Graduate Programs
Oregon State University is a Land, Sea, and Space Grant institution located in the Willamette Valley between the Oregon Coast and the Cascade Mountains, approximately eighty miles south of Portland. The University traditionally is noted for strong graduate programs in scientific, engineering, and agricultural fields.
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.
History - Graduate Courses
Degrees and Application Guidelines
Please note: applicants to the MA/MS/PhD program in History of Science are strongly encouraged to contact the Director of Graduate Studies (jacob.hamblin@oregonstate.edu) prior to the deadline. You may qualify for recruitment funding.
History offers the degrees of Master of Arts (MA), Master of Science (MS) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in History of Science. The History Department also participates in the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS) program, in which students may take one or two fields in history or history of science among the three fields required for the degree.
Students with substantial scientific or historical background are encouraged to apply to the Graduate Program in History of Science. The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is required, along with a writing sample and other materials, and the GRE and should have been completed within five years of the application. Students who have not completed a master's degree in history of science should apply to the master's program even if the intent is to pursue the Ph.D.
The deadline for applications to the MAIS Program is March 1 for the summer and fall quarter and November 10 for the winter or spring quarter. It is preferred that students begin the graduate program is the fall term (March 1 application deadline).
The deadline for applications to the History of Science Graduate Program is January 1 for admission in the fall quarter of the academic year. Applicants who wish to apply for graduate research assistantships or graduate teaching assistantships should indicate this on an application meeting the January 1 deadline for admission in the fall quarter. Assistantships ordinarily are awarded around April 1 for the following academic year.
An appointment as graduate assistant includes a tuition waiver and a stipend. Oregon State University is a member of the Council of Graduate Schools. Accordingly, students are under no obligations to respond to financial support prior to April 15. For further information about financial support and loans, contact the University's Financial Aid Office, 541-737-2241.
For further details, please contact the History Department.
Equal Opportunity: Oregon State University, in compliance with state and federal laws and regulations, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, or disability or veteran's status in any of its policies, procedures, or practices. Inquiries regarding the University equal opportunity policies may be directed to the Affirmative Action Office at (541) 737-3556.
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