College of Arts and Sciences

Graduate degrees are offered in the following areas:

• Biological Sciences (M.S., Ph.D.)
• Chemistry (M.S., Ph.D.)
• Economics (M.A.)
• English (M.A. Ph.D.)
• Environmental and Plant Biology (M.S.; Ph.D. through Department of Biological Sciences)
• Environmental Studies (M.S.)
• Foreign Languages and Literatures (French, Spanish - M.A.)
• Geography (M.S.)
• Geological Sciences (M.S.)
• History (M.A., Ph.D.)
• Linguistics (M.A.)
• Mathematics (M.S., Ph.D.)
• Molecular and Cellular Biology (Ph.D.)
• Philosophy (M.A.)
• Physics (M.A., M.S., Ph.D.)
• Political Science (M.A., M.P.A.)
• Psychology (M.S., Ph.D.)
• Social Sciences (M.S.S.)
• Social Work (information available soon!)
• Sociology (M.A.)

Certificates are offered in the following areas:

• Conservation Biology
• Contemporary History
• Women's Studies

Additional coursework is offered in the following areas:

• African-American Studies
• Anthropology
• Foreign Languages and Literatures (Arabic, Chinese, German, Greek, Indonesian/Malaysian, Latin, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Swahili, Southeast Asian Literature in Translation
• Ohio Program of Intensive English

Wilson Hall, College Green

Leslie Flemming, Dean
Roger Rollins, Associate Dean
Maureen Weissenrieder, Associate Dean

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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 in 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.

Each department will provide upon request a brochure describing specific degree requirements, specialized graduate facilities, and any other information that prospective students might need.

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Facilities

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.

University Publications and Computer Services revised this file ( https://www.ohio.edu/~gcat/97-99/areas/coll-as.htm ) June 1, 1998.

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