Academic Areas
Oral Academic Areas - Graduate Students
Please note, listed below are categories where we normally see people apply. However, graduate student researchers may choose to apply to a different category based on their topic. This is an interdisciplinary research forum, therefore judges will review abstracts and presentations broadly and may not be content experts in your specific area.
Area 1: The Arts
- Art
- Art Education
- Arts Policy and Administration
- Dance
- History of Art
- Industrial, Interior and Visual Communication Design
- Music
- Theatre
Area 2: Biological Sciences
- Biochemistry (MA)
- Biochemistry Program (OSU)
- Biophysics
- Entomology
- Environmental Science
- Evolutionary, Ecological and Organismal Biology
- Microbiology
- Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
- Molecular Genetics
- Plant Biology
Area 3: Business
- Accounting and MIS (including MACC)
- Business Administration (MBA, PhD)
- Labor and Human Resources
Area 4: Education & Human Ecology
- Education - Policy and Leadership
- Education - Physical Activities and Educational Services
- Education - Teaching and Learning
- Vocational Education (Comprehensive Program in)
- Human and Community Resource Development.
- Human Development and Family Science
- Human Ecology
- Human Nutrition and Food Management
Area 5: Engineering
- Aeronautical and Astronomical Engineering
- Architecture
- Biomedical Engineering
- Ceramic Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- City and Regional Planning
- Civil Engineering
- Computer and Information Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Engineering Mechanics
- Geodetic Science and Surveying
- Industrial and System Engineering
- Landscape Architecture
- Materials Science Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Nuclear Engineering
- Welding Engineering
Area 6: Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences (FAES)
- Agricultural Education
- Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
- Animal Sciences
- Family and Consumer Sciences Education
- Family Resource Management
- Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering
- Food Science and Nutrition (incl. FST Technology)
- Horticulture and Crop Science
- Natural Resources
- OSU Nutrition
- Plant Pathology
- Rural Sociology
- Soil Science (incl. Agronomy)
- Textiles and Clothing
Area 7: Humanities
- African American and African Studies
- Comparative Studies
- East Asian Languages and Literatures
- English
- French and Italian
- Germanic Languages and Literatures
- Greek and Latin
- History
- Linguistics
- Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
- Philosophy
- Slavic and East European Language and Literature
- Slavic and East European Studies
- Spanish and Portuguese
- Women's Studies
Area 8: Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Astronomy
- Biostatistics
- Chemical Physics
- Chemistry
- Geological Sciences
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Statistics
Area 9: Health Sciences (Previously Professional Biological Sciences)
- Allied Medical Professions
- Anatomy
- Biomedical Education
- Dentistry (M.A.)
- Health Services Management and Policy
- Integrated Biomedical Sciences
- Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics
- Medical Biochemistry
- Medical Dietetics
- Medical Science
- Neuroscience
- Nursing
- Oral Biology
- Pathology
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacy (MA and Ph.D.)
- Physical Therapy
- Physiology
- Public Health
- Veterinary Bio-Sciences
- Veterinary Clinical Sciences
- Veterinary Preventive Medicine
- Vision Science
Area 10: Social and Behavioral Sciences; Social Work; Law
- Anthropology
- Atmospheric Sciences
- Communications and Journalism
- Economics
- Geography
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Public Policy and Management
- Sociology
- Speech and Hearing Science
- Social Work
Oral Academic Areas - Postdoctoral Scholars
Area 1: Postdoctoral: Biological/Life Sciences, Health Sciences, and Biomedical Engineering
Area 2: Postdoctoral: Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering
Area 3: Postdoctoral: Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences