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OCU is the only Oklahoman institution listed in the top tier of the regional, master level university category by U.S. News and World Report magazine's "America's Best Colleges" issue.

OCU offers a wonderful selection of fine arts and theatre amenities. The university hosts many theatre, musical, and dance events for the community each year, including a Christmas event. The most recent addition to the campus of OCU is the world acclaimed Wanda L. Bass School of Music, in which guests can hear the Oklahoma City University Symphony Orchestra perform the likes of Mozart and Beethoven and see La Boheme performed by the OCU Musical Theatre Company [http://www.okcu.edu/music/musictheater.asp .

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Colleges


  • Petree College of Arts and Sciences

  • Margaret E. Petree College of Performing Arts



Schools


  • Meinders School of Business (the state's largest MBA program)

  • School of Law (the state's largest)

  • Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Arts Management

  • Wanda L. Bass School of Music

  • Kramer School of Nursing

  • Department of Theatre

  • Wimberly School of Religion and Graduate Theological Center




DEGREES AWARDED


OCU offers more than sixty undergraduate majors, twelve graduate degrees, and the Prior Learning + University Studies (PLUS) program (for working adults to earn a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts degree}.


Undergraduate Majors


  • Accounting

  • Art

  • --- Graphic Art

  • --- Studio Art

  • --- Photography

  • Biochemistry

  • Biology

  • BioPhysics

  • Business Administration

  • Chemistry

  • Computer Science

  • Criminal Justice

  • Dance Management

  • Dance Performance

  • Economics

  • Education

  • --- Early Childhood Education

  • --- Elementary Education

  • --- Secondary Education

  • English

  • Entertainment Business

  • Exercise and Sports Science

  • Finance

  • History

  • Humanities

  • Information Technology

  • Marketing

  • Mass Communications

  • --- Advertising

  • --- Broadcasting

  • --- Journalism

  • Mathematics

  • Modern Languages

  • Music

  • --- Composition

  • --- Instrumental Performance

  • --- Music Business

  • --- Music Education

  • --- Musical Theater

  • --- Piano Pedagogy

  • --- Sacred Music

  • --- Vocal Education

  • --- Vocal Performance

  • Nursing

  • Philosophy

  • Physics

  • Political Science

  • Pre-Professional Programs

  • --- Pre-Medicine

  • --- Pre-Law

  • --- Pre-Dental

  • --- Pre-Veterinary Medicine

  • --- Pre-Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy

  • --- Pre-Athletic Training

  • --- Preparation for Seminary

  • --- Preparation for Graduate School

  • --- Pre-MBA

  • --- Pre-Pharmacy

  • --- Pre-Physician Associate

  • --- Pre-Optometry

  • Psychology

  • Recreational Leadership

  • Religion

  • --- Religion and Philosophy

  • --- Religious Education

  • --- Youth Ministry

  • Sociology

  • Theatre

  • --- Technical Theatre

  • --- Theatre Performance

  • Undecided (University Studies)



Graduate Programs


  • Juris Doctorate (J.D.)

  • Master of Arts in Performing Arts (M.A.)

  • Master of Arts in Religion (M.A.R.)

  • Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (M.A.)

  • Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

  • Master of Criminal Justice Admin.(M.C.J.A.)

  • Master of Education (M.Ed.)

  • Master of Liberal Arts (M.L.A.)

  • Master of Music (M.M.)

  • Master of Religious Education (M.R.E.)

  • Master of Science in Accounting (M.S.A.)

  • Master of Science in Computer Science (M.S.)

  • Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.)




AMENITIES AND ACTIVITIES


OCU sits in the heart of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area near the Oklahoma State Capitol complex and is only five minutes from the excitement of downtown Oklahoma City. The campus is amid historic and cosmopolitan inner-city neighborhoods including Midtown , Asia District , Plaza District, Paseo , Heritage Hills Heritage neighbourhood, and GLBT strip (NW 39th Street).

Also nearby is the N. Western District, popular with the creative class, with its rapidly developing Asian district. Opportunities for cultural enrichment and entertainment activities also abound on the OCU campus, including concerts, play performances, operas, films, sporting events, and seminars by world-renowned speakers and business leaders. Previous visitors to OCU include Poet Laureate Ted Kooser, Nobel prize winner Elie Wiesel, poety Billy Collins, author Kurt Vonnegut, Helen Thomas, and Archbishop Desmund Tutu.


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