OpenFieldOzarks · Clarksville, Arkansas, United States
The University of the Ozarks is a historic private Presbyterian university founded in 1834, nestled at the foothills of the scenic Ozark Mountains in Clarksville, Arkansas. Famed for pioneering the nation's first neurodiversity college support program (Jones Learning Center in 1971), Ozarks is equally renowned for exceptional undergraduate research in environmental science, marine biology, business, and art in an internationally diverse community.
The university provides undergraduate liberal arts and professional degrees across divisions of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Social Sciences and Business, and Humanities and Fine Arts. The campus sits minutes from the Ozark National Forest, the Arkansas River, and the Big Piney Creek outdoor recreation corridor.
Admissions are holistic and test-optional for undergraduate applicants, evaluating high school GPA (minimum 2.5) and essay. International students submit TOEFL (minimum 71) or IELTS (minimum 6.0).
Field-intensive curriculum utilizing the Ozark National Forest to study upland hardwood forest dynamics, karst spring water chemistry, black bear habitat corridors, and riverine ecosystem management.
Undergraduate biology program featuring faculty-led research expeditions to coral reefs in Belize and the Florida Keys, investigating coral bleaching, mangrove ecosystem dynamics, and marine invertebrate physiology.
IACBE-accredited business curriculum managing real-money student investment portfolios, corporate strategy case competitions, and international market expansion simulations.
Studio art degree conducted at the Stephens Art Center, teaching atmospheric wood kiln firing, stone carving, digital printmaking, and senior gallery exhibition curation.
Pre-professional human movement curriculum covering musculoskeletal gross anatomy, therapeutic exercise prescription, gait kinematics, and sports medicine clinical shadowing.
Applied mathematics curriculum offering rigorous preparation for actuarial credentialing exams, statistical risk modeling, Python numerical computing, and linear programming.
Professor of Biology
Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Dr. Knight investigates marine invertebrate biology, coral reef community structure, mangrove detrital food webs, and field-based marine conservation biology....
View researcher profile ↗Associate Professor of Biology
Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Dr. Warren specializes in stream fish ecology, examining reproductive life history strategies of darters and minnows in Ozark highland streams and anthropogenic...
View researcher profile ↗Associate Professor of Health Science
Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Dr. Stone conducts research in clinical biomechanics, functional movement screening in collegiate athletes, and pediatric physical literacy interventions in rur...
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