Ohio University College of Arts and Sciences

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The College of Arts & Sciences of Ohio University is a college of Ohio University, a public research university in Athens, Ohio. It is one of its eleven colleges and is centrally located in Wilson Hall on the College Green. [1] The college features twenty organized academic departments. [2] Additionally, it hosts two centers for its International Studies and Law, Justice & Culture programs. The current dean is economist Florenz Plassman. [3]

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History

McGuffey Hall in the foreground and Wilson Hall in the background, home of the College. Ohio University Campus Green 7.JPG
McGuffey Hall in the foreground and Wilson Hall in the background, home of the College.

The first diplomas awarded by Ohio University, two in all, were Bachelor of Arts and Science degrees. The university's first course offerings included Latin, Greek, rhetoric, English grammar, geography, logic, philosophy, literature, classics, astronomy, and various branches of mathematics, all of which still are offered in the College of Arts & Sciences. But since a liberal arts curriculum was all the university offered, the College of Arts & Sciences did not exist as a discrete entity until the university grew to include other colleges; it became a truly separate college—the College of Liberal Arts—in 1902. [4]

Departments

Undergraduate students depend on the College of Arts & Sciences for a range of courses in the liberal arts, including required coursework in the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences as the foundation for any degree they pursue within the university. Faculty in this college contribute substantial amounts of literature through Ohio University Press and imprint Swallow Press. The college features:

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  1. ↑ "Wilson Hall, College Green, Ohio University". Ohio University. 2013. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ "A&S Academic Departments". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  3. ↑ "About the College of Arts & Sciences Dean". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  4. ↑ Ohio University 1804-2004: Spirit of a Singular Place. Betty Hollow. 2004.
  5. ↑ "Department of African American Studies" . Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Department of Biological Sciences". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Center for International Studies". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Center for Law, Justice & Culture". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Department of Classics & Religious Studies". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Department of Economics". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Department of English". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Department of Environmental & Plant Biology". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Department of Geography". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Department of Geological Sciences". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Department of History". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Department of Linguistics". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Department of Mathematics". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Department of Modern Languages". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Ohio Program of Intensive English". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  21. ↑ "The Philosophical Gourmet Report, M.A. Programs in Philosophy".
  22. ↑ "Department of Philosophy". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  23. ↑ "Department of Physics & Astronomy". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  24. ↑ "Department of Political Science". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  25. ↑ "Department of Psychology". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  26. ↑ "Department of Sociology & Anthropology". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  27. ↑ "Department of Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies". www.ohio.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
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