Its 12 departments offer bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees, plus special pre-professional programs in health and medicine. The science faculty teaches about 28 percent of the total credit hours taught by the university and are major producers of basic and applied research. Both programs were designed to encourage young minority and disadvantaged students to pursue and continue their education in science, math and engineering. Women have played a key role in the College of Science under Horne. He is recognized as a national leader for placing women scientists in leadership positions within the college.
Women faculty members play a vital role in the college of science.
I've tried to pay particular attention to the needs of dual career couples. Horne came to OSU from Michigan State University, where he served as associate dean of the College of Natural Science. A professor of chemistry, Horne was associate chair of MSU's chemistry department from 1975-82. Horne was on the chemistry faculty at Stanford University from 1963-64. He earned his bachelor's degree at Harvard, where he was a Harvard National Scholar, and received his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas where he was a National Science Foundation Fellow.