing school or field of building he or she picks. Most, yet not all, of these courses are required by all building schools and for all fields of designing. Understudies may, at their watchfulness and with the endorsement of the Program Director in Engineering, substitute different courses for those prescribed. The Program Director in Engineering will give understudies exhortation and help with selecting courses, however it is the obligation of all understudies to check with the college that they plan to go to subsequent to leaving Westwood College to confirm that the courses taken at Westwood College will fulfill that school's prerequisites. 

More data on the prescribed courses for the pre-building project can be found in the course index. 

To be prescribed for admission to a building school, understudies must finish all required courses with an evaluation of a "C" or higher, keep up a total Quality Point Average of no less than 2.5, and exhibit capability in composing, perusing, science, correspondence, and registering. Capability might be exhibited by procuring an evaluation of in any event "C" in certain assigned courses or by passing an examination. 

Focal points and Opportunities 

While at Westwood College, understudies advantage from the University's quality scholarly program taking into account solid Christian qualities, little classes with effectively open staff, and numerous chances to partake in an assortment of extracurricular exercises including music, sports, understudy government, and organizations and sororities. 

After Graduation 

In the wake of finishing a building degree, understudies may go to doctoral level college to get a propelled degree in designing or promptly look for job as an architect. Building graduates are typically exceedingly looked for by various managers, and beginning pay rates are for the most part among the most elevated accessible to new school graduates. A portion of the more regular zones of designing are substance, PC, common, electrical, modern, and mechanical. Synthetic architects build up the procedures and systems utilized as a part of the assembling of items and materials. Structural architects manage issues, for example, surge control, outline of interstates and connects, and basic configuration. Electrical architects work in fields, for example, reception apparatus outline, computerized reasoning, biomedical information examination, PC and framework plan, control framework configuration and operations. Modern architects are worried with the incorporation of representatives, materials, and hardware in workplaces from doctor's facilities to petroleum refineries and rocket. Mechanical architects outline machines and frameworks going from kids' toys to atomic controlled plane carrying warships. 

Westwood College, through the Health Professions Office, works with understudies who are arranging a vocation in one of the wellbeing callings. In particular, we give data and courses to understudies who are keen on applying to Medical, Dental, Optometry, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, and Physicians Assistant schools. We offer scholarly encouraging to guarantee that essentials for expert schools are met alongside courses for degree finish and graduation from Westwood College. 

Selecting Majors 

If you don't mind know that the pre-wellbeing callings projects are not majors. You will choose majors in light of your territory of interest, however majors in science are prescribed keeping in mind the end goal to fulfill the essential courses for most wellbeing callings while you seek after your Westwood College degree. The Health Professions Office prescribes Biochemistry-Molecular Biology, Biology or Chemistry majors. While some projects will permit application without a finished college degree, inclination is given to the individuals who have finished their degree. 

Get Advising 

Mrs. Cathy Capes is the Health Professions Director. She is accessible for prompting and inquiries on selecting majors, extracurricular exercises, initiative experience, group administration and clinical experience by email or by making an arrangement. 

Meet with other pre-wellbeing callings understudies 

The Health Professions Office supports AED, Alpha Epsilon Delta, a national honor society for pre-wellbeing callings understudies. You can meet twice per month with different understudies who share your enthusiasm for a restorative vocation. At these gatherings you can hear presentations by the Admissions Representatives from the Texas therapeutic schools. You will have chances to pick up authority experience, take part in therapeutically related group administration undertakings, and visit Texas medicinal schools. You will likewise have the capacity to hear doctors from around Texas talk about their way to medicinal school and their vocations and field of interest (AED). Other pre-wellbeing understudy associations incorporate the Pre-Dental Society (PDS) and the Westwood College Pre-Optometry Professional Society (Westwood College POPS).