Office of the Registrar

General Catalog 

You may view and search the general catalog online. The general catalog contains information about admissions procedures/policies, degree requirements, course descriptions, academic policies, and more. Students are assigned a catalog term in accordance with the catalog year policy. A student’s catalog term determines which catalog requirements they are required to meet for the awarding of their degree/major/minor/option.

Historic Catalogs

Catalogs are archived and available as PDFs in the OSU Archives.

Catalog Update Submission Deadlines

Information in the online OSU General Catalog may be updated anytime. It is updated as curriculum proposals are approved throughout the year. Please email or campus-mail hard copy updates to the catalog coordinator, Larry Bulling, in the Registrar’s Office, B102 Kerr Administration Building.

The catalog coordinator emails annual update requests to all departments, schools, colleges, and other units in November. Updates are due after the first week of January. First, second and third proofs will be emailed back to updaters for approval in February, March and April.

PDFs of the official printed version of the OSU General Catalog for the coming academic year will be posted in OSU Archives on May 1.

Copies of the catalog will not be printed except by print-on-demand through OSU Printing and Mailing The OSU Bookstore may also sell printed copies made by OSU Printing and Mailing.