University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma

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We do know it takes more than a textbook. More than a classroom. More than a body of like-minded students, all are striving to realize their aspirations and ambitions. However, it takes more than a professor willing to sacrifice time and care to give those students the resources they need to excel.
It takes an entire college community to build the foundation from which we can attract students' caliber that USAO's mission and vision demand. We are proud to be the only public liberal arts college in Oklahoma. However, the time has come for a paradigm shift in how we seek out those hard-working students who will be unafraid to ask questions, consider answers, yearn to make a difference, discover, inspire, succeed, and most of all, embrace the opportunity for upward mobility.
The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma is the state's public liberal arts college. Its mission is to provide the public with a distinctive and accessible liberal arts and sciences education. In combining an interdisciplinary core curriculum with superior instruction in significant study fields, USAO aims to provide a thorough education that prepares students for meaningful, purposeful lives.
Our core curriculum remains as innovative today as when it was created half a century ago. The team-teaching model compels students to integrate knowledge from across academic fields while wrestling with the 'big questions' of the human experience.
The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma strives to recruit creative, intelligent, and driven students who will make a great addition to the University, as well as take advantage of a liberal arts education. We understand that many different factors might make someone an outstanding student at our University, and our application process reflects this. USAO uses a combination of different qualities to assess each individual for admission.
Celebrating a century of service as Oklahoma's only public liberal arts college, the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma – nationally ranked for quality and value – is a recognized leader and innovator in interdisciplinary studies.
Like the best private liberal arts colleges, USAO offers small classes, award-winning faculty committed to teaching (91 percent have the terminal degree), and a campus culture that fosters close faculty-student interaction and undergraduate research opportunities. USAO dedicates itself to educating the whole student, encourages personal development through public service, and offers nationally ranked teams in five sports.
The college was founded in 1908 as a women's institution, Oklahoma College for Women (OCW), the first college created by Oklahoma's first legislature. USAO is one of only seven state institutions with similar missions ever created in the United States. Other than the University of Oklahoma, USAO has the oldest original mission of any state college or University in Oklahoma. Located in Chickasha, USAO is the only Oklahoma college named a National Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.

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