Located halfway between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts at the boundary between the eastern woodlands and the vast western prairie, the university is a gathering place for students and scholars from across the nation and around the globe. Students are attracted primarily by the high quality of the faculty and academic programs. The relatively low costs of attending the university add to OU’s international appeal. Scholars are attracted by the outstanding research facilities and unique resources of the university, but they also appreciate the mild Oklahoma climate, the varied cultural environment and the friendly, informal atmosphere of the university community.
Created by the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature in 1890, the University of Oklahoma is a doctoral degree-granting research university serving the educational, cultural, economic and health care needs of the state, region and nation. The Norman campus serves as home to all of the university’s academic programs except health-related fields. Both the Norman and Health Sciences Center colleges offer programs at the Schusterman Center, the site of OU-Tulsa. The OU Health Sciences Center, which is located in Oklahoma City, is one of only four comprehensive academic health centers in the nation with seven professional colleges. OU enrolls more than 30,000 students, has more than 2,000 full-time faculty members, and has 20 colleges offering 153 majors at the baccalaureate level, 133 majors at the master’s level, 75 majors at the doctoral level, 20 majors at the first professional level, and 18 graduate certificates. The university’s annual operating budget is $1.2 billion. The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution.
We invite you to visit the university or to contact us for further information
about our wide variety of educational programs. For more information about
the University of Oklahoma please see the university’s Web site at http://www.ou.edu. To
arrange a visit, please write or call one of the following offices or a
specific college or program listed in this catalog:
September 2006
University of Oklahoma Home page: http://www.ou.edu
Office of Prospective Student Services
(405) 325-2151 or 1-800-234-6868
Internet: http://www.go2.ou.edu/
e-mail: ou-pss@ou.edu
Office of Admissions
(405) 325-2251 Internet: http://admissions.ou.edu/
e-mail: admrec@ou.edu
College of Continuing Education
(405) 325-4414 Internet: http://outreach.ou.edu/
This publication also will be available on the Internet in two formats, Adobe Acrobat PDF and HTML, at http://catalog.ou.edu/.