Office of Academic Affairs leadership worked with deans in colleges who offer degrees that fall under the law’s provisions to explore options around restructuring, realignment or potential elimination.
The university submitted eight inactivation requests for programs in two colleges that were approved by the Ohio Department of Higher Education.
Those degree programs include: BA in Music Theory, BA in Musicology, BA in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and BS in Integrated Major in Mathematics and English (College of Arts and Sciences); and AS in Sustainable Agriculture, AS in Biochemical Sciences, AAS in Landscape Horticulture, and BS in Sustainable Agriculture (College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences).
Ohio State requested a waiver for 12 programs in the College of Arts and Sciences and CFAES subject to elimination. The university has also requested 21 temporary waivers that would allow the College of Arts and Sciences and CFAES to combine programs into new majors. ODHE is currently reviewing waiver and temporary waiver requests.
The university has determined that current students in any degree program that may be eliminated will be able to finish their degree.