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Oregon State University

Dept. of History
2520 SW Campus Way
Milam Hall 322
Corvallis, OR 97331-5104

Phone 541.737.3421
Fax 541.737.1257
E-mail: david.bishop@oregonstate.edu

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Areas of Specialization:

History of Science

Program Description

The History of Science Graduate Program in the Department of History at Oregon State University provides professional training in the interdisciplinary subject of history of science. The program connects the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences by studying and interpreting the development of the sciences within particular historical settings and analyzing the changing roles of the sciences within modern cultures. Emphasis in the program is on scientific traditions since the sixteenth century in Europe and North America, in the physical, earth, biological, medical, and social sciences, as well as on environmental history and the history of the environmental sciences.

Special Programs or Resources

Among noteworthy resources at OSU for the history of science are the archival and on-line collection of the papers of Ava Helen and Linus Pauling in the Special Collections of the Valley Library. The History of Atomic Energy Collection is an archival reference library documenting the history of atomic energy since the discovery of radioactivity in 1896. The Program for Ethics, Science, and the Environment, based in the Philosophy Department, supports multi-disciplinary education and scholarship aimed at recognizing, understanding, and resolving conflicts of value resulting from scientific knowledge, biotechnology, and the use of natural resources

Financial Aid

Students may apply for Financial Aid. Teaching assistantships and research assistantships in the History of Science Program are awarded on a competitive basis. Students may be eligible for University or Graduate School scholarships.

Degree Requirements

108 credit hours subsequent to the B.A. or B.S. degree. Written and oral qualifying examinations are required.



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Faculty Information (Fall 2011):

Full-time Faculty: 17

Relative Size based on Number of Full-time Faculty: Small [Explain]

 

Student Demographics (Fall 2011):

Number of Doctoral Students in Program: -1

New Doctoral Students Entering Program: -1

Proportion of Doctoral Students Receiving Financial Aid: %

Number of Graduate Students Enrolled: 7

Relative Size Based on Graduate Student Enrollment: Small [Explain]

 

Degree Information:

First PhD conferred: 1997

History PhDs conferred to Date: 7

Number of PhDs Conferred (2011–12): 0

Relative Size Based on PhDs Conferred: Small [Explain]

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PhDs Conferred by Department

 

 

Last Updated: October 19, 2012