Ohio University
Graduate Catalog
Facilities and Services
Office of Graduate Student Services
The Office of Graduate Student Services assists students with the
university processes of admission and registration and is a source of
information on matters affecting graduate students. Personnel in this
office are available for consultation and assistance on matters of
interest to graduate students. All official graduate files are kept
in this office.
Institutional Equity
It is the policy of Ohio University that there shall be no
discrimination against any individual in educational or employment
opportunities because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex,
status as a disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam era, or
disability. Also, there shall be no discrimination because of age
except in compliance with age requirements of retirement plans or
state and federal laws and guidelines.
Furthermore, the university conducts a vigorous affirmative action
program in order to promote equal employment opportunities and to
ensure nondiscrimination in all educational programs and
activities.
It is a goal of Ohio University to increase the representation of
underrepresented students in all of its graduate programs, and to
that end, specific efforts are being undertaken by individual
academic departments to recruit minority graduate students. Special
opportunities for minority and/or female students have been created
through grant funds in several areas including telecommunications,
osteopathic medicine, electrical engineering, psychology, education,
and health careers.
For more information about special opportunities, contact the
graduate chair in the specific department or the dean's office in the
appropriate college.
Sexual Harassment.
Sexual harassment of students, staff, or
faculty is prohibited at Ohio University. No male or female member of
the Ohio University community, including faculty, contract staff,
classified staff, and students, may sexually harass any other member
of the community. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination
under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and thereby is
illegal under law as well as a violation of Ohio University
Policy.
A. Sexual Harassment Defined: This policy defines sexual harassment
as unwanted advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or
physical conduct of a sexual nature when (1) submission to such
conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition
of employment or of a student's status in a course, program, or
activity; (2) submission to or rejection of such conduct is used as
the basis for decisions affecting the individual; or (3) such conduct
has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with the
individual's work, performance, or educational experience; or
creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment for work
or learning.
B. Examples of Sexual Harassment (not to be construed as exhaustive):
Sexual harassment may take many forms and includes (1) physical
assault; (2) pressure, subtle or overt, for sexual favors accompanied
by implied or overt threats concerning one's job, grades, or letters
of recommendation; (3) inappropriate display of sexually suggestive
objects or pictures; (4) direct propositions of a sexual nature; (5)
a pattern of conduct that would discomfort or humiliate, or both, a
reasonable person at whom the conduct was directed that includes one
or more of the following: (a) unnecessary touching, pinching,
patting, or the constant brushing against another's body; (b) use of
sexually abusive language, including remarks about a person's
clothing, body, bodily movement, or sexual activities; (c) unwanted
and unwelcome teasing and joking of a sexual nature.
C. Enforcement: All Ohio University employees and students are
responsible for compliance with this policy. All university
supervisory personnel have an affirmative responsibility to
discourage and eliminate conduct inconsistent with this policy.
Complaints may be received and investigated only by employees who
have been authorized by the institution. Authorization will be given
only to those individuals who have completed training provided by
staff of the Office of Affirmative Action. Any individual who is not
authorized but is approached about concerns or complaints regarding
harassment must
direct the complainant to an authorized
employee.
Because of their positions or the nature of their work, the following
individuals, or their designees, shall have completed training and
thereby be authorized to receive and investigate inquiries and
complaints: (a) representatives of each major planning unit other
than the unit head (a list will be available at the Offices of
Affirmative Action and Legal Affairs); (b) representatives from the
Offices of (1) Affirmative Action, (2) Health Education and Wellness,
(3) Judiciaries, (4) Legal Affairs, (5) Ombudsman, (6) Personnel.
When authorized employees are contacted to receive a complaint, they
must consult the staff of the Office of Affirmative Action.
Career Services
The Office of Career Services offers students and alumni assistance in making career decisions, exploring career options, and conducting effective job searches. Services include the following:
- Individual advising on career decision-making and
job search strategies; - Seminars on career decision making, resume preparation,
interview techniques, and other aspects of the job search; - A mock interview program that allows you to practice and
improve your interview performance; - An Alumni Resource Network that enables you
to connect with alumni who are interested in
providing career advice or information; - Career fairs that bring a wide variety of employers
to campus to discuss job opportunities with students; - A Career Resource Library containing a wealth of
material: career information, employer directories,
graduate school guides and admissions test bulletins,
summer job and internship listings, employer literature,
and professional job vacancies.
In addition to the above services, which are free to all students,
Career Services provides special assistance to students who are
registered with the office. These may include on-campus interviewing,
resume referrals, and job listings. Registration requires payment of
a nominal fee; submission of required materials; and, for students
graduating during the current academic year, attendance at an
orientation seminar explaining services, procedures, and basic
job-hunting techniques.
You are encouraged to work with Career Services throughout your
university experience for assistance in all career-related matters.
Computer Services
Customer Support Services
provides state-of-the-art
computing resources and facilities to all Ohio University students at
no charge (except for laser printing). Professors or instructors
arrange for student access to course-specific computer resources.
Customer Support Services operates a number of satellite labs across
the campus where you may use computer terminals or microcomputers for
your academic work. Many of the microcomputers in the labs can be
used to access Ohio University's network of computers.
The labs are located across the campus, including Alden Library,
Computer Services Center, Copeland Hall, Ellis Hall, Grover Center,
Haning Hall, Innovation Center, Morton Hall, Music Building, and
Stocker Center. Many departments also operate computing labs for
their own students. The departmental and Customer Support
Services-managed locations have a wide variety of microcomputer
software available, including FORTRAN, Pascal, Basic, WordPerfect,
Excel, MacWrite, MacDraw, and many others.
Three residence halls have labs available. Jefferson Hall and Brough
House each have a terminal cluster and printer connected to the
campus computer network. Hoover House contains microcomputers that
can also be used to access mainframe computers.
The Alden Instructional Support Lab also houses self-instructional
audiovisual carrels, allowing you to use videocassette playback
equipment, as well as synchronized slide and filmstrip equipment, as
required by academic courses.
The main offices for Customer Support Services are housed with the
Computer Services Center Instructional Support Lab, located on the
ground floor of the Computer Services Center. The Alden Instructional
Support Lab is located on the second floor of the Alden Library. Open
lab hours for the computer labs are posted in the labs on a quarterly
basis.
The Customer Support Services staff includes a consulting
statistician who assists faculty and graduate students on topics
ranging from research design to the use of particular software.
A network of high-speed printers is conveniently located around the
campus for mainframe printed output. Most of the micro labs contain
at least one letter-quality printer, and high-quality laser printer
output is available in the Alden and Computer Services Center
labs.
Communication Network
Services (CNS)
provides voice and data communications, along
with local area networking support, to the campus community.
The campus telephone network, owned and maintained by Ohio
University, furnishes approximately 9,000 voice lines and connects
more than 110 buildings on campus through a fiber-optic network.
Supporting more than 7,000 students and 3,500 faculty and staff on
campus, CNS provides on-campus calling, local calling, and long
distance service to the campus, as well as maintenance, installation,
and technical support for microcomputer and audiovisual equipment for
Ohio University.
CNS also supports the university Wide Area Network, reaching all
university departments and connecting thousands of computers to
campus computing resources. Links to other networks, including the
Ohio Academic Resource Network (OARnet), the Internet, and the five
Ohio University regional campus locations, give students and faculty
the ability to access information from networks around the world.
Counseling and Psychological Services
Counseling and psychological services are available to graduate
and undergraduate students on an individual and group basis for
educational, career, and personal adjustment concerns. Confidential
consultations are provided by Counseling and Psychological Services
counselors, psychology trainees, and psychologists.
If you are having academic difficulties, you can receive help in
understanding and resolving your concerns so that you can improve
your performance.
If you are uncertain about your educational or career objectives, you
can obtain assistance in appraising your abilities, interests,
performance, etc., so that you can identify more appropriate and
satisfying directions.
If you are facing personal problems of any kind (emotional, social,
marital, substance abuse, stress, etc.), you can receive help in
understanding and resolving those difficulties. Workshops on a
variety of topics, designed to support the educational, social, and
personal growth of students, are frequently offered and widely
publicized.
The Miller Analogies Test
(MAT) is administered biweekly.
To make an appointment to discuss your educational, career, or
personal adjustment concerns, contact the receptionist on the third
floor of Hudson Health Center or call 614-593-1616 between 8 a.m. and
noon or 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Graduate Council
The Graduate Council reviews, coordinates, and serves as an
advocate for graduate education at Ohio University. The council has
both advisory and policy-recommending responsibilities for graduate
education. The council initiates, reviews, and recommends
university-wide policy and new directions for graduate education.
The Graduate Council recommends to the University Curriculum Council
the initiation, implementation, and elimination of graduate programs
and degrees at Ohio University. Other recommendations by the council
go through the provost to the president for final approval.
The composition of the Graduate Council represents both those
departments granting Ph.D. degrees and those departments offering
only master's degrees.
Graduate Student Senate
The Graduate Student Senate is composed of student representatives
from each graduate academic department. It represents the graduate
student body in the university community and provides a forum in
which graduate students can discuss issues related to their concerns
about both academic and nonacademic aspects of the community.
The Graduate Student Senate is recognized by the university as the
representative graduate student organization, and therefore is
responsible for recommending graduate students for positions on
university standing committees. The senate also awards the
Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, the Outstanding Graduate Student
Award, and the Graduate Student Senate John Houk Memorial Research
Grants for graduate student research. Other Graduate Student Senate
activities include workshops on topics such as grant writing and
library resource system identification and use, and yearly research
activities on the quality of graduate life and education.
The Graduate Student Senate meets on a regular basis year round. All
meetings are announced and open to the public.
For more information or a copy of the Graduate Student Senate
constitution, write the President of Graduate Student Senate, Ohio
University, Athens OH 45701-2979.
Health Service
Medical Services.
Student Health Service, located in the
Hudson Health Center, provides students with outpatient care and
medical support services including health education, a pharmacy,
X-rays, a clinical laboratory, and physical therapy. The health
service staff consists of physicians; registered nurses; a
pharmacist; a coordinator of health education services; and
laboratory, X-ray, and other allied health personnel.
A continual record of your medical care is initiated and maintained
for you beginning with your first visit to Hudson Health Center.
Student medical records are held to the same standards of
confidentiality as records in other health care facilities and will
be released only upon your written authorization.
A skin test for tuberculosis is required of all new international
students upon arrival on campus and of international students
returning after an absence of two or more years. This test is
administered by the Student Health Service at no charge to you.
Major Medical Insurance Plan.
A major medical insurance plan
designed to supplement the care provided by the Student Health
Service is offered to every student registered for more than six
hours except for those who submit evidence of coverage by a
comparable private insurance plan.
The plan provides protection against major medical and surgical
expenses regardless of where you may be. In addition to the medical
and surgical benefits payable under the terms of the group plan
contract, an accidental death payment is part of the policy.
To assist married students and single parents, a major
medical-surgical expense insurance plan for dependents is available
through the Ohio University comprehensive group medical insurance
policy. Contact the Student Health Service business office in Hudson
Health Center for information regarding the student health insurance
plan.
Information Center
A complete information service for students and campus personnel,
in the lobby of Baker Center, provides answers to questions regarding
university services, programs, campus events, and facilities. For
information, call 614-593-4000.
The Information Center has Ohio University brochures, the campus
directory, academic and social calendars, and listings of university
committees and departmental chairpersons. It receives applications
for student participation on university committees and researches
questions when information is not immediately available. In addition,
it provides check cashing services and typewriter rentals.
For university personnel and student telephone numbers, call the
switchboard by dialing 614-593-1000 (days) or the Student Directory
at 593-2700 (evenings).
Ohio University Libraries
The Alden Library has more than 1.7 million bound volumes, more
than 2 million items including microform units, maps, slides,
cassettes, videotapes, disks, and other research materials, and
seating for 2,800 patrons. The central facility serves the entire
student body and faculty with special services available throughout
the seven-story building. The library is open seven days a week for a
total of 102 hours.
The main campus entrance is on the fourth floor, where the catalog
terminals and main circulation desk are housed. The reference
collection, library instruction, children's collection, Interlibrary
Loan, and Collection Development and Technical Services staff are
also located on this central floor, as is a collection of national
and trade biographies. Government Documents and Archives and Special
Collections occupy the fifth floor, while the top two levels contain
the research collection, graduate lockers, and faculty study
offices.
The Health Sciences Library, art gallery, and a reserve book room are
on the third floor. On the second floor are current periodicals, the
Preservation Department, and the Fine Arts Department; the Southeast
Asian Collection and the Microform/Map/Nonprint Department are
located on the first floor.
The main collection consists of more than 1.7 million volumes, of
which more than 290,000 are government documents arranged by
Superintendent of Documents classification. In addition, there are
more than 300,000 items including maps, videocassettes, disks, tapes,
photographs, etc., and more than 11,000 periodical titles currently
received. Holdings in microform format-more than 2 million units-have
increased greatly in the last few years and are an extremely rich,
but often overlooked, resource base. You are encouraged to visit the
microform area to explore the holdings, most of which are not listed
in the catalog.
In separate buildings are the Music/Dance Library and a number of
departmental collections in several scientific disciplines. Each of
the regional campuses also has a well-established library.
To make the libraries' collections more accessible to users, ALICE,
an online public-access catalog and circulation system, connects to
and makes available resources from around the world. Catalog
terminals are located throughout the library for easy access to the
libraries' holdings. Remote access is available to anyone having
direct or dial-in access to the university computer network. General
tours, instructional lecture tours, and a video orientation
presentation are offered to classes and groups upon request. Subject
bibliographers are available to give assistance with problems in
specific academic disciplines.
Electronic information services are available to assist graduate
students and other researchers in identifying and obtaining
resources. The library offers more than 80 CD-ROM products-many
networked within Alden Library. Library workstations also provide
access to statewide resources on OhioLINK, to national and
international resources on the Internet, and to the vast OCLC union
catalog. In addition, librarians can assist with online retrieval of
information using several commercial data base services. Through OCLC
and other networks linking libraries around the country and around
the world, materials in distant collections are now easily
accessible. The library participates in the age of resource sharing
to better serve the graduate student.
Motor Vehicles
University policy and regulations state that no student shall
drive, operate, park, or otherwise use a motor vehicle on the land
and property of the university without first registering the vehicle
with the director of Campus Safety. This regulation includes
student-owned vehicles, as well as vehicles belonging to parents or
relatives (including wives or husbands), friends, rental agencies,
and dealers.
Upon registration each quarter you will be given a hang tag, which
must be displayed as described in the accompanying brochure.
No two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles or motorized bicycles are
permitted on university property except in areas specifically
designated for the parking of those vehicles. Signs posted indicate
streets closed to these vehicles.
Ombuds of the University
The ombudsman's duties include the maintenance of simple, orderly
procedures for receiving requests, complaints, and grievances, both
from students and from other members of the university community. The
ombudsman works, where a pattern of grievances develops, for a change
in regulations, procedures, or personnel, to prevent problems.
Further duties include assisting individuals in accomplishing the
expeditious settlement of their problems: intervening in the
bureaucratic process on behalf of individuals when that process
unnecessarily or unfairly impinges upon them, and using broad
investigatory powers and direct and ready access to all university
officials of instruction and administration. Finally, the ombudsman
reports valid complaints directly to the president when no remedy has
been found elsewhere in the university.
The office of the ombudsman is located in Crewson House, telephone
614-593-2627.
Research and Sponsored Programs
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs assists faculty and
graduate students in obtaining grants for external support of
research, doctoral dissertations, fellowships, and other
university-based projects. The office maintains a library of
information sources on grant opportunities, which is open to all
members of the university community. Graduate students are often
appointed to externally supported faculty-directed research projects
as graduate research associates and receive a stipend and tuition
scholarships.
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