OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY

'Oklahoma City University' is an urban private university located in Oklahoma City, in the Midtown District. The university is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and offers a wide variety of degrees in the liberal arts and sciences disciplines. The university has more than 3,500 undergraduate students.
OCU is the only Oklahoma 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 wide 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 [1] perform the likes of Mozart and Beethoven and see La Boheme performed by the OCU Musical Theatre Company [2].
Students of OCU have performed in various parts of Asia including Malaysia, Singapore and the People's Republic of China. Jo Rowan and John Bedford have brought students from OCU to perform for Royalties and Ministers of Malaysia, Singapore and China. In Kuala Lumpur they have raise hundred of thousands of dollars for various charitable organisations including the Malaysian Red Cross/Crescent, The Spastic Children's Association of Selangor and the Federal Territory, The Tun Abdul Hamid Scholarship foundation and the National Heart Institute.
=Academics=

Contents

Colleges and Schools

Degrees Awarded

Undergraduate Majors

Graduate Programs

Location

Housing

Residential Halls

Apartments

Greek System

Campus Life

Notable Faculty

Notable Alumni

External links

Colleges and Schools

★ Margaret E. Petree College of Performing Arts

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

★ Oklahoma City University School of Law (the state's largest)

★ Ann Lacy School of American Dance and Arts Management (the only American Dance school in the U.S.)

★ 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

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★ Graphic Art

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★ Studio Art

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★ Photography

★ Biochemistry

★ Biology

★ BioPhysics

★ Business Administration

★ Chemistry

★ Computer Science

★ Criminal Justice

★ Dance Management

★ Dance Performance

★ Dance Pedagogy

★ Economics

★ Education

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★ Early Childhood Education

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★ Elementary Education

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★ Secondary Education

★ English

★ Entertainment Business

★ Exercise and Sports Science

★ Finance

★ History

★ Humanities

★ Information Technology

★ Marketing

★ Mass Communications

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★ Advertising

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★ Broadcasting

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★ Journalism

★ Moving Image Arts (Film)

★ Mathematics

★ Modern Languages

★ Music (BM)

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★ Composition

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★ Instrumental Performance

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★ Instrumental Music Education

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★ Music Business

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★ Musical Theater

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★ Organ Performance

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★ Piano Performance

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★ Piano Pedagogy

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★ Sacred Music

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★ Vocal Music Education

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★ Vocal Performance

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★ Bachelor of Arts in Music

★ Nursing

★ Philosophy

★ Physics

★ Political Science

★ Pre-Professional Programs

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★ Pre-Medicine

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★ Pre-Law

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★ Pre-Dental

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★ Pre-Veterinary Medicine

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★ Pre-Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy

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★ Pre-Athletic Training

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★ Preparation for Seminary

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★ Preparation for Graduate School

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★ Pre-MBA

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★ Pre-Pharmacy

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★ Pre-Physician Associate

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★ Pre-Optometry

★ Psychology

★ Recreational Leadership

★ Religion

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★ Religion and Philosophy

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★ Religious Education

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★ Youth Ministry

★ Sociology

★ Theatre

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★ Technical Theatre

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★ Theatre Performance (BA)

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★ Theatre Performance (BFA)

★ Undecided (University Studies)

Graduate Programs

★ Juris Doctor (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 MBA

★ 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.)
=Campus=

Location

OCU is near the Oklahoma State Capitol campus in the heart of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area, only five minutes from the excitement of downtown Oklahoma City. The campus is amid historic and cosmopolitan inner-city neighborhoods with an unlimited number of urban eateries and cultural attractions near the campus one would expect in such a big city.
Local neighbourhoods include the Mesta Park and Heritage Hills Historical neighbourhoods. Here you will find some of the grandest houses in Oklahoma City along with tree-lined boulevards and heavily landscaped streets.
The campus lies immediately west of the rapidly developing chinatown known as Asia District, and the Plaza District, the Paseo, and the GLBT district at (NW 39th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue) are also nearby. The hip uptown district is in the area on NW 23rd Street as you head toward the capitol complex.
Other areas of interest include the N. Western District, popular with the creative class, the posh inner-suburb of Nichols Hills, and midtown as you head toward downtown.

Housing

There are a number of housing options on the campus of Oklahoma City University, include dormitories, apartments, and the greek system. There are also countless housing options off-campus ranging from boarding houses and flats in the Asia District and 39th Street, to apartment complexes and rental houses in Uptown and the Plaza District. Housing options tend to be rather inexpensive (this is Oklahoma City) with more than abundant urban attractions in the vacinity.

Residential Halls

There are a wide variety of dormitories on campus, some of which are coed. Banning Hall is the honors hall, offering housing for freshmen and upperclass coeds. Smith Hall is the men’s hall. Draper Hall is OCU’s coed law and graduate hall, offering private rooms and an optional meal plan. Walker Hall is currently OCU’s only highrise dorm on campus, at seven stories. It offers housing to freshmen and upperclass women.
OCU’s New Residence Hall is an exciting addition to on campus housing. It is a coed facility for freshmen and upperclass students, complete with underground parking.
'CAMPUS DORMITORIES'

★ Banning Hall

★ Draper Hall

★ Harris Hall

★ Smith Hall

★ Walker Hall

★ New Dorm

Apartments

There are two apartment complexes on campus, University Manor and Cokesbury Court. They are available to upperclass students only and offer an alternative to the residential dorms.
'University Manor' consists of one-bedroom units with single or double occupancy. All unitilities are paid (except phone, cable, internet) and each unit has its own kitchen area, central heating and air conditioning, and private parking. There is also a laundry facility.
'Cokesbury Court' offers residential hall type living in separate apartment units. All apartments have full service kitchens and built-in dining/ study area. There is a hot tub or a pool as well as a BBQ pavilion and a clubhouse with big screen television entertainment.

Greek System

Fraternities and Sororities are an integral part of the university. Today OCU is home to five National Greek-letter organizations, which collectively constitute the largest membership-based and multi-faceted community on campus. Collectively, they represent almost 20% of the campus population. The following is a list of the Greek houses at OCU:

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★ Kappa Sigma

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★ Lambda Chi Alpha

★ Sororities

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★ Alpha Chi Omega

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★ Alpha Phi

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★ Gamma Phi Beta

Campus Life

Opportunities for cultural enrichment and entertainment are also abound on the OCU campus, including concerts, play performances, operas, films, sporting events, and seminars by world-renowned speakers and business leaders. A sample of the guest speakers at OCU include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel prize winner Elie Wiesel, poets Laureate Ted Kooser and Billy Collins, author Kurt Vonnegut, journalist Helen Thomas, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

Notable Faculty

★ Professor Florence Birdwell

★ Dr Edward Knight

★ Dr. John Starkey

★ Dr. Lloyd Musselman

★ Larry Keller

★ Dr. Mark Davies

★ Dr. Abigail Keegan

★ Dr. Becky Haney

★ Dr. Ismail Kombe (Mathematics)

★ Dr. Robin Meyers

★ Dr. Saeed Shadfar (Bio-Physics)

★ Dr. Jo Rowan

★ Dr. Ali Alli

★ Dr. Salwa Khoddam

★ Dr. Harbour Winn

★ Dr. Leo Werneke

★ Dr. Terry Conley

★ Dr. Klaus Rossberg (Physics)

★ Professor Kelly Stoner

★ Dr. Dennis Arrow

★ Dr. Shafa Hossein

★ Dr. Marvel Williamson

★ Dr. Robert Trail (Mathematics)

Notable Alumni

★ Susie Berning - professional golfer.

★ Freddy Sanchez - 2006 National League Batting Champion

★ Sarah Coburn - Operatic Soprano

★ Kristin Chenoweth - 1999 Tony Award winning actress

★ Kelli O'Hara - Tony Award-nominated actress

★ Jane Jayroe - Miss America 1967

★ Susan Powell - Miss America 1981

★ Shawntel Smith - Miss America 1996

★ Makenna Smith - Miss Oklahoma 2007

★ Michelle Millben - Miss Black Oklahoma 2005

★ Monique Cooper - Miss Black Oklahoma 2006

★ Tinasha Williams - Miss Black Oklahoma 2007

★ Sheri Allen Yengst - Board of Directors for the Alpha Phi Foundation Board, Chicago IL [3] Chairman of NightStar Education Foundation

★ Lara Teeter - Tony Award-nominated actor, theatre director, and college professor

★ Oklahoma City University Alumni Association in Malaysia. [4]

★ Oklahoma City University Alumni Association in Singapore. [5]

External links

★ Official University Web Site

★ Lambda Chi Alpha - Theta Delta Zeta

★ National Lawyers Guild - Oklahoma City University Law School chapter

★ Gamma Phi Beta Sorority - Beta Omicron Chapter