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

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

Ohio State

graduate

students have

access to some

of the highest-

quality faculty

and research

experiences

in the world.

ECONOMICS

100% placement rate of new PhDs in

academia and research positions,

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

GEOGRAPHY

Publications per faculty, citations per

publication, and percent students in

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

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Top 10th percentile in overall

quality of the program (R scale), top 10th

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

PSYCHOLOGY

Top 5th percentile in overall quality of

program (R scale), top 10th percentile

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 decision-making, 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

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

* NRC Research Doctorate Assessment, 2010 | ** U.S. News & World Report, 2010

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 AnalysisOne 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 socio-economic change.cura.osu.edu

WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH CENTERS

Criminal Justice Research CenterProvides 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 ResearchA 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) 247-4461dickerson.144@osu.edu

College of Arts and Sciences The Ohio State University

186 University Hall 230 North Oval MallColumbus, OH 43210-1330

artsandsciences.osu.edu