Bowling
Green State University offers premier online programs
that will transfer knowledge into practical applications
and research for the workforce of today. Instructors
at Bowling Green State University are experts in their
fields and are committed to the development of students.
Bowling
Green State University is accredited by The Higher
Learning Commission (HLC) and a member of the North
Central Association (30 North LaSalle Street, Suite
2400, Chicago, Illinois 60602-2504; 800-621-7440)
to offer full degree programs online.
Bowling
Green State University (BGSU) is a public four-year
institution located in Bowling Green, Ohio, USA, about
20 miles south of Toledo, Ohio on I-75. The institution
was granted a charter in 1910 by the State of Ohio
as part of the Lowry bill, which also established
Kent State University. For the 2007–2008 academic
year BGSU has a student body of over 20,000, of which
3,000 are graduate students
BGSU
offers over 200 undergraduate programs, as well as
various master's and doctoral degrees, including the
nation's first Ph.D. program in photochemical science
and one of the first undergraduate programs in neuroscience.
In addition, BGSU has accreditation from the Higher
Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association
of Colleges and Schools to offer full degree programs
online. BGSU remains a leader in teacher preparation
institution.
Students
enrolled in the College of Education and Human Development
may choose majors from among several teacher licensure
areas, including early childhood (grades Pre-K to
3), Middle Childhood (grades 4 - 9), Adolescent-Young
Adult (grades 7 - 12), Special Education (grades K
- 12), and foreign language (grades K - 12).
Housed
within the School of Communication Studies is the
national and international award-winning Falcon Forensics,
Speech and Debate Team, established in 1919. BGSU
is home of the national literary journal Mid-American
Review, which publishes new works of fiction, poetry,
and nonfiction, and which also sponsors Winter Wheat:
The Mid-American Review Festival of Writing each November.
Notable
programs
Applied Philosophy According to the Philosophical
Gourmet Report, BGSU's Ph.D. program in Applied Philosophy
ranks in the top group (programs 1-6) in the English-speaking
world in the area of Applied Ethics, along with programs
such as Harvard University and Oxford University.
Business
Administration The Business Administration College
was recognized as one of the top business schools
by The Princeton Review in its 2008 guide entitled
Best 290 Business Schools BGSU's identifying the best
graduate programs, and BGSU is among the best. 2008
marks the fourth time the university has appeared
on the Princeton Review.
Canadian
Studies BGSU has a thriving Canadian Studies program,
one of the largest in the United States in terms of
the number of courses offered and students enrolled.
The Canadian Studies Center educates students and
the public about the importance of trade, security,
and cultural relationships with America's neighbor
to the north. Students can earn a Canadian Studies
minor which provides an international perspective
and prepares them for work in a globalizing economy.
The
Center for Environmental Programs is part of the newest
school at BGSU: The School of Earth, Environment,
and Society (SEES). The school is a combination of
the Center for Environmental Programs, Geology, and
Geography. Providing a multi-disciplinary approach
better prepares students to contribute society. Jerome
Library on BGSU's main Campus Jerome Library on BGSU's
main Campus
Popular
Culture BGSU's Popular Culture Department is a unique
component of the university. Not only is POPC the
first and only department of its kind in the country,
but its founder, Dr. Ray B. Browne, also established
The Journal of Popular Culture and the national Popular
Culture Association, both of which are widely known
and respected to this day.
By extension, BGSU also has quite an extensive popular
culture library, the Browne Popular Culture Library
The Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives in
the Jerome Library contains over 1,000,000 titles
(mostly on vinyl), making it the third-largest collection
of popular music in the world.
Psychology The university's Ph.D. program in Industrial-Organizational
Psychology program is ranked #3 in the nation (behind
Michigan State and Minnesota and ahead of Penn State
and Illinois) by the U.S. News and World Report. BGSU's
I-O psychology program was founded by noted I-O psychologists
Robert Guion and Patricia Cain Smith. Its graduates
have gone on to success in academia, private industry,
and government.
BGSU
offers a wide range of programs for degree-seeking
students.
Doctoral
Degree Programs:
American
Culture Studies, Mathematics & Statistics, Biological
Sciences, Musical Arts in Contemporary Music, Communication
Disorders, Philosophy (Applied), Communication Studies,
Photochemical Sciences, English (Rhetoric & Writing),
Psychology, Higher Education, Administration, Sociology,
History, Technology Management, Interdisciplinary
Studies, Theatre, Leadership Studies
Master's
Degree Programs:
Accounting
Geology American Culture Studies German Applied Statistics
& Operations Research History Art Human Movement,
Sports & Leisure Studies Biological Sciences Industrial
Technology Business Administration Interdisciplinary
Studies Business Education Intervention Services (Special
Education and School Psychology) Career & Technology
Education Mathematics & Statistics Chemistry Mental
Health Counseling and School Counseling Classroom
Technology Music College Student Personnel Organization
Development Communication Disorders Philosophy Communication
Studies Physics & Astronomy Computer Science Political
Science Creative Writing Popular Culture Criminal
Justice Psychology Cross-Cultural and International
Education Public Administration Curriculum & Teaching
Public Health Economics Reading Educational Administration
& Supervision Rehabilitation Counseling Educational
Teaching & Learning Sociology English Spanish Family
& Consumer Sciences Theatre French
Specialist
Degree Programs: Education (EDAS, Reading)
Certificate
Programs: Bioinformatics, Proteomics/Genomics Ethnic
Studies Food and Nutrition Geospatial Technology International
Scientific and Technical Communication Organizational
Change Public History Quality Systems Women's Studies
