Oregon State University's College of Science is a college within Oregon State University

Oregon State University

Oregon State University is a coeducational, public research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities. There are more than 200 academic degree programs offered through the...

 consisting of 13 departments. OSU's College of Science also offers 11 preprofessional programs for students who are preparing for a medical school

Medical school

A medical school is a tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches medicine. Degree programs offered at medical schools often include Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Bachelor/Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy, master's degree, or other post-secondary...

 or another health-related school. The college was founded in 1932 as the School of Science, when the OSU paleontologist Earl L. Packard became the first Dean, as a result of the dramatic reorganization of the Oregon State System of Higher Education in the same year. The School of Science was renamed to the College of Science in 1974.

Departments

• Biochemistry
  Biochemistry
  Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
  
   and Biophysics
  Biophysics
  Biophysics is an interdisciplinary science that uses the methods of physical science to study biological systems. Studies included under the branches of biophysics span all levels of biological organization, from the molecular scale to whole organisms and ecosystems...
  
   http://oregonstate.edu/dept/biochem/
• Biology
  Biology
  Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
  
   http://biology.science.oregonstate.edu/
• Botany
  Botany
  Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...
  
   and Plant Pathology http://www.bcc.orst.edu/bpp/
• Chemistry
  Chemistry
  Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
  
   http://www.chem.orst.edu/
• Environmental Sciences http://envsci.science.oregonstate.edu/
• Geosciences http://www.geo.oregonstate.edu/
• Mathematics
  Mathematics
  Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
  
   http://www.math.oregonstate.edu/
• Microbiology
  Microbiology
  Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are defined as any microscopic organism that comprises either a single cell , cell clusters or no cell at all . This includes eukaryotes, such as fungi and protists, and prokaryotes...
  
   http://microbiology.science.oregonstate.edu/
• Molecular
  Molecular biology
  Molecular biology is the branch of biology that deals with the molecular basis of biological activity. This field overlaps with other areas of biology and chemistry, particularly genetics and biochemistry...
  
   and Cellular Biology http://www.mcb.oregonstate.edu/
• Physics
  Physics
  Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
  
   http://physics.orst.edu/
• Science
  Science
  Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
  
   and Mathematics Education
  Mathematics education
  In contemporary education, mathematics education is the practice of teaching and learning mathematics, along with the associated scholarly research....
  
   http://oregonstate.edu/dept/sci_mth_education/
• Statistics
  Statistics
  Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
  
   http://www.stat.oregonstate.edu/
• Zoology
  Zoology
  Zoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct...
  
   http://zoology.science.oregonstate.edu/

Prehealth Occupation Programs

• Medical Technology (Clinical Laboratory Science)
• Pre-Dentistry
• Pre-Medicine
  Pre-medical
  Pre-medical is a term used to describe a track an undergraduate student in the United States pursues prior to becoming a medical student...
  
  
• Pre-Nursing
• Pre-Nursing
• Pre-Occupational Therapy
• Pre-Optometry
• Pre-Pharmacy
• Pre-Physical Therapy
• Pre-Physician Assistant
• Pre-Podiatry
• Pre-Veterinary Medicine

List of Deans

1. Earl L. Packard (1932-1938)
2. Francois A. Gilfillan (1938-1962)
3. Vernon Cheldelin (1962-1965)
4. John Ward
   John Ward
   John Ward may refer to:*John Ward , English composer*John Ward , English Gresham Professor of Rhetoric*John Ward , Lord Mayor of London...
   
    (1966-1970)
5. Robert W. Krauss (1973-1980)
6. Thomas Sugihara (1981-1986)
7. Frederick M. Horne (1986-1999)
8. Sherman H. Bloomer (1999-).

External links

• Oregon State University College of Science