In collaboration with a diverse faculty, students actively engage in an individualized program of study. The training students receive prepares them for careers in either academic or applied settings. All students in good standing in the program receive financial support for four years. The University provides teaching assistantships, research assistantships, and non-service fellowships. In addition, faculty research efforts can provide external support.
Students also receive tuition and fee waivers.
Students in their first two years of study receive summer stipends, as do some advanced students. The department provides limited funding for conference travel so that students may present the results of their own research. Students also have free access to the Student Recreation Center and can obtain inexpensive health care benefits through Student Health Services. Setting Bowling Green State University is located in northwestern Ohio on a 1,338-acre campus. It has a student body of approximately 16,550 undergraduate and 2,750 graduate students and over 700 full-time faculty members.