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Oregon State University
College of Liberal Arts
TypeLiberal arts education
Established1973
DeanLarry Rodgers
Undergraduates3,700+ (approx.)
Location
Corvallis and Bend, Oregon
,
Oregon
,
United States

44°33′50″N 123°16′44″W / 44.564°N 123.279°W / 44.564; -123.279
Websiteliberalarts.oregonstate.edu

The College of Liberal Arts is the second largest of the 11 colleges at Oregon State University and offers 23 undergraduate degrees, 12 master's degrees and five doctoral degrees.[1]

Coursework is offered at the university's main campus in Corvallis, Oregon, at the Oregon State University Cascades Campus in Bend, Oregon and online via OSU's Ecampus. As of 2015, the College of Liberal Arts employed 290 faculty members with an enrollment of just over 3,600 full-time undergraduates.[2]

History

Oregon State University first offered studies in liberal arts in 1868. According to OSU's college of liberal arts, students began showing greater interest in sciences and technology by the early 1900s. The trend forced administrators to de-emphasize liberal arts as a major over the subsequent four decades.

During World War II, courses in liberal arts began to grow in popularity again. By 1959, the resurgence of interest in the curriculum gave, then university president, A.L. Strand reason to create the first divisional majors in humanities and social sciences.[3]

The university later added the School of Humanities and Social Sciences in 1961. Courses in liberal arts continued to grow in popularity through the 1960s and, by 1973, these schools were formalized under OSU's new college of liberal arts. Early schools included humanities, social sciences and fine and performing arts.

The first graduate degrees were offered by the college's scientific and technical communications school in 1988.[4]

Today, the college of liberal arts makes up one of the largest colleges on campus with a number of notable faculty and alumni.

Academics

In 2021, U.S. News & World Report ranked the college's online psychology school second in the nation.[5] Over the last seven years, U.S. News & World Report also ranked OSU's Ecampus top 10 in the nation for online bachelor’s programs, of which, nearly a quarter are offered through the college of liberal arts.[6]

College Choice, one of the few sources to rank liberal arts colleges at major universities, put OSU atop its list of the 25 Best Online Liberal Arts Colleges for 2021.[7] The college offers more than 20 online degree and certificate programs through Oregon State's Ecampus.[8] College Choice adds, “students learn from the same on-campus faculty and earn the same diploma as on-campus students, and they also are supported through digital tutoring, career services, and library resources.”[9]

Based on a select number of schools in the on-campus college of liberal arts, U.S. News & World Report ranked these combined schools 226th amongst global universities in 2021.[10] U.S. News & World Report no longer provides rankings for all schools within a college of liberal arts at "global" universities. Instead, the ranking publication only ranks a select number of "social science and public health" schools offered within these colleges. The most common schools used in their rankings were limited to criminology and criminal justice; English, history, political science and sociology.[11] In 2021, the college of liberal arts at OSU included more than 25 schools.

Notable alumni

  • Vance DeBar Pinto Colvig, voice acting pioneer at Disney animation studios, journalism (?–1911).
  • John Brotherton, actor, played a leading role on daytime drama One Life to Live, 2007-2010, part in Fuller House 2016-2018, drama (1989-?).
  • Webley Edwards, World War II news correspondent & syndicated radio host (Hawaii Calls), journalism (?–1927).[12]
  • David Gilkey, photojournalist, NPR and Detroit Free Press, 2011 Peabody award, 2011 Edward R Murrow award, 2004 Michigan photographer of the year, 2010 George Polk Award, technical journalism (1986-1988).
  • Kevin Hagen, actor, best known for role on Emmy Award-winning TV series Little House on the Prairie, political science (?).
  • Christopher Howell, poet, National Endowment for the Arts fellow, English (1964-1968).
  • Harley Jessup, director of special effects, 1987 Best Visual Effects Oscar winner for the film Innerspace, graphic design (?–1976).
  • Chris Johns, editor-in-chief of National Geographic magazine, technical journalism (1971-1974).[13]
  • Tala Madani, artist, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation (2013), Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting (2013), the De Volkskrant Art Award (2012), Pinchuk Art Centre (2012), political science and visual arts (2000-2004).
  • Cathy Marshall, journalist, former CNN anchor, speech communications (1978-1982).
  • George Oppen, winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize in poetry, English (1926-?).
  • Mary Oppen, poet, English (1926-?).
  • Deborah Reed, author, New York Times Best Selling Book "What the dog knows", English (1994-1997).
  • Travis Rush, national recording artist/producer, owns Mason Records, liberal studies (?).
  • Carl Salser, author, served on National Council on Educational Research, journalism (1922-1926).
  • Mary Carlin Yates, federal appointee, Foreign Service Officer at the U.S. State Department and was one of two deputy commanders of the United States Africa Command until June 2009, English (1966-1969).

Notable faculty

  • Jon Franklin, journalist - Pulitzer prizes in journalism and science writing with the Baltimore Evening Sun, head of technical journalism department (1990-1992).
  • Bernard Malamud, author - 1967 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, most famous for writing The Natural, English composition (1949-1961).
  • Ed McClanahan, writer - wrote for Esquire, Playboy and Rolling Stone. Received Playboy's award for nonfiction in 1972 and 1974, English (1958-1962).
  • Joseph Millar, poet - 2008 Pushcart Prize winner and Guggenheim Fellow, English, (?).
  • Kathleen Dean Moore, philosopher, author and environmental activist - 2000 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award, for Holdfast, 1990 Choice Magazine, Outstanding Academic Book for Pardons, philosophy (1992-2013).

References

  1. ^ University, Oregon State. "OSU, College of Liberal Arts, Academics". oregonstate.edu. OSU. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. ^ University, Oregon State. "Oregon State Enrollmenent Fall Term 2015" (PDF). OregonState.edu. Oregon State University. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  3. ^ OSU, Oregon State University. "About". liberalarts.oregonstate.edu. OSU. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  4. ^ International Dictionary of University Histories (2 December 2013). Oregon State University. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 9781134262175. Retrieved 6 March 2016. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  5. ^ "Oregon State earns four top-five rankings for online education from U.S. News & World Report". oregonstate.edu. OSU. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Oregon State earns four top-five rankings for online education from U.S. News & World Report". ecampus.oregonstate.edu. OSU. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  7. ^ "25 Best Online Liberal Arts Colleges". Collegechoice.net/. College Choice. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Oregon State University ranked #1 for Best Online Liberal Arts Colleges". ecampus.oregonstate.edu/. OSU. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Oregon State University ranked #1 for Best Online Liberal Arts Colleges". oregonstate.edu. OSU. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  10. ^ "US News and World Report College Rankings". US News and World Report College Rankings. US News and World Report. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Methodology: Best Social Sciences and Humanities Schools Rankings". US News and World Report College Rankings. US News and World Report. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  12. ^ Webley, Edwards. "Off Campus but still on the air" (PDF). osualum.com/. OSU Alumni Assoc. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  13. ^ National Geographic. "Photographer Chris Johns". photography.national geographic.com. National Geographic. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
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