Thesis Location and Academic Department Codes
This list is used to determine the OSUL location as well as the "degree code" used in devising the thesis call number. Given the profusion of name changes among degree-granting departments, it is OSUL's policy to retain a degree code even when the name of the academic unit changes; thus, the degree code ZOO is used for Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology. There appear to be some historic inconsistencies in this practice, but the general policy is one of retention, so that like materials continue to be shelved together. Proposed changes in location, negotiated between libraries.
[] indicates the last year a particular degree code has been used for a department that may have been deactivated, merged into another unit, or is not listed in the current Graduate School Handbook.
Quick Jumps: A BC D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q RS T U V WX Y Z
A
- Accounting and Management Information Systems (bus, ACC)
- Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering (sel, AER)
- African-American &African Studies (formerly Black Studies SP98) (bsl, BLA)
- Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology (renamed Agriculture, Environmental, And Developmental Economics (WI99)) (faes, AGC)
- Agricultural Education (includes Rural Sociology) (faes, AGD)
- Agriculture, Environmental, and Developmental Economics (formerly Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology (WI99)) (faes, AGC)
- Agricultural Engineering (may also be called Engineering Technologies; see Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering) (faes, AGE)
- Agronomy (became Soil Science SU96) (faes, AGR)
- Allied Medical Professions (stx1, AMP)
- Anatomy (stx1 ANA)
- Animal Science (merger into Animal Sciences pending 12/98) (faes, ANI)
- Anthropology (mai, ANT)
- Architecture (arc, ARC)
- Art (mai, ART)
- Art Education (mai, ATE)
- Arts Policy & Administration (Approved AU96)
- Astronomy (sel, ATN)
- Atmospheric Sciences sel, ATS)
- Aviation [1995] (bpl, AVN)
B
- Biochemistry (and Biochemistry Program, Ohio State) ( bpl, BIO)
- Biology (bpl, BGY)
- Biomedical Engineering (sel, BME)
- Biophysics (bpl, BIP)
- Biostatistics (sel, BIS)
- Black Studies (became African-American &African Studies (SP98)) (bsl, BLA)
- Botany (became Plant Biology (WI91)) (bpl, BOT)
- Business Administration (bus, BUA)
C
- Ceramic Engineering (merged with Metallurgical Engineering (WI89) to form Materials Science and Engineering (sel, CER)
- Chemical Engineering (sel, CHN)
- Chemical Physics (sel, CHP)
- Chemistry (sel, CHY)
- City and Regional Planning (arc, CRP)
- Civil Engineering (sel, CIV)
- Classics (renamed Greek and Latin (AU98) (mai, CLS)
- Communication (merger with Journalism pending) (mai, CMN)
- Comparative Studies (formerly Liberal Studies (SP95) (mai, CPS)
- Computer and Information Science (sel, CIS)
D
- Dairy Science (merger into Animal Sciences pending) (faes, DAI)
- Dance (mai, DAN)
- Dentistry (stx1, DEN)
E
- East Asian Languages and Literatures (mai, EAL)
- Economics (bus, ECO)
- Education (ehs, EDN)
- Educational Policy and Leadership (inactive SU98) (ehs, EDP)
- Educational Policy and Leadership (School) (approved SU98) (ehs, EDP)
- Educational Services and Research (inactive SU98) (ehs, EDR)
- Educational Studies: Humanities, Science, Technological and Vocational (ehs, EDS)
- Educational Theory and Practice (inactive SU98) (ehs, EDT)
- Electrical Engineering (sel, ELE)
- Engineering Mechanics (sel, ENM)
- Engineering Technologies (see Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering)
- English (mai, ENL)
- Entomology (bpl, ENT)
- Environmental Biology [1991](bpl, ENV)
- Environmental Science (transferred from BIO to ENG (SU98)) (bpl, ENS)
- Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology (formerly Zoology (WI99)) (bpl, ZOO)
F
- Family and Consumer Sciences Education (formerly Home Economics Education (SU98)); see Human Ecology
- Family Relations and Human Development; see Human Ecology (ehs, FAM)
- Family Resource Management; see Human Ecology
- Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering (faes, FAB)
- Food Science and Nutrition = Food Science and Technology (faes, FSN)
- French and Italian (formerly Romance Languages and Literatuares) (mai, ROM)
G
- Geodetic Science and Surveying (transferred from MPS to ENG) (sel, GED)
- Geography (mai, GEG)
- Geological Sciences (Geology and Mineralogy) (geo, GEM)
- German (Changed to Germanic Languages and Literatures SU97) (mai, GER)
- Germanic Languages and Literatures (formerly German (SU97)) (mai, GER)
- Greek and Latin (formerly Classics) (mai, CLA)
H
- Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (HPER is a school within the College of Education) (ehs, HPE)
- Health Services Management and Policy
- History (mai, HIT)
- History of Art (mai, HIY)
- Horticulture and Crop Science (formerly Horticulture (SU96) (faes, HOR)
- Hospital and Health Services Administration [1993] (see Human Ecology)
- Human Ecology (formerly Home Economics) (ehs, HMC)
- Human Ecology Education (Home Economics Education) (ehs, HME)
- Human Nutrition and Food Management (see Human Ecology) (ehs, HUM)
- Human Services Education (ehs, HUS)
I
- Industrial and Systems Engineering (sel, IND)
- Industrial Design (mai, INS)
- Interdisciplinary Programs (also called One-of-a-Kind Program) (mai, INT)
- Internal Medicine (merged into Medical Science (AU93))(stx1, ITM)
J
- Journalism (merger with COM pending) (jou, JRN)
- Judaic and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures (see Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (mai, JNE)
K
L
- Labor and Human Resources (also called Management & Human Resources) (bus, LAB)
- Landscape Architecture (arc, LAN)
- Liberal Studies (renamed Comparative Studies (SP95)) (mai, LIB)
- Linguistics (mai, LIN)
M
- Materials Science and Engineering (merger of Ceramics Engineering and
- Metallurgical Engineering (WI89) (sel, MTL)
- Mathematics (sel, MAH)
- Mechanical Engineering (sel, MEC)
- Medical Biochemistry (bpl, BIO)
- Medical Microbiology and Immunology (stx1. MDM)
- Medical Science (approved AU93)
- Metallurgical Engineering (merged with Ceramics Engineering to form
- Materials Science and Engineering (WI89)) (sel, MTL)
- Microbiology (bpl, MIB)
- Mining Engineering (deactivated) (sel, MIN)
- Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (bpl, MOL)
- Molecular Genetics (bpl, MUG)
- Music (mus, MSC)
N
- Natural Resources (faes, NAT)
- Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (formerly Near Eastern, Judaic, Hellenistic Languages and Literature (WI89)) (mai, JNE)
- Neuroscience (approved SU89) (stx1, NEU)
- Nuclear Engineering (sel, NUC)
- Nursing (sxt1, NUR)
- Nutrition (approved AU96)
O
- Obstetrics and Gynecology (stx1, OBS)
- Ohio State Biochemistry Program (see Biochemistry)
- One-of-a-kind (see Interdiscipline Programs) (mai, INT)
- Opthalmology (merged into Medical Science) [1990] (stx1, OPH)
- Optometry (see Physiological Optics)
- Oral Biology (approved WI92)
P
- Pathology (stx1, PAT)
- Pediatrics (sxt1, PED)
- Pharmacology (stx1, PGY)
- Pharmacy (bpl, PHC)
- Philosophy (mai, PHI)
- Photography and Cinema (deactivated) (jou, PHM)
- Physical Activity and Educational Services (School) (approved SU98) (ehs)
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (stx1, PHP)
- Physics (sel, PHS)
- Physiological Chemistry (see Biochemistry) (bpl, BOT)
- Physiological Optics (Optometry) (stx1, PHU)
- Physiology (sxt1, PHV)
- Plant Biology (formerly Botany) (bpl, BOT)
- Plant Pathology (faes, PLA)
- Political Science (mai, POL)
- Poultry Science (merger with Animal Sciences pending) (faes, POU)
- Preventive Medicine (sxt1, PRM)
- Psychology (ehs, PSY)
- Public Administration (New name is School of Public Policy and Management) (bus, PUB)
- Public Health
- Public Policy and Management (formerly Public Administration) (bus, PUB)
Q
R
- Radiology (stx1, RAD)
- Romance Languages and Literatures (now French and Italian) (mai, ROM)
- Rural Sociology (see Agricultural Education) (faes, AGD)
S
- Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures (mai, SLA)
- (Center for) Slavic and East European Studies (mai, SLS)
- Social Work (ehs, SOL)
- Sociology (mai, SOY)
- Soil Science (changed from Agronomy SU96) (faes, AGR)
- Spanish and Portuguese (formerly Romance Languages) (mai, ROM)
- Speech and Hearing Science (mai, SPH)
- Statistics (sel, STA)
- Surgery (stx1, SUR)
T
- Teaching and Learning (School) (approved SU98) (see Education)
- Textiles and Clothing (see Human Ecology) (hec, TX)
- Theatre (mai, THR)
U
V
- Veterinary Anatomy (merged into Veterinary Biosciences) (vet, VEA)
- Veterinary Biosciences (approved WI97)
- Veterinary Clinical Sciences (vet, VEC)
- Veterinary Pathology (Pathobiology) (merged into Veterinary Biosciences) (vet, VEP)
- Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology (merged into Veterinary Biosciences) (vet, VEY)
- Veterinary Preventive Medicine (vet, VMD)
- Vocational Education, Comprehensive Program (faes, VOC)
W
- Welding Engineering (sel, WEL)
- Womens Studies (approved WI91) (wmn, WOM)
X
Y
Z
- Zoology (renamed Evolutionary, Ecological, and Organismal Biology (WI99)) (pbl, ZOO)