Visual Communication
STORYTELLING IS OUR PASSION.
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.
UNDERGRADUATE: THE FOUR MAJORS
The School of Visual Communication (VisCom) offers an interdisciplinary visual communication degree in four specialized sequences.
Photojournalism
The photojournalism sequence focuses on photographing people and places within the community.
Information Design: Publication
Students create infographics, maps, illustrations and layouts for feature and news presentations.
Commercial Photography
Commercial photography students create images that showcase fashion, still life, portraiture and architecture.
Information Design: Interactive
Students integrate audio, video, still images and illustrations for the web and mobile devices.
GRADUATE: FOUR FIELDS OF STUDY
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.
VisCom and Journalism Alumni among Pulitzer-winning teams, finalists for Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography
June 03, 2020
Several OHIO alumni were part of teams that were awarded the 2020 Pulitzer Prize, as well as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography.
Photographers use pandemic to create art during National Photography Month
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…
VisCom professor Elman: Depicting in art what we're looking forward to when pandemic ends
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…