Our Program
Prework
5 weeks of at-home exercises
To help you get ramped up for the main course, you’ll be watching our videos that introduce you to fundamentals of computer programming. You’ll also submit exercises to a Prework Instructor, who will leave constructive feedback on your work, and answer questions via video conferencing and email.
Live Training
12 weeks of in-class instruction
The Live Training is the main course, led by your Lead Instructor. Every concept is taught and immediately followed by exercises that allow you to truly grasp what you’ve just learned. You'll also work on an individual Capstone Project, which is demonstrated at your cohort's graduate Showcase. Check out some examples of our graduates' Capstone projects!
Career Support
Post-bootcamp structured job support
After graduation, Actualize provides you the opportunity to work on your job hunt in a structured environment with expert career guidance and accountability. You'll engage in our proven Job Hacking system, which includes professional networking and personal branding, and working on real coding interview challenges.
5 Week Prework Schedule
The 5 weeks of prework are done remotely on your own schedule. Exercises are due at the end of each week.
Open Schedule
Up to 20 hours / week
Weekly Due Dates
Exercises due each Saturday

Curriculum
During the Live Training, we teach software engineering using full stack web development. While we teach with specific technologies, what you’ll really learn is how to think like a developer, and be able to pick up anything software-related on your own.
While the particular languages and frameworks we use to teach are those that we feel are best suited towards teaching, they also happen to be very popular in the industry today. They include Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS, SQL, and Git. You’ll learn back end development by utilizing and creating APIs, delving into database design, and working with Ruby on Rails. You’ll learn front-end development using JavaScript and React, a powerful JavaScript library.
Download our detailed curriculum below.
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Nights-and-Weekends Course
The 12 weeks of live training for the Nights-and-Weekends course takes place on Monday through Thursday evenings and all-day Sunday, which means you'll be able to keep a full time job while attending the program.
Sundays
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Mon - Thu
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Daytime Course
The 12 weeks of live training for the Daytime course takes place on Monday through Friday.
Mon - Fri
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Sat - Sun
No class
Actualize HQ
We've made our Chicago campus at 215 W. Ohio St. a fun and exciting environment, conducive for learning and creating a family-like atmosphere.
Start Dates and Tuition
Since COVID-19, we are temporarily not accepting new applications for our in-person course. We hope to open up applications again as soon as it is practical to do so. We encourage you to check out our Online Live course, which is an identical program, other than the fact that it takes place over live video conferencing. As with an in-person course, you will be led the entire time by an expert Lead Instructor and a classroom of like-minded students who will be taking the course with you. You can check out all the details here.
Prework Start Date | Live Training Start Date | Location |
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September 10, 2023 | October 15, 2023 | Online Night |
September 10, 2023 | October 16, 2023 | Online Day |
October 22, 2023 | November 27, 2023 | Online Day |
December 3, 2023 | January 7, 2024 | Online Night |
Tuition: $15,900
The tuition covers the complete program, including the Prework, 12 weeks of Live Training, and post-bootcamp Career Support.