Academic Schools and Departments

Ouachita’s academic programs are organized into eight schools: Business, Christian Studies, Education, Fine Arts, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies. Within these schools, you will find many options for combining programs of study and tailoring an educational experience that will fit a vast number of interests.

Additionally, Ouachita Online offers degrees in business administration, Christian studies and RN-to-BSN, blending Ouachita's academic excellence with online flexibilty. And Ouachita's Graduate & Professional Studies programs combine the very best of the university's more than 130 years of Christ-centered learning with meeting the ongoing and changing needs of the work force.

Core Curriculum

School of Interdisciplinary Studies

 

Business

Frank D. Hickingbotham School of Business

• Department of Accounting and Finance
• Department of Business Administration

 

Christian Studies

Chesley & Elizabeth Pruet School of Christian Studies

• Department of Biblical Studies & Theology
• Department of Christian Ministry
• Department of Christian Missions
• Department of Philosophy

 

Education

Michael D. Huckabee School of Education

• Department of Education
• Department of Kinesiology and Leisure Studies

 

Fine ArtS

School of Fine Arts

• Division of Music
  
  • Department of Applied Music
  • Department of Worship Arts
  • Department of Musicology
  • Department of Music Education
    
    
• Division of Applied Arts
  
  • Department of Theatre Arts
  • Department of Art and Design

 

HumanitieS

School of Humanities

• Department of Language and Literature
  • English
  • Spanish
    
    
• Rogers Department of Communications

 

Natural ScienceS

J.D. Patterson School of Natural Sciences

• Department of Biological Sciences
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders
• Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences
• Department of Nursing
• Department of Nutrition & Dietetics
• Department of Physics

 

Social ScienceS

W.H. Sutton School of Social Sciences

• Department of History
• Department of Political Science 
• Department of Psychology
• Department of Sociology

 

Ouachita OnlinE

Ouachita Online

 

Graduate & Professional StudieS

Graduate & Professional Studies

 

 

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