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Do you have a passion for ART? Make a career out of it. Enroll now at Ohio University Southern to begin your creative future.
Have you always enjoyed drawing?  Have you ever been told you were talented, or do you enjoy building things with your hands?  An art career may be right for you.  The Art department at Ohio University Southern can help prepare students for professions as artists and teachers as well as prepare students for careers in advertising, digital technology, gaming and other visual related fields.  The Art department offers two years of intensive and creative studies that enable a student to pursue a B.F.A. with continued studies on the Athens campus, pending a portfolio review and admission to a major.  Students may also opt to pursue a two-year associate’s degree in the Fine Arts track that can be transferred to other educational institutions.   

For more information contact:
Tom Suter, Interim Coordinator suter@ohio.edu
Instructor of Art and Electronic Media

Message from the Coordinator
Whether you’re an art major, art minor, education major, or just like to take art classes, I hope that you find your art classes thought provoking, rewarding and challenging.  I am confident that in our complex world today we need people like you who can think outside of the box, excel creatively and can observe and adapt to changing environments.  These are skills we are offering you at Ohio University Southern.  Take advantage of these opportunities to help build your creative future.

Sincerely,
Tom Suter
Assistant Instructor of Art

:: Painting :: Photography :: Ceramics :: Sculpture :: Graphic Design :: Printmaking :: Art History ::

Curriculum

Under the Associate in Arts degree are two emphases. These two emphasis are: Emphasizing Arts and Humanities; and Emphasizing Social Sciences. These two emphases have different requirements.

Associate in Arts Emphasizing Art and Humanities
The following requirements must be met to earn an A.A. (Associate in Arts) wiht arts and humanities emphasis.
See the following list for the courses which count under each area.

Arts and Humanities
(must include Tier I English)

30 hours

Natural Science, Applied Science, and Quantitative Skills
(must include Tier I quantitative skills)

15 hours

Social Sciences

15 hours

Electives

36 hours

Associate in Arts Emphasizing Social Sciences
The following requirements must be met to earn an A.A. (Associate in Arts) with social sciences emphasis.
See the following list for the courses which count under each area.

Arts and Humanities
(must include Tier I English)

15 hours

Natural Science, Applied Science, and Quantitative Skills
(must include Tier I quantitative skills)

15 hours

Social Sciences

30 hours

Electives

36 hours

Classes which meet A.A. and A.S. degree requirements

Arts & Humanities

African American Studies 110, 150, 210, 211, 250, 310, 350, 355, 356

English (except 150)

Humanities

Art 100

Film 210, 202, 203

International Literature: Modern Languages

Art History

Foreign Languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian/Malaysian, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili)

Music100, 120, 124, 125, 150, 321-3, 421A-F, 427, 428

Classical Languages(Latin, Greek)

History 121, 122, 123, 314A-F, 328, 329A-C, 330, 331, 351, 352, 352A-B, 354, 356A-C, 357, 370, 389

Philosophy (except 120)

Classics in English

 

Theater 150, 170, 171, 270, 271, 272

Comparative Arts

 

Women's Studies


Natual Science, Applied Science, and Quantitative Skills

Anthropology 210, 492, 496

Computer Science

Industrial Technology

Astronomy

Eng. & Tech. 280, 320, 350, 470

Mathematics (except 101, 102)

Biological Sciences

Environmental and Plant Biology

Mechanical Engineering 10

Chemical Engineering 331

Geography 101, 201, 260, 302, 303, 411

Microbiology

Chemistry and Biochemistry (except 115)

Health Sciences 202

Philosophy 120

Communication Systems

Hearing and Speech Sciences 108

Physics

Management 101

Human and Consumer Sciences-Food & Nutrition 128

Psychology 120, 221, 226, 312, 314


Social Sciences

African-American Studies (except those courses listed in Arts and Humanities

Geography (except 101, 201, 260, 302, 303, 411)

Journalism 105 Linguistics

Anthropology (execpt 201, 492, 496)

History (except those courses listed in Arts and Humanities)

Management 200

Business Law 255, 370, 442, 475

Human & Consumer Sciences- Child Development 160 & Retail Merchandising 250

Political Science

Classical Archaeology 211, 212, 213

International Studies 103, 113, 118, 121

Social Work

Dance 150, 170, 351-3, 370, 471-3

Interpersonal Communications 351, 352, 353

Sociology

Economics

 

Telecommunications 105