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.
May 28, 2020
May is National Photography Month: a time for celebrating photographers and their beautiful works of art that are found in every aspect of life. As National Photography Month comes to a close, professionals and Ohio University students alike…
May 20, 2020
“I needed a way to stay connected to others – and just as important, to believe in the possibility that life would one day return to what it had once been,” said Eric Maierson, a Brooklyn documentary editor. With his friend Julie Elman, a…
May 11, 2020
Clark’s respectful and compassionate photography documents a working Maine family as they fall into homelessness and find new housing.
