Graduate Programs in the
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Anthropology Communication Economics Geography Political Science Psychology Sociology Speech and Hearing Science
ANTHROPOLOGY
15th percentile in publication productivity, the top 25th percentile in research activity, and the top one-third in
Ohio State graduate students have access to some of the highestquality faculty and research experiences in the world.
academic positions placement.* Nationally and internationally recognized graduate program in scientific anthropology with strengths in evolution, ecology, and environmental impacts on past and living primates and humans. MA and PhD programs in Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology, and Biological Anthropology. anthropology.osu.edu
COMMUNICATION Ranked among the
elite
communication programs in the country,
first nationally in faculty productivity, and in the top 10th percentile in overall ranking nationally.* The School of Communication offers an MA and PhD in Communication. Graduate studies are in the areas of communication technology and society, health communication and social influence, mass communication uses and effects, and political communication and public opinion. The primary goal is to train individuals to conduct empirical social science research. comm.ohio-state.edu
ECONOMICS
GEOGRAPHY
100% placement rate of new PhDs in
Publications per faculty, citations per
academia and research positions,
publication, and percent students in
100% of graduate students supported by university fellowships during their first year. Top
10th percentile in the quality of
graduate students (ranked #12), top
25th percentile in overall
quality of the graduate program (R scale)* Nationally and internationally recognized graduate program in economic theory, experimental, and behavioral economics. Focal areas include macroeconomics, applied microeconomics, and econometrics. econ.ohio-state.edu
academic positions in the top
10% in the discipline,
highest overall ranking in the top
20% of the discipline,
research activity and student outcomes in the top
20% in the discipline*
Graduate work in Geography and Atmospheric Science with specialties in Environment & Society, Atmospheric & Climatic Studies, GIS & Spatial Analysis, Urban and Regional, and Global Studies. A leader in placement of tenure-track faculty in significant positions both in the U.S. and internationally. geography.osu.edu
PSYCHOLOGY Top
5th percentile in overall quality of 10th percentile
program (R scale), top
in publications per faculty, and in the top
20th percentile in both overall research and student support.*
10th among public universities, 17th among all universities, and Social Psychology ranked
2nd among all universities**
One of the few psychology departments in the nation housing brain imaging facilities; the only dedicated fMRI for studies in clinical, cognitive, developmental, and social neuroscience in Ohio. Graduate program in seven program areas: Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical, Cognitive, Developmental, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Quantitative Psychology, and Social Psychology, with specializations in judgment and decisionmaking, health, and integrative neuroscience. psy.ohio-state.edu
SOCIOLOGY Ranked
10th for publications
per faculty, average citations per publication was
14th in the discipline,
9th in percent of the faculty with grants, and 1st in percent of first-year students with full support* Ranked
7th nationally for Social Stratification**
Graduate program offers training in Research Methods along with a thorough grounding in four areas: Comparative Social Change; Crime and Community; Gender, Race, Work, and Inequality; and Population, Health, and Life Course. Historic Townshend Hall houses The Simon Dinitz Conference Room and Library, The William Form Sociological Research Laboratory, and student instructional and homework labs. sociology.ohio-state.edu
* NRC Research Doctorate Assessment, 2010 | ** U.S. News & World Report, 2010
POLITICAL SCIENCE
10th percentile in overall quality of the program (R scale), top 10th Top
percentile in student outcomes, and the top
20th percentile in research activity* Ranked 8th nationally for American Politics, 11th for Political Methodology, and
15th for International Relations ** Nationally and internationally recognized for its research and graduate program, the department offers graduate minors in Formal Theory, Political Economy, Political Psychology, and the Politics of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity, in addition to the traditional five major fields. polisci.osu.edu
SPEECH AND HEARING SCIENCE Among the
top 20 graduate
programs in both audiology and speech-language pathology ** Graduate programs in Audiology (AuD), Speech-Language Pathology (MA), and Speech and Hearing Science (PhD). Nationally and internationally recognized program areas include speech perception, acoustics, psychoacoustics, auditory physiology, voice, neurogenic disorders, hearing disorders, and child language development and disorders. Research Labs include Speech Perception & Acoustics, Psychoacoustics, Speech Psychoacoustics, Adult Neurogenic Communication and Language, Speech Recognition and Aging, Language & Aphasia NeuroRehabilitation, Auditory Physiology, Child Language Ability and Speech Development. sphs.osu.edu
WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH CENTERS Center for Cognitive Behavioral Brain Imaging Housed in the Department of Psychology, a research and education center with a newly dedicated fMRI, behavioral testing rooms, and an observation and control room. Center for Cognitive Science Hosted by the Department of Psychology; 65 affiliated faculty spanning 24 departments and 8 colleges. State-of-the-art research facilities, including eye tracking and electrophysiology laboratories. It grants seed funding for interdisciplinary research and supports graduate summer fellowships.
Center for Human Resource Research Focuses on a wide range of contemporary problems related to developing and conserving human resources. The center designs survey instruments, oversees field work, and generates data sets for researchers in government, private research organizations, and universities. The largest center project is the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience (NLS). chrr.osu.edu Center for Urban and Regional Analysis One of the nation’s foremost urban policy and research centers, providing research and analysis to city, state, regional, national, and international entities on issues including regional change, urban growth and decline, land use and population, designs for transportation networks, and socioeconomic change. cura.osu.edu
Criminal Justice Research Center Provides a focal point for collaborative interdisciplinary research on crime/ delinquency and criminal/juvenile justice issues. The center provides research-based outreach to those involved in developing policy on crime and justice matters. cjrc.osu.edu Initiative in Population Research A multidisciplinary research center with signature strengths in the study of family demography, population health, immigration, and integration. IPR is the centerpiece of Ohio State’s Population and Health Targeted Initiative in Excellence (TIE). ipr.osu.edu
A Commitment to Diversity Our graduate programs provide equal opportunity and are strongly committed to broadening the participation of historically underrepresented groups.
Contact Information: Patrice Dickerson Assistant Dean
(614) 247-4461 dickerson.144@osu.edu
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