Southwestern Oklahoma State University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025
• To provide programs of education in the liberal arts and sciences leading to the Associate in Science degree through campus-based and distance learning. • To provide career and technical programs to enable students to seek employment in various job fields, with completion of such programs culminating in the awarding of the Associate in Applied Science degree or an appropriate certificate. • To provide transfer programs, which include liberal arts, sciences, and pre-professional subjects, thus enabling students to pursue completion of baccalaureate or professional degrees at four-year colleges and universities. • To provide courses, services, and programs in remedial education for individuals who require such assistance in order to function effectively at the collegiate level. • To provide guidance services and a program of student activities for the promotion of personal development and effective citizenship.
WEATHERFORD CAMPUS
The Southwestern Oklahoma State University campus includes 80 acres along the crest of an elevation overlooking the city of Weatherford and the Little Deer Creek Valley. Campus facilities include the following: AARON CUSTER & ED DRURY MEMORIAL STALL BARN: This memorial barn was built in 2013 to honor two freshmen members of the Rodeo program who died in 2011. The memorial barn is semi-enclosed and features 30 stalls. AL HARRIS LIBRARY: Located near the center of the campus, the Al Harris Library houses books, periodicals, videos, government documents, General Thomas P. Stafford archive, and provides access to electronic resources including the institutional repository (SWOSU Digital Commons). Individual and group study spaces are provided for students, a conference room for group or campus meetings, service hubs (Media Studio and Writing Center), and a 125-seat auditorium in the lower level. Audiovisual equipment, wireless laptops, scanner, photocopier, and a PC network with a public printer are also available in the library.
ART BUILDING: This building contains the Department of Creative Media and Visual Arts
Yukon Location
ASSESSMENT and TESTING CENTER: Assessment and Testing is located at 1001 N. 7 th Street across the street from Milam Stadium. Various tests administered through Assessment and Testing include ACT, Allied Health, CLEP, CPT, Engineering Technology, English Proficiency Exam, GED, GRE, Nursing, OGET, OSAT, Pharmacy, and other assessments and services such as fingerprinting. ATHLETIC FIELDS: Milam Stadium, the football field, has a seating capacity of approximately 10,000 and includes a quarter-mile track. Intramural football and soccer fields are located in the northeast section of the campus. The Southwestern Athletic Complex is located on Caddo Street, ¾ of a mile north of Davis Street. All varsity baseball and softball games are played at the complex as w ell as varsity women’s soccer. A new building for concessions and public restrooms was completed in 2011, and the Everett Dobson Indoor Golf Facility was completed in 2015.
Southwestern Oklahoma State University at Yukon enables the university to focus its mission to service the residents of Canadian County and surrounding areas. While it does not have institutional functions that have been approved by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, it provides further opportunities for SWOSU to meet its overall OSRHE- designated functions, offering access to: • Both lower-division and upper-division undergraduate study in several fields leading to the baccalaureate degree. • Graduate study below the doctor’s level, primarily in teacher education but moving toward limited comprehensiveness in fields related to Oklahoma’s manpower needs .
ACADEMIC ORGANIZATION
BEEKS ERICK BUILDING: This building is located between the Chemistry-Pharmacy-Physics Building and Stewart Hall.
The University's academic organization includes colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business and Technology, Education and Behavioral Sciences, Nursing and Health Professions, and Pharmacy. An office of Graduate Programs oversees admission and completion of graduate degrees. Each of these entities and their subdivisions establish specific objectives that contribute to the achievement of University objectives.
BELLE BARKER BUILDING: This building is located on the northeast side of campus and houses the Radiologic Technology program.
BOOKSTORE (Alma Mater Merc): The center for student activity on the north side of campus is the bookstore, located on the west side of Henrietta Mann residence hall. In this space you will find the bookstore equipped with a coffee shop, a wide variety of drinks and snacks, SWOSU apparel and gifts, school supplies and course related materials. The bookstore features a student lounge area filled with booths and tables along with a big screen TV and wireless internet. The bookstore also offers an online textbook source for all course needs through https://bncvirtual.com/swosu. BURTON HOUSE: This structure, located on the south edge of the campus, was formerly used as the President's residence. It has been converted into offices for Institutional Advancement. CAMPBELL BUILDING: This building provides faculty offices and classrooms for the Department of Language and Literature and the Department of Mathematics. It is located in the northeast corner of the campus. CAMPUS POLICE: Located at the corner of College and State Streets, it provides for all safety related matters and has police officers available 24 hours a day for university safety and security. CHEMISTRY-PHARMACY-PHYSICS BUILDING: This facility houses the College of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry and Physics. The original building, completed in 1963, was doubled in size by the addition of a wing in 1969. DR. JOE ANNA HIBLER EDUCATION CENTER: This two-story building houses the Dean of the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Education, Department of Parks and Recreation
DEGREES GRANTED
Southwestern Oklahoma State University is authorized to grant the following degrees:
Associate in Applied Science Associate in Science Bachelor of Applied Science Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Arts in Education Bachelor of Business Administration Bachelor of Fine Arts Bachelor of Music Bachelor of Music Education Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science in Education Bachelor of Science in Nursing Master of Business Administration Master of Education Master of Health Science
Master of Music Master of Science Master of Science in Nursing Specialist in Education Doctor of Pharmacy
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