The School of Visual Communication at Ohio University
Our competitive program in southeastern Ohio draws talented students from around the globe to take their visual communication talents to the highest level. We’re all about storytelling in the most compelling way, whether it be through information design, photojournalism, or commercial photography. The VisCom faculty is top-notch, and our students are talented, smart and driven to succeed.
The School of Visual Communication (VisCom) offers an interdisciplinary visual communication degree in four specialized sequences.
The photojournalism sequence focuses on photographing people and places within the community.
Students create infographics, maps, illustrations and layouts for feature and news presentations.
Commercial photography students create images that showcase fashion, still life, portraiture and architecture.
Students integrate audio, video, still images and illustrations for the web and mobile devices.
VisCom offers two programs leading to the Master of Arts degree or a Master of Fine Arts degree with a study in areas of visual communication.
April 20, 2021
Two photojournalism students from the School of Visual Communication placed among the top ten winners in the Photo Picture Story/Series category of the 2020-21 Hearst Journalism Awards.
April 14, 2021
Four Scripps students have been selected for full-time, paid internships with IMG/Endeavor at Miss Universe, focusing on social media/PR and web/video production.
March 22, 2021
Journalists who document stories dominating the world’s news will present their work at this year’s Schuneman Symposium on Photojournalism and New Media on March 30-31 presented by the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and the School of Visual…
