The School of Visual Communication at Ohio University
Our competitive program in southeastern Ohio draws talented students from around the globe to elevate 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.
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…
March 05, 2021
The Digital Storytelling and Theme Parks study away course examines media design, technology and storytelling principles that are utilized in the development of theme parks. Students specifically learn how the integration of different forms of…
March 01, 2021
Olivia Ujlaki, BSJ ’20, Megan Bomar, BSVC ’20, Samantha Pauley, BSJ ’20, and Nicole Dinan, BSVC ’20, started Wishes and Wayfinding after their time in the Storytelling, Technology, and Digital Media in Theme Parks class.
