Ohio University
Graduate Catalog
Degree-Granting Colleges
College of Arts and
Sciences
The College of Arts and Sciences offers the Master of Arts or Master
of Science degree through 16 departments. Multidepartmental and
special discipline master's degrees are offered in social sciences,
environmental studies, and public administration. Doctor of
Philosophy degrees are offered through the Departments of Biological
Sciences, Chemistry, English, Environmental and Plant Biology,
History, Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy, and Psychology. More
than one area of emphasis is available at both degree levels in
several of these departments.
Among the college's graduate facilities and equipment are a Tandem
van de Graaff nuclear accelerator, a nuclear magnetic resonator,
several chemical spectrometers, a helium low-temperature laboratory,
several electron microscopes, a scanning confocal microscopy
facility, a photomicroscopy laboratory, and a mammalian recombinant
genetics laboratory. Specialized laboratory facilities include a
morphometrics laboratory, an exercise physiology laboratory, and a
hybridoma laboratory. A large preserve of remnant primary forest,
Wayne National Forest, Ohio Department of Wildlife areas, and a
180-acre land laboratory adjacent to the campus are all available as
resources for teaching and research. Ohio University is a member of
the Association of Systematic Collections; collections include an
herbarium with more than 5,000 plant species, an entomological
collection with more than 100,000 insect specimens, a vertebrate
collection with more than 10,000 species, a paleobotanical collection
with more than 100,000 specimens, and a paleoinvertebrate collection
with at least 350,000 specimens. Departments in the social sciences
maintain up-to-date computer laboratories, and the Experimental
Psychology Research Laboratory and a modern clinical facility serve
as resources for training in psychology.
Each department will provide upon request a brochure describing
specific degree requirements, specialized graduate facilities, and
any other information a prospective student might need.
College of Business
The College of Business offers the Master of Business Administration
(M.B.A.) and the Master of Science in Accountancy (M.S.A.). The
college offers the M.B.A. through a full-time program, weekend
part-time program, and Executive M.B.A. program; the M.S.A. is
offered only through a full-time program. The full-time M.B.A. and
M.S.A. programs are offered on a residential basis on the Athens
campus. The part-time M.B.A. and Executive M.B.A. are offered on the
Lancaster campus in a two-year sequence of weekend courses; the
Executive M.B.A. program is open only to experienced business
executives. All programs are accredited by the American Assembly of
Collegiate Schools of Business.
The full-time M.B.A. program is an intensive 13-month program that
begins in August, with classes meeting until September of the
following year (except for the period between Christmas and New
Year's). The full-time M.S.A. program follows a traditional classroom
approach and meets during the university's regularly scheduled
quarters.
The full-time M.B.A. program provides the critical balance between
theory and application. You are involved in developing the knowledge,
skills, and abilities required of a successful manager. Learning in
the context of solving complex business problems is stressed to
accomplish the following goals:
- Development of functional expertise
- Development of managerial skills
- Application and integration of functional and managerial expertise
- Development of lifelong learning skills
The full-time M.S.A. program is designed to satisfy the field's
new professional needs. By 1999, graduate study will be a requirement
for becoming a Certified Public Accountant, and a master's degree is
also becoming more desirable for other branches of the accounting
profession. With recent developments in technology and international
business, more knowledge and skills are needed for those who want to
become partners in CPA firms, corporate controllers, and chief
financial officers of governmental and not-for-profit
organizations.
All of our master's programs are limited in size, with an average
class size of 30 to 35 students. These small, highly selective
programs allow you to form close associations with your peers and to
meet frequently with faculty.
Full and partial graduate associateships and tuition scholarships are
available to students in the full-time programs.
College of Communication
The College of Communication offers a variety of graduate programs
designed to provide both academic and professional training. The
master's degree is offered by the three major schools in the college:
Interpersonal Communication, Journalism, and Telecommunications. In
addition, the college has a Ph.D. program in the School of
Interpersonal Communication and a mass communication Ph.D. program
which is administered jointly by the Schools of Journalism and
Telecommunications. Laboratory opportunities are provided through
CATVision, a multichannel dormitory cable service; television station
WOUB-TV, Channel 20; radio stations WOUB-AM and
-FM; a community cable television channel; a modern electronic
graphics lab in journalism; and research centers, as well as
microcomputer labs, in the various schools.
Financial support is available in the form of teaching, research, and
graduate associateships in each of the schools. The programs also
offer tuition scholarships and a limited number of fellowships.
Detailed information concerning graduate programs and possible
financial support may be obtained by writing directly to the Director
of Graduate Studies of the School of Interpersonal Communication,
E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, or School of Telecommunications,
Ohio University, Athens OH 45701-2979.
College of Education
Graduate study and research in the College of Education place
primary emphasis on bridging the gap between theory and
practice-between research and the everyday educational and human
problems that confront students, teachers, counselors, curriculum
workers, administrators, and other professionals in related fields.
Practice and internships coupled with research constitute the
components of our advanced programs. Interdisciplinary study is
encouraged when appropriate.
The college offers the Master of Education degree in elementary
education, middle school education, secondary education, special
education, talented and gifted, educational media, reading,
mathematics teaching, microcomputers, educational leadership
(public/private/higher education), student personnel services, and
counselor education (school, college, community agencies,
rehabilitation, counseling in business and industry). A Master of
Arts is offered in economic education. A six-year program is offered
for those professionals who seek specialization and/or certification
in the principalship or superintendency. The Doctor of Philosophy is
offered in curriculum and instruction, counselor education, student
personnel services, and educational leadership (public/private/higher
education).
Master's students may attend full- or part-time; there is no
residency requirement for a master's degree. A master's student
attending full-time can complete most programs in a minimum of four
academic quarters. The Doctor of Philosophy requires a three-quarter
continuous residency on the Athens campus and can be completed in a
minimum of three academic years.
All professional education programs are fully accredited by the
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). The
Counselor Education Program is accredited by the Council for
Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs
(CACREP).
Detailed information concerning graduate programs may be obtained by
writing to the Office of Graduate Studies, College of Education, Ohio
University, McCracken Hall 124, Athens OH 45701-2979.
Russ College of Engineering and Technology
Programs of study leading to the Master of Science degree are
available in chemical, civil, electrical, industrial and systems, and
mechanical engineering. In addition, programs leading to the Ph.D.
degree are offered in chemical engineering, electrical engineering,
and in a cross-disciplinary program in integrated engineering with
specialties in materials processing; geotechnical and environmental;
and intelligent systems. Details on requirements are given in the
departmental section of this catalog.
The graduate programs in engineering are enhanced by an endowment
provided by a distinguished alumnus, the late Dr. C. Paul Stocker,
and his wife, Beth. Income from this endowment, which has grown to
$15 million, supports advanced research, equipment, scholarships,
faculty enrichment, and two faculty chairs, which bring some of the
world's leading engineering talent to the campus for visiting
professorships. The college is housed in the Stocker Engineering and
Technology Center. Interdisciplinary research in the college is
conducted through the college's seven centers: (1) Avionics
Engineering Center; (2) Center for Advanced Materials Processing
Research; (3) Center for Automatic Identification Education and
Research; (4) Center for Corrosion in Multiphase Systems Research;
(5) Center for Geotechnical and Environmental Research; (6) Ohio Coal
Research Center; and (7) Center for Advanced Software Systems
Integration. Students and faculty cooperate across departments to
perform research in multidisciplinary projects.
Programs leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemical
engineering are offered with particular research emphasis in the
areas of coal conversion and utilization, polymerization reaction
engineering, process control and dynamics, biochemical engineering,
corrosion, environmental assessment, and separation processes.
Interdisciplinary efforts also are occurring in some areas.
The M.S. degree in civil engineering may be focused in water
resources, solid mechanics, geotechnical engineering, environmental
engineering, geo-environmental structures, or transportation.
Research areas include treatment of water and wastewater, solid waste
management, soil structure interaction, centrifugal modeling,
constitutive relations for soils and rocks, nondestructive testing,
computational methods in structural mechanics, computer-aided
structural engineering, response of highway loading and the
environment, long-term water resources forecasting, and stochastic
flood and drought analyses.
Programs leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical
engineering are offered. Areas of interest include computers, control
systems, VLSI design, communications, information theory, electronic
circuits, solid-state electronics, energy conversion and power
systems, power electronics, computer integrated manufacturing,
electromagnetics, avionics, microwave circuits, network theory,
signal processing, and image processing. One of the most distinctive
features of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at
Ohio University is its Avionics Engineering Center. Initiated in
1963, this center provides educational opportunities for graduate
students. The center participates in NASA's Tri-University Program
with Princeton University and the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. Research projects at the center include instrument
landing technology, airborne data collection, communications, and
navigation system analysis.
The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering offers the M.S.
degree with specialized study concentrations in three areas of
interest: applied operations research, human factors engineering and
ergonomics, and manufacturing systems engineering. Each of these
areas has a core set of courses and recommended electives.
Research leading to an M.S. degree in mechanical engineering can be
formulated with specialization in either design or thermofluid
sciences. An M.S. with a manufacturing option is also offered. Areas
of interest include computer-aided design and manufacturing,
microcomputer control and data acquisition systems, automated
manufacturing systems, finite-element analysis, materials processing,
robotics, combustion, energy engineering and management, silicon
production, thermofluid systems, ceramic powder processing, heat
transfer, fluid mechanics, and mechanical design.
The Ph.D. in Integrated Engineering combines studies from several
departments to focus on research areas in geotechnical and
environmental materials processing and intelligent systems. Students
and faculty work across disciplinary lines on important problems in
these areas.
College of Fine Arts
The College of Fine Arts at Ohio University offers graduate degrees
in five of its six areas. The School of Art offers an M.F.A. in
ceramics, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, art history,
and art history/studio. The M.A. is offered in art education and
photography. The School of Comparative Arts offers a Ph.D. program in
liberal humanistic study in the arts of western civilization. The
School of Dance does not offer a graduate degree, but some graduate
courses are available each quarter. The School of Film offers an
M.F.A. in film scholarship or production and an M.A. in scholarship.
The School of Music offers the Master of Music in applied music
(performance and performance-pedagogy), history and literature,
theory and composition, music therapy, or music education. The School
of Theater offers an M.F.A. or M.A. in playwriting or theater
general, the M.A. in theater history and criticism, and the M.F.A. in
the professional programs of acting, directing, and production
design.
In addition to the stipulated programs within each academic unit of
the college, an interdisciplinary M.A. is available. The guidelines
for the interdisciplinary program may be obtained from the Office of
Graduate Student Services. See the Individual Interdisciplinary
Programs section of this catalog for other options.
Graduate support is available in the form of teaching, research, and
graduate associateships. Graduate internships also are available for
selected degree programs. You can obtain information on graduate
support and financial aid by contacting the director of the graduate
program in each school.
College of Health and Human Services
The mission of the College of Health and Human Services is to promote an environment in which students can pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in health and human services fields. Programs within the college combine academic coursework with practical field and clinical experiences to provide students with the basic knowledge, intellectual skills, and professional capabilities to think and act positively and creatively in the face of ever-changing societal and human conditions. The college includes the Schools of Health Sciences, Hearing and Speech Sciences, Human and Consumer Sciences, Nursing, Physical Therapy, and Recreation and Sport Sciences. Graduate programs are available as follows:
School of Health Sciences
Master of Health AdministrationConcentrations:
Detailed information concerning graduate programs and possible financial support is available from the Graduate Coordinator, School of Health Sciences, Ohio University, The Tower, Athens OH 45701-2979.
School of Hearing and Speech Sciences
Master of Arts in Hearing and Speech Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy
Concentrations (for both degrees):
Detailed information concerning graduate programs and possible financial support is available from the Graduate Coordinator, School of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Ohio University, Lindley Hall, Athens OH 45701-2979.
School of Human and Consumer Sciences
Master of Science in Human and Consumer SciencesConcentrations:
Detailed information concerning graduate programs and possible financial support is available from the Graduate Coordinator, School of Human and Consumer Sciences, Ohio University, Tupper Hall, Athens OH 45701-2979.
School of Physical Therapy
Master of Physical Therapy
Detailed information concerning the graduate program and possible
financial support is available from the Admissions Committee Chair,
School of Physical Therapy, Ohio University, Convocation Center,
Athens OH 45701-2979.
School of Recreation and Sport Sciences
Master of Science in Physical Education
Concentrations:
Detailed information concerning graduate programs and possible financial support is available from the Graduate Coordinator, School of Recreation and Sport Sciences, Ohio University, Grover Center, Athens OH 45701-2979.
College of Osteopathic Medicine
The university offers a program leading to the Doctor of Osteopathy
(D.O.) degree through its College of Osteopathic Medicine. Doctors of
Osteopathy practice in all branches of medicine and surgery, but most
are family-oriented primary care physicians. The college was
established by the Ohio General Assembly in 1975 with the mission of
training osteopathic family physicians for underserved areas of
Ohio.
The College of Osteopathic Medicine has an enrollment of about 400
students in its four-year curriculum. All applicants must take the
Medical College Admission Test. Successful applicants demonstrate a
high undergraduate grade-point average and have completed coursework
in biology, organic and general chemistry, physics, English, and the
behavioral sciences.
Medical students at Ohio University study in one of two tracks-a
system-based curriculum or a primary care continuum curriculum. The
system-based educational model is divided into four phases and is
designed to integrate the clinical and basic science aspects of
medicine, with an emphasis on the basic sciences in the beginning and
on the clinical sciences near the end. The continuum curriculum views
medical education as an organized building process that extends from
the first day of medical school through residency training and
beyond. This approach places an emphasis on problem-based learning
methodologies. Because of the variations in individual learning
styles, each curriculum is better suited for some students than for
others.
For further information, write for a copy of the College of
Osteopathic Medicine Catalog and other admissions material. Address
inquiries to Admissions, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Grosvenor
Hall 102, Athens OH 45701, or call the medical school at
1-800-345-1560 (for medical school inquiries only).
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