Earthworks

Classes

The Ohio State University classes highlighted below represent classes which exemplify or contain potential for research within the mission of the Newark Earthworks Center. This includes classes taught by our Faculty Oversight Committee members and our Director.
This image contains a chart of the structure of the New GE. You being with a 1 hour launch seminar,. In Themes, you take 8-12 hours combined beginning with Citizenship for a Diverse and Just World, and choose one of the following: Health and Well-Being, Sustainability, Lived Environments, Traditions, Cultures and Transformations, Number, Nature, Mind, Origins and Evolution, Migration, Mobility, and Immobility, with more Themes being developed. Then you move to Foundations and take 22-25 hours combined of th

General Education Program

In autumn 2022, Ohio State launched a new General Education (GE) program that reduces the number of required GE credit hours, provides undergraduate students more flexibility in scheduling, streamlines time to degree, and better prepares them for the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century. It is the first major overhaul of the GE curriculum in more than 30 years.

Highlighted programs

Sustainable Agriculture Major

As much of agriculture trends toward larger farms where an emphasis is placed on increased efficiency and cost control, there is a segment of farmers who wish to remain on the land and yet make different choices other than industrialization.
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American Indian Studies Minor

Indigenous people have visited present-day Ohio for thousands of years, leaving behind large-scale geometric, boundary, and effigy earthworks in central and southern Ohio. These structures highlight the region's historical significance as a center of economic, spiritual, artistic, and intellectual activity.
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Autumn 2025 Newark Campus

Check out highlighted classes offered on Newark Campus for Autumn 2025 which exemplify or contain potential for research within the mission of the Newark Earthworks Center! This includes classes taught by our Faculty Oversight Committee members and our Director.
Highlighted Autumn Classes
Tour group walking towards the entrance of the Great Circle, Newark Earthworks. Newark, Ohio.

Spring 2024 Newark Campus

Check out highlighted classes offered on Newark Campus for Autumn 2025 which exemplify or contain potential for research within the mission of the Newark Earthworks Center! This includes classes taught by our Faculty Oversight Committee members and our Director.
Highlighted Spring Classes
Students touring the Great Circle earthworks, part of the Newark Earthworks in the snow. Image courtesy of Timothy E. Black.

Spring 2024 Columbus Campus

The Ohio State University classes highlighted below represent classes which exemplify or contain potential for research within the mission of the Newark Earthworks Center. This includes classes taught by our Faculty Oversight Committee members and our Director.
Featured Spring Classes
Aerial view of the Great Circle earthworks, part of the Newark Earthworks in winter. Image courtesy of Timothy E. Black.

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