Contributing Units
Comparative Studies |
Educational Policy and Leadership |
English |
Greek and Latin |
History |
Human Development and Family Science |
Physical Activity & Educational Services |
Psychology |
Social Work |
Sociology |
Teaching and Learning |
Women's Studies
The Department of Comparative Studies promotes interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research and teaching in the arts and sciences. The Department of Comparative Studies encourages critical reflection about culture that crosses boundaries of discipline, nation, and language. We attend to the construction of knowledge and the dynamics of power and authority in a range of historical discourses and practices: social, religious, literary, aesthetic, technological, scientific, political, and material.
The School of Educational Policy and Leadership (ED P&L) is deeply committed to addressing pressing educational issues, devising possible solutions, and creating innovative approaches. This commitment is anchored in a challenging, supportive, and fulfilling educational experience for our students. As part of The Ohio State University's College of Education, one of the leading graduate programs of education in the United States, students learn from faculty and their classmates who are engaged in leading research, administrative practices, and development in all educational sectors.
The English Department of The Ohio State University offers a varied and comprehensive curriculum in literature, rhetoric, composition, folklore, language study, critical theory, film, and creative writing. The strength of the department rests not only on its regular full-time faculty members, many of whom have won University-wide teaching awards in recent years, but also on its undergraduate students whose interests and gifts are as varied as the curriculum itself.
The Department of Greek and Latin is devoted to the study of the languages, literature, and cultures of Greece and Rome, focusing on Antiquity but including all periods from the Bronze Age to Modern Greece. This study is important, as the origins of western and much Near Eastern literature, philosophy, art, religion, and social forms lay in the ancient world, making Greece and Rome vital contributors to ongoing discussions of who we are. In both its teaching and research, the Department is fundamentally interdisciplinary.
The Department of History is a large and diverse department with over 200 students currently pursuing advanced graduate study in 18 different fields of history. Chronologically we encompass almost every age of civilization, and geographically we span nearly all regions of the globe. We offer, in addition, degrees in the thematic fields of women's history, military history, diplomatic/international history, world history, and the history of business.
The Department of Human Development and Family Science is concerned with the study of human development across the lifespan, the dynamics of marital and family relationships, and the conditions in the family, community, and society which enhance, support, or impede individual development and family life. Many factors make an HDFS major very valuable, such as a growing elderly population, a stable high divorce rate, and more dual income families which has led to more children being in child care.
The mission of PAES is to describe and explain basic and applied phenomena associated with teaching and learning, focused especially on those who participate in sport and exercise, those who have special needs, those who supply educational services, and those who pursue lifelong learning in the workplace.
Our department is noted for a long history of excellence in research, teaching, and service. With approximately 50 faculty, 150 graduate students, and 1400 undergraduate majors, we are one of the largest departments at Ohio State. We are also one of the top ranked psychology departments in the country providing extensive course offerings and research opportunities in eight program areas. Faculty in the department work in diverse areas of human and animal cognition, emotion, and behavior and engage in many interdisciplinary research activities.
Through its BSSW, MSW, and Ph.D. degree programs, the college of Social Work enables students to experience and explore the knowledge, values, and skills required for professional social work practice and research.
The Department of Sociology is an intellectual community of 33 active and distinguished faculty, over 100 graduate students in-training as the next generation of scholars and educators, and nearly 1200 undergraduate majors, all supported by 13 able and dedicated staff members. Our department is proud of its commitment to excellence in scholarship and instruction, which is reflected by our ranking as a top-20 department nationwide.
The School of Teaching and Learning offers exemplary programs for those beginning a teaching career, those who seek to deepen their research-based knowledge to inform their teaching, and those looking to become a researcher/scholar.
Women's Studies in an interdisciplinary field of research and teaching that places gender at the center of inquiry. It raises many questions about gender as a socially and culturally constructed phenomenon that affects our personal lives, artistic expression, social relationships, and even the ways we think about ourselves and the world. Women's Studies considers the ways class, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and age shape women's and men's experience, and is one of the fastest growing fields of inquiry to emerge in higher education in the past thirty years.
