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:

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 Administration
Concentrations:

  • Acute Care Administration
  • Community Health
  • Health Promotion
  • Long-Term Care Administration
  • 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):

  • Audiology
  • Speech Language-Pathology
  • 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 Sciences
    Concentrations:

  • Early Childhood Education
  • Family Studies
  • International and Community Nutrition
  • Nutrition Science
  • 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:

  • Athletic Administration
  • Athletic Training
  • Foundations of Coaching and Teaching
  • Physical Education
  • Recreational Studies
  • Sport Physiology and Adult Fitness
  • Master of Science in Physiology of Exercise
  • Master of Sports Administration
  • 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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