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First-year students
- Set up your Ohio State email using your Ohio State name.# and password.
- Pay your acceptance fee by May 1 (and sign up for summer orientation!).
- Plan a visit to campus!
- Read student FAQs.
- Explore majors, minors and other programs in the Arts and Sciences.
- Learn more about our first-year student programs.
- Are you a first-generation college student? Check out resources here.
- Follow the Arts and Sciences social media accounts.
Parents and families
- Review scholarship and financial aid information.
- Learn more about tuition and costs.
- Read about campus safety.
- Browse university FAQs.
- Browse the Parent and Family Relations website.
- Plan a visit to campus!
- Learn more about the Center for Career and Professional Success.
Student support resources
You’ll go on your own unique journey in the College of Arts and Sciences — discovering new passions, gaining new experiences, and growing inside and outside of the classroom.
But you won’t have to figure it all out alone! There are many resources in the college to help you with the transition to Ohio State. We’ll help you find your way around campus, show you how to get involved with student groups, provide academic support to help you succeed in your classes, guide you to learn more about and participate in opportunities outside of the classroom and aid you in addressing personal concerns so you can stay healthy while doing so.
If you have a question about the College of Arts and Sciences or any part of the admissions process, please contact the Office of Undergraduate Recruitment.
Meet Arts and Sciences students
Adam Rahl '26
German and Biochemistry
“Having changed the way I relate to art, literature and history, a major in the humanities has been a spiritual investment in my inner life.”
Varun Thotli '24
Political Science and Economics
“For anyone who is considering the College of Arts and Sciences for any major, the resources at your fingertips are more than enough to get a great head start on whatever it is that you choose to pursue in the future.”
Kaleemah Muhammad '26
Social Work and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
“I adore my majors with all of my heart because I’m learning more about topics that interest me, meeting new and interesting people and making meaningful friendships along the way.”
Miranda Manross '24
Earth Sciences
“One of the most rewarding experiences of my college career was founding and leading the Geology Club, inspired by a love for geology and driven by a desire to foster a community for Earth science enthusiasts.”
Gowrav Mannem '26
Mathematics: Financial Track
“Along with a fantastic and supportive faculty, Ohio State offers opportunities to apply what I learned in the classroom to real-world scenarios such as autonomous vehicles, industry projects and research.”
Meet Arts and Sciences students
Adam Rahl '26
German and Biochemistry
“Having changed the way I relate to art, literature and history, a major in the humanities has been a spiritual investment in my inner life.”
Varun Thotli '24
Political Science and Economics
“For anyone who is considering the College of Arts and Sciences for any major, the resources at your fingertips are more than enough to get a great head start on whatever it is that you choose to pursue in the future.”
Kaleemah Muhammad '26
Social Work and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
“I adore my majors with all of my heart because I’m learning more about topics that interest me, meeting new and interesting people and making meaningful friendships along the way.”
Miranda Manross '24
Earth Sciences
“One of the most rewarding experiences of my college career was founding and leading the Geology Club, inspired by a love for geology and driven by a desire to foster a community for Earth science enthusiasts.”
Gowrav Mannem '26
Mathematics: Financial Track
“Along with a fantastic and supportive faculty, Ohio State offers opportunities to apply what I learned in the classroom to real-world scenarios such as autonomous vehicles, industry projects and research.”
Meet Arts and Sciences professors
Sampada Aranke
Associate Professor of History of Art and Comparative Studies
In and out of the classroom, sparking change is at the center of Associate Professor Sampada Aranke’s teachings. Her work focuses on Black American art and how it portrays alternative ways of establishing community structures and societies.
“The most exceptional thinkers and practitioners of that were always Black American activists, Black American artists who were taking these questions of freedom at their core to mean something so different than what had been pictured before,” Aranke said.
Allison F. Bean
Associate Professor of Speech-Language Pathology
One in 36 children in the U.S. have autism, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Associate Professor Allison F. Bean is working to help each of them find their voice.
“My research focuses on autism,” Bean said. “I work with autistic children who are nonspeaking, who are early emerging communicators. We’re looking at how best to support language and communication development in these kids who are using these alternative modalities.”
Meet Arts and Sciences professors
Sampada Aranke
Associate Professor of History of Art and Comparative Studies
In and out of the classroom, sparking change is at the center of Associate Professor Sampada Aranke’s teachings. Her work focuses on Black American art and how it portrays alternative ways of establishing community structures and societies.
“The most exceptional thinkers and practitioners of that were always Black American activists, Black American artists who were taking these questions of freedom at their core to mean something so different than what had been pictured before,” Aranke said.
Allison F. Bean
Associate Professor of Speech-Language Pathology
One in 36 children in the U.S. have autism, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Associate Professor Allison F. Bean is working to help each of them find their voice.
“My research focuses on autism,” Bean said. “I work with autistic children who are nonspeaking, who are early emerging communicators. We’re looking at how best to support language and communication development in these kids who are using these alternative modalities.”
Meet Arts and Sciences alumni
“The advantage of studying music at a place like Ohio State is that you’re not just learning your instrument, but you’re also learning everything that goes around it. It’s more interconnected and you end up working with more people. It gives you that well-roundedness that you didn’t know you needed.”
- Orlay Alonso '15
“I feel like the skills that I learned from earning my anthropology degree have given me an advantage when it comes to doing this kind of advocacy work."
-Gretchen Klingler ’19
“If you can see yourself on a canvas in a gallery, in a museum, it changes your perspective. I think that is why art matters, in particular, for Black people. To see different types of art by Black artists, it opens you up in regard to being human — and to being treated like a human. Wanting to be more than your environment."
- Tiffany Lawson ’05
"Ohio State was such a pivotal influence in my life. Between athletics, working for the Office of Student Life, academics, the community and the people, my passions were sparked and fueled there.”
- Claudius Mbemba ’15
Meet Arts and Sciences alumni
“The advantage of studying music at a place like Ohio State is that you’re not just learning your instrument, but you’re also learning everything that goes around it. It’s more interconnected and you end up working with more people. It gives you that well-roundedness that you didn’t know you needed.”
- Orlay Alonso '15
“I feel like the skills that I learned from earning my anthropology degree have given me an advantage when it comes to doing this kind of advocacy work."
-Gretchen Klingler ’19
“If you can see yourself on a canvas in a gallery, in a museum, it changes your perspective. I think that is why art matters, in particular, for Black people. To see different types of art by Black artists, it opens you up in regard to being human — and to being treated like a human. Wanting to be more than your environment."
- Tiffany Lawson ’05
"Ohio State was such a pivotal influence in my life. Between athletics, working for the Office of Student Life, academics, the community and the people, my passions were sparked and fueled there.”
- Claudius Mbemba ’15