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Human Nutrition Undergraduate Advising

The following links provide useful advising information for undergraduate students. Being familiar with the content of this page, along with regular meetings with an academic advisor, will help students successfully navigate through their academic career.

Meeting with your Advisor

Keys to Success

Academic advisors are a great resource and are more than willing to help; however, it is ultimately the student that must take responsibility for their own academic career. Students will have the greatest chance at success when following this advice:

Check and respond to e-mails regularlyregularly using your OSU email address rather than gmail, Hotmail, yahoo, etc. E-mail is often the most efficient line of communication between student and advisor.
Be familiar with all program requirements, including 'major' courses, 'supporting' courses, and GECs.
It is the student's responsibility to understand all course requirements for their major, the appropriate sequence in which to complete the courses, when the courses are offered and course prerequisites.
Bookmark EHE's semester conversion webpage and visit it often as it will have important information specific to EHE students regarding semester conversion.

Every Human Nutrition major/pre-major should know...

Most Human Nutrition students will complete Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry (MolBioch) 311 and MolBioch 312 in order to fulfill the biochemistry requirements of this major.
MolBioch 311 is only offered Autumn Quarter and MolBioch 312 is only offered Winter Quarter.
The prerequisites for MolBioch 311 are completion of Chemistry 101/102 or Chemistry 121/122.
There are no MolBioch equivalent course/courses offered by Columbus State Community College (CSCC).
MolBioch 312 is one of the prerequisites for HN 610.
Biochemistry 211/212 offered at OSU can be used as a substitution for MBC 311/312 as long as the student also takes Chemistry 231(only offered Spring Quarter).
Biochemistry 511 can be used in place of MBC 311/312. However the prerequisite for Biochemistry 511 is Chemistry 252 or Chem 231 with a C- or higher, and Chem 123.

Scheduling an Advising Appointment

To schedule an advising appointment, call the appointment line at (614) 292-9261. An appointment may not be made by a direct email to an advisor.

Express Advising

Express advising allows students to meet briefly with an advisor without scheduling an appointment. During these times, students may 'walk in' without an appointment, but are limited to a maximum of ten minutes with the advisor. Please check EHE semester conversion website for the current location, days and times for Express advising.

Declaring a Major or Pre-major

Students who are currently NOT a Human Nutrition or Nutrition Major MUST attend a Health/Community/Exercise Cluster Information Session before scheduling an appt with an advisor. Register online for an upcoming Health/Community/Exericise cluster Information Session. Students can indicate their desire to switch majors at an Information Session.

Course Information

Course Scheduling

Information regarding course availability and scheduling can be found on Buckeye Link. There are a variety of scheduling tools at this site:

Course Catalog: Search for any course offered at the University and find detailed information about that course including prerequisites, quarter offerings, and a course description
Master Schedule: Search tool for classes that will be offered in the upcoming quarter
My Student Center: Student can find their 'Enrollment Appointment' which specifies the date and time that their registration window opens. Students can also view their current class schedule and select courses for the upcoming quarter after the 'Enrollment Appointment' begins.

If a student would like to enroll in a course that is already full, the student should add his/her name to the 'wait list'. If the student has trouble getting on the wait list, they should contact their academic advisor. Other scheduling obstacles, such as not having prerequisites or a time conflict with another class, may require permission from the course instructor.

GEC Course List

View the EHE GEC course list (pdf).

Diversity Experience Course Requirement Guidelines

Human Nutrition Majors and Pre-Majors

Students majoring in Human Nutrition (Dietetics, Nutrition and Community Health and Nutrition in Industry) are required to complete two Diversity Experience GEC courses which can be selected among the Humanities GEC courses (Literature, Visual Performing Arts and History) and Social Science GECs.

Human Nutrition students can take:
- Two courses that include content about cultures outside of the U.S. and Western Europe such Japan, Russia Africa and South America or
- One course from cultures outside of the U.S. and Western Europe and one course from Western Europe such as English, German or Slavic countries.
- Nutrition and Community Health students can also select Diversity Experience courses from social science GEC courses
- Dietetics and Nutrition in Industry students must select their Diversity Experience courses from Humanities GECs and not from Social Science GECs.

Nutrition (pre-health science) Majors and Pre-Majors

Students majoring in Nutrition (pre-health sciences) are required to complete one Diversity Experience GEC course in which the content is about cultures in Western Europe or outside the U.S. and Western Europe.

Adding a Course

Students may add a course to their schedule according to the following methods and deadlines:

Through 5:00pm on first Friday of the quarter
- If prerequisites have been met, use online registration system (Buckeye Link)
- If prerequisites have not been met, obtain permission from course instructor
Through 5:00pm on second Friday of the quarter
- Complete a 'Course Enrollment Permission' form with instructor's signature
- Permission may also be obtained via email from the course instructor to the student's academic advisor
After second week of the quarter
- Complete a 'Course Enrollment Permission' form with the signature of the department chair for the course that is to be added

'Course Enrollment Permission' forms may be picked up and returned to the Undergraduate Student Services Office in 201 Campbell Hall.

Students in their first quarter at Ohio State may not add a course.

Dropping a Course

If dropping a course or courses results in loss of "full-time status", ('full-time' status is enrollment in 12 credit hours or more) the following items can be negatively impacted.

Students should call the Financial Aid Office at (614) 292-0300 if they are receiving any student loans, grants or scholarships.
Students who are using their parent's place of employment for their health insurance should find out if they are required to be a full time student in order to receive the coverage.

Students may drop a course from their schedule according to the following methods and deadlines:

Through 5:00 pm on third Friday of the quarter
- Use online registration system (Buckeye Link)
- No "W" on permanent record
From 5:00 pm on third Friday until 5:00 pm on seventh Friday of the quarter
- Obtain permission from academic advisor via e-mail or during advising appointment
- "W" will appear on permanent record for the course
After 5:00pm on seventh Friday of the quarter
- Drop by petition only; must be extreme, extenuating circumstances
- "W" will appear on permanent record for the course

Policies, Procedures, and Documents

Petitions

Curriculum Petition

A student may submit a Curriculum (Substitution) Petition for one of two reasons:

A student may petition to substitute one OSU course for another OSU course.
A student may petition to substitute transfer credit from another university or college for an OSU course.

Call 292-9261 to set up an appointment with an advisor to complete the curriculum petition. Students are advised to bring a copy of the course syllabus to the meeting. For questions about what are considered acceptable course substitutions contact an advisor by email.

Registration Petition

A student may submit a Registration Petition for the following reasons:

Drop a course or withdraw from OSU after the seventh week of the quarter. Such a petition will only be approved under extreme, extenuating circumstances. Documentation, such as medical records, will be required.
Request a change of adviser.
Request an exception to college or university rules or regular procedures.

Call 292-9261 to set up an appointment with an advisor to complete the registration petition.

Transfer Credit

To check the transferability of a course completed at another university, students can use u.select as a reference. It is important that students also discuss transfer credit with an academic advisor to ensure that the credit is approved.

For transfer of language, math, or science courses, evaluation by a Transfer Credit Coordinator is needed. View a list of Transfer Credit Coordinators by department.

If the Transfer Credit Evaluator could not identify exact Ohio State course equivalents for your previous college course work, you will find some or all of the following designations.

G000.xx: General credit is awarded when there may be an equivalent course at Ohio State, but the Transfer Credit Evaluator could not make that determination.
S000.xx: Special credit is awarded when there is no specific course equivalent at Ohio State.
T000.xx: Technical credit is awarded for technical course work that is acceptable as undergraduate credit at Ohio State.

"Understanding Your Transfer Credit Report" brochure.

Degree Audit

A degree audit is a summary of a student's progress toward completing his/her program of study. The degree audit shows all courses that have been fulfilled and identifies required courses that still need to be completed. Students can access their degree audit under the "Enrollment and Academic History" section on Buckeye Link. See the following links for instructions on how to access and interpret a degree audit.

Advising Report

Students can access, view and print a copy of their Advising Report from Buckeye Link. The Advising Report is the first link under the Enrollment and Academic category:

An Advising Report is a list of courses enrolled at OSU and grades earned for those classes. It can be used as an unofficial set of transcripts.
The classes are grouped sequentially by quarter.
Transfer credit which is credit earned from courses taken at another college or university will be listed as K credit and is not included in calculating a student's OSU GPA.

Other items included in the Advising Report:

Quarters in which a student qualified for the Dean's List
OSU Math and Writing Placement Scores
Running tally of earned credit hours/quarter, cumulative OSU GPA
Other colleges/universities attended
Academic Advisor Name
Affiliated college, major, pre-major, minor

Freshman Forgiveness Rule

The Freshman Forgiveness Rule automatically goes into effect when a course in which a student has previously earned a grade of D+, D, and/or E during the first 44 credit hours of enrollment is repeated before the end of 89 credit hours of enrollment. When the student repeats the course before the end of 89 hours of enrollment, the new grade earned will replace the old grade in the calculation of the student's cumulative point-hour ratio. However, both grades will still remain on the student's permanent record and transcript. The Freshman Forgiveness Rule can only be applied to up to 15 credit hours of D+, D, and/or E grades.

Policy to Require a C- or Better in Major Course Requirements

A C- or better grade is required in all major course requirements for the BS in either Nutrition or Human Ecology with the major in Human Nutrition, including the Didactic Program in Dietetics. This policy is based on the standards and expectations of professional and graduate school programs, internships, and employers of students graduating from our program. Grades of a C- or better in major course requirements increase the likelihood of overall GPAs that are competitive for admission to dietetic internships, graduate programs and professional schools. If a grade less than a C- is earned in a major course requirement, it must be repeated for a grade of C- or better to satisfy graduation requirements.

Program Action and Academic Action

Program Action

Program action applies to students who are in the Human Nutrition pre-major or Nutrition pre-major. Students can be placed on program probation or program dismissal based on poor academic performance.

Human Nutrition and Nutrition pre-majors with an OSU GPA below 2.5 will likely be placed on academic probation after the end of the quarter. Conditions can include:

Locking the student's access to their schedule so that they are unable to add or drop courses.
Limiting course load to no more than 15 credit hours/quarter.
Meet with an advisor to discuss scheduling options.
Submitting a list of specific courses and course sections to an advisor by email so that the advisor can add these classes to the student's schedule. The student is encouraged to include alternative sections or courses in the event any of the courses on the list are full.

Program Dismissal

Students who have been placed on program probation for at least one quarter without showing academic progress, may be placed on Program Dismissal.
The decision to place a student on Program Dismissal is made on a case-by-case basis.
The student's records are reviewed and the student is not permitted to add classes until they have switched to another OSU undergraduate program.
Students who have been placed on Program Dismissal can schedule an appointment with a Human Nutrition advisor (292-9261) or Exploration advisor (292-0646) to discuss other program options.

Academic Action

Academic Action differs from Program Action and applies to both pre-major and major students who are in Nutrition or Human Nutrition. Students whose OSU cumulative GPA is below 2.0 can to be placed on Academic Warning, Academic Special Action or Academic Probation.

At the conclusion of each quarter, the status of students in academic difficulty is reviewed by the Assistant Dean in Undergraduate Programs and Services. Advice from faculty members and academic advisers is considered during review. Students are notified in writing of their status based on the following policies:

Academic Warning:

1-14.9 Deficiency points.
A student can remain on Academic Warning no more than two quarters without showing satisfactory progress.*
After a second quarter of warning, if progress is not shown, a student will be placed on academic probation through special action.

Academic Probation:

A student will be placed on Academic Probation if the student has 15 (or more than 14.9) deficiency points.
Each quarter, when satisfactory progress is shown, Academic Probation is extended for another quarter to allow a student the opportunity to continue to demonstrate academic progress.
Each quarter, if progress is unsatisfactory, the student's case will be reviewed for possible Academic Dismissal.
If there are extenuating circumstances which the student would like to have considered, the student should notify the Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Programs and Services before the quarter ends.

Academic Probation by Special Action:

A student will be placed on Academic Probation by special action if he/she has less than 15 deficiency points and is found to be making unsatisfactory academic progress toward the degree. For example, if a student has a history of being on warning and/or probation; or if a student earns a significant number of deficiency points in one quarter, he or she may be placed on Academic Probation by Special Action.
Consequences for the student on Academic Probation by Special Action are identical to those for students on regular Academic Probation.

Academic Dismissal:

Academic Dismissal decisions are made by the Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Programs and Services, when a student has been on Academic Probation for one quarter or more and unsatisfactory progress is shown.
A student must be on Academic Probation to be subject to Academic Dismissal from the university.

Return of Fees:

If you have already paid fees for next quarter, your fees will be automatically returned to you in full with a processing fee.
Requests for refund of prepaid residence and dining hall fees should be sent directly to the OSU Housing Office, 350 Morrill Tower, 1900 Cannon Drive, Columbus OH 43210.

Reinstatement:

A student may be reinstated after a lapse of three quarters following academic dismissal, provided the current university procedures permit this.
The student must submit a petition for Reinstatement to the Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Programs and Services early in the quarter prior to the quarter Reinstatement is desired.
There is no limit to the number of times a student may apply to be reinstated.
If reinstated, a student must make satisfactory progress* each quarter and will remain on academic probation until a 2.0 cumulative GPA is attained.

*Satisfactory progress:

For students on either Academic Warning or Academic Probation, satisfactory progress includes both of the following items:

A minimum quarterly grade point hour of 2.30 must be achieved.
Courses taken must be approved by a Human Nutrition adviser and be related to the declared major.

Scheduling for Students on Warning and Probation:

Pass/Non-Pass is not an option for a student with a cumulative point-hour ratio below 2.0.
Incomplete grades are not allowed. Students on Academic Probation must secure registration permission form by their academic adviser and be unlocked by staff members in the Undergraduate Office, 201 Campbell Hall, to register for the next quarter.

Academic Assistance:

If a student would like to have the opportunity to increase his/her grade point average, The Walter E. Dennis Learning Center (formerly Academic Learning Lab) (WEDLC) in the Younkin Success Center (1640 Neil Ave) can be utilized. The WEDLC offers a five-credit, letter-graded course (Ed P&L 259) offered in multiple sections every quarter. The student will learn strategies for learning from lecture and from text, preparing for exams, writing papers, overcoming procrastination, building self-confidence, and managing time and life in college. Students who completed Ed P&L 259 earned GPAs for that quarter that were .73 higher than the cumulative GPA they had upon entering the course.

The WEDLC also offers individual consultation services on a walk-in basis. Students can meet with a learning specialist, take the School Strategies Scale (SSS) to assess their current status, work through interactive materials on the computer that you and your learning specialist decide are appropriate, and use some of the new computer tools to help you complete your course assignments and study for tests.

Please contact The Walter E. Dennis Learning Center by telephone at 688-3967, email at staff@all.successcenter.ohiostate.edu, or ask your academic adviser. Visit their website at http://all.successcenter.ohio-state.edu.

Academic Review and Notification to Students:

The status of students in academic difficulty is reviewed at the conclusion of each quarter by the Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Programs and Services.
Students are notified of the decisions in writing within 14 calendar days of the date of the committee review. All decisions are considered final unless formally appealed to the Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Programs and Services.

Dismissal Appeal Procedure:

Formal appeals must be submitted in writing and will be reviewed by the Dean or designee, the Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Programs and Services, and Academic Program Coordinator within 7 working days of its submission. Upon request, the student may also present the case in person.
If desired, the student may be accompanied by a university staff member who will provide counsel and support. The student shall be notified by phone, if possible, and in writing within 14 calendar days of the date of the appeal review.
Any decision rendered within the College (e.g College of Education and Human Ecology) is considered final.

Student Resources

EHE Honors Program

The EHE Honors Program provides highly motivated and capable students with an enhanced opportunity for intellectual growth. Additionally, honors students will have the opportunity to work closely with a faculty member to design and complete an independent research project/thesis. Students wishing to continue their education in a competitive program such as medical school or physical therapy can markedly improve their chances of being accepted into these kinds of programs by graduating from OSU with honors distinction.

Any student is eligible for the EHE program once a student has established a 3.4 GPA based on 30 or more credit hours.
Eligible students will have the chance to develop an individualized plan of study which incorporates honors level GEC courses
All EHE Honors students are required to develop and complete a thesis which includes conducting some level of research.
EHE Honors students graduate with distinction.
Additionally, honors students will have the opportunity to work closely with a faculty member to design and complete an independent research project/thesis.

For more information about the EHE Honors Program, consult an academic advisor or visit http://ehe.osu.edu/students/honors/.

Work Experience

It is never too soon for a student to begin gaining work experience in their field of interest. EHE Career Services is a great tool for helping students develop a resume, learn job search strategies, get connected with potential employers, and much more. Students can also find opportunities within the Department of Human Nutrition. Students are encouraged to talk with their academic advisor or professors to explore such opportunities.

Applying for Graduation

Students should apply for graduation two quarters prior to the date of graduation. The Graduation Application Deadlines are as follows:

Summer Qtr - Winter Qtr 7th week through 1st week of Spring Qtr
Autumn Qtr - Spring Qtr 7th week through 1st week of Summer Qtr
Winter Qtr - Summer Qtr 7th week through 1st week of Autumn Qtr (if you are not attending summer quarter, turn in our Winter Qtr application 1st week of Spring Qtr)
Spring Qtr - Autumn Qtr 7th week through 1st week of Winter Qtr

The application involves listing courses that will be completed during the last two quarters of study to guarantee that all program requirements are met. Students should schedule a meeting with their academic advisor to complete the graduation application. Students that submit a graduation application by the above deadlines will receive priority scheduling during their final two quarters.

Quarter-to-Semester Transition

Students should be aware that The Ohio State University will begin operating on a semester schedule beginning autumn 2012. Faculty and staff have spent much time preparing in order to ease the transition and to ensure that current students are not delayed in graduating. Questions or concerns regarding the quarter-to-semester transition may be directed to an academic advisor.