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Graduate School THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY CATALOG 1969-70 I Book 9 Graduate School THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY CATALOG V o lu m e I N o . 9 A p ril 11, 1969 Published by The Ohio State University at Columbus, Ohio. Issued 18 times during April. Application to mail under second class postage privileges is pending at Columbus, Ohio. Board of Trustees of the University John W. Bricker, Chairman, Columbus Bertram D. Thomas, Vice Chairman, Santa Barbara John G. Ketterer, Canton Frederick E. Jones, Columbus Mervin B. France, Cleveland James W. Shocknessy, Columbus Donald M. Hilliker, Bellefontaine William C. Safford, Cincinnati John H. Dunlap, Williamsport Edward Q. Moulton, Secretary, Columbus Administrative Officers of the University Novice G. Fawcett President John E. Corbally, Jr. Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Gordon B. Carson Vice President for Business and Finance Alfred B. Garrett Vice President for Research John T. Mount Vice President for Student Affairs John T. Bonner, Jr. Vice President for Educational Services Robert G. Smith Vice President for University Development Ronald B. Thompson Executive Dean for Student Statistical Services Edward Q. Moulton Executive Assistant to the President Table of Contents The Graduate School 5 General Information Organization Degrees Conferred Through the Graduate School Preparation for College Teaching Off-Campus Graduate Centers Agreements with Other Institutions Other Cooperative Programs The University Libraries Research 11 Admission and Registration 15 Admission Procedures and Requirements Test Information Classification of Graduate Students Cost of a Year's Work Registration Procedures Master's Degree Programs 24 Master of Arts Master of Science Master of Accounting Master of Architecture Master of Business Administration Master of City Planning Master of Fin11 Arts Master of Social Work Combined College-Graduate Programs Graduate Certificate Programs 33 Specialist in Educational Administration Specialist in Latin American Area Studies Specialist in Russian Area Studies Specialist in Translation from the Russian Social Sciences Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages Doctoral Degree Programs 35 Program of Study Residence and Credit-Hour Requirements Academic Standards Foreign Language Requirements General Examination and Admission to Candidacy Requirements and Procedure Composition of the Examining Committee Conduct of the General Examination Reporting Examination Results Admission to Candidacy Dissertation Final Examination Time Limit Summary of Requirements Fields of Study and Degrees Offered 39 Financing Graduate Education 101 Deadline Dates for Graduate Students 128 University Calendar 130 Un!versity Map 132 Index of Programs 135 r & ! t l ~ f l THE GRADUATE SCHOOL 5 The Graduate School OFFICERS Area 9 Thomas Powers, 1 year Richard Armitage . ... ..•.. .. ..... .. .... .. ... Dean Henry G. Cramblett, 2 years Office: GTaduate School, 164 West 19th Avenue Jules Lapidus, 3 years Elmer Baumer . .. ... .. .. ..... Associate Dean Harold H. Wolf, Alternate, 3 years Office: Graduate School, 164 West 19th Avenue Robert E. Ober, Alternate, 2 years William M. Protheroe . ..... .. .... .. .. .. Associate Dean Louis MaJspeis, Alternate, 1 year Office: Graduate School, 164 West 19th A venue Robert F. Miller ..... .... Assiotant Dean and Secretary Area 10 Office: Graduate School, 164 West 19th Avenue Herbert Parnes, 1 year George G. Thompson, 2 years Saad Z. Nagi, 3 years THE GRADUATE COUNCIL Wallace Fotheringham, Alternate, 3 years Area 1 Edgar T. Shaudys, Alternate, 2 years Ronald C. Bounous, 1 year Thomas A. Flinn, Alternate, 1 year Joseph T. Crymes, 2 years W. Arthur Cullman, 3 years Thomas J. Burns, Alternate, 3 years Orlando C. Behling, Alternate, 2 years Herbert F. Livingston, Alternate, 1 year GENERAL INFORMATION Area 2 The Ohio State Univ.ersity is situated ap­ Kenneth Reisch, 1 year proximately two and one-half miles north Edward Naber, 2 years of the center of the City of Columbus, the Glenn 0. Schwab, 3 years W. James Harper, Alternate, 2 years capital of Ohio, a city of 552,063 persons. Louis A. Swiger, Alternate, 2 years The Main Campus includes two geographi­ Ruth E. Deacon, Alternate, 1 year cal sections: the east campus, which is Area 3 situated west of High Street and east of Richard Hoppin, 1 year Glenn Patton, 2 years the Olentangy River between King and Henry Cady, 3 years Lane Avenues; and the west campus, lo­ James Baughman, Alternate, 3 years John Morrow, Alternate, 2 years cated west of the Olentangy River and east Eugene Friley, Alternate, 1 year Area 4 Emanuel D. Rudolph, 1 year Henry L. Plaine, 2 years John A. Schmitt, Jr., 3 years Verl L. House, Alternate, 3 years Robert M. Pfister, Alternate, 2 years David G. McConnell, Alternate, 1 year Area 5 Arliss Roaden, 1 year Robert E. Taylor, 2 years Robert Howe, 3 years Chalmer G. Hixson, Alternate, 3 years Bruce L. Bennett, Alternate, 2 years Charles Huelsman, Alternate, 1 year Area 6 Marlin Thurston, 1 year Arthur W. Leissa, 2 years Albert B. Bishop, 3 years Christie J. Geankoplis, Alternate, 3 years Charles McLarnan, Alternate, 2 years Odus R. Burggraf, Alternate, 1 year Area 7 Robert Bremner, 1 year Oskar Seidlin, 2 years Martin Stevens, 3 years Bernard Barmann, Alternate, 3 years Charles Fillmore, Alternate, 2 years Frank Silbajoris, Alternate, 1 year Area 8 Richard Nelson, 1 year Hans Zassenhaus, 2 years Eugene R. Capriotti, 3 years Wayne Pettyjohn, Alternate, 3 years Ivan Mueller, Alternate, 2 years Richard M. Hill, Alternate, 1 year Richard Armitage, Dean 6 THE GRADUATE SCHOOL of North Star Avenue. Public transporta­ attending the Summer Quarter regularly, tion between the campus and the downtown in addition to the other three quarters, area is available both on High Street and many graduate students are able to acceler­ Neil Avenue. Port Columbus International ate completion of degree programs. Airport is readily accessible to the campus The Summer Quarter is divided into two and by public transportation. equal terms of approximately six weeks The University is supported by appro­ each for the convenience of teachers and priations from the State government; by others who cannot attend the full quarter. student fees and research grants; by gifts Various departments offer a number of from alumni, industry, and friends; by courses that may be completed in a single federal assistance; and by a small endow­ term. ment. Land used by the University in the Columbus area (both owned and leased) totals 3,290 acres, with 1,671 acres on the ORGANIZATION campuses (526 on the east campus and 1,145 on the west campus), 295 acres in the The instruction and training of graduate golf courses, and 1,325 acres at Don Scott students has been one of the functions Field. The Don Scott Field area contains a of the University since 1878, the year 245-acre airport and 1,080 acres of experi­ when the first graduate student was in mental and demonstration farms and residence. research areas. The west campus acreage For several years, the graduate work of consists mostly of land usfed for agricul­ the University was unorganized, and each tural administration, research, and teach­ department conducted its own work with ing. little reference to other departments. The total value of the land, buildings, After the University was divided into col­ and equipment of the University is cur­ leges, however, each college controlled the rently $278,618,568. graduate work offered in various depart­ The University operates a radio and tele­ ments constituting that college. By 1902, vision station (WOSU), dedicated to the graduate work in the College of Arts had education of the citizens of Ohio, and a assumed sufficient proportions to warrant student daily newspaper (The Lantern) the organization of a Graduate School to that serves the University community. secure an effective and systematic arrange­ Effective January 1, 1968, the Univer­ ment of the graduate work of the college. sity organization established the Graduate In 1911, a Graduate School was organized School and 16 colleges, each under the ad­ so that the University could administer all graduate work offered in the several de­ ministration of a dean and college faculty, partments of the University. as follows: the Colleges of the Arts and The Graduate School today is under the Sciences composed of the Colleges of The administration of a Graduate Council con­ Arts, Biological Sciences, Humanities, sisting of 30 members. Under the chair­ Mathematics and Physical Sciences, and manship of the Dean, the membership of Social and Behavioral Sciences; the under­ the Council is composed of three elected graduate professional colleges of Adminis­ regular members of the Graduate Faculty trative Science, Agriculture and Home from each of these ten areas; Economics, Education, Engineering, and Pharmacy; the graduate professional Col­ 1. Administrative sciences leges of Dentistry, Law, Medicine, Optom­ 2. Agricultural sciences etry, and Veterinary Medicine; and the 3. The arts University College. 4. Biological sciences The University academic year is divided 5. Education into four quarters — Summer, Autumn, 6. Engineering sciences Winter, and Spring. Each of these quarters 7. Humanities comprises approximately 11 weeks. The 8. Physical sciences and mathematics work of the Autumn Quarter is completed 9. Professional biological sciences before the Christmas recess, which forms 10. Social and behavioral sciences a natural break in academic activity be­ fore the start of the Winter Quarter. The The Dean of the Graduate School, in spring vacation constitutes a full week be­ collaboration with the Graduate Council, tween the Winter and Spring Quarters. By exercises overall review and supervision of THE GRADUATE SCHOOL 7 graduate programs and provides leader­ ate courses in the Dayton area. Eligible ship both in developing new programs and students may partially fulfill degree re­ improving standards for existing programs. quirements through the Dayton Graduate A Council of Graduate Students was Center; however, all of the rules and regu­ established in 1955 to promote and main­ lations of The Ohio State University apply tain the academic and general welfare of to degree candidates at the Center.
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