History Doctoral Programs in the United States and Canada

Oregon State Univ.

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Areas of Specialization:

Europe, Americas, Africa, Asia, Russia

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.

University Information:

University Type: Public

Carnegie Institution Ranking: Doctoral/Research Universities—Extensive

Department Demographics:

First PhD conferred: 1997

History PhDs conferred to Date: 5

Relative Size Based on PhDs Conferred (2000–04): Small [Explain]

Faculty Mix:
	Full Professor	7
	Associate Professor	8
	Assistant Professor	4
	Instructor/Lecturer
	Joint Appointment
	Emeritus Faculty
	Part-time faculty

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

Number of Graduate Students in Program (Fall 2005): 7
(Graduate student counts include those enrolled in terminal Master's degree program)

Proportion of Full-Time Graduate Students: 85%

New Graduate Students Entering Program, Fall 2004: 3

Relative Size Based on Graduate Student Enrollment (2002–04): Small [Explain]

 

Other Information

     Current Dissertations in Progress

     PhDs Conferred by Department