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EHE Undergraduate Student Services

Frequently Asked Questions

1) What undergraduate majors and programs are offered in the College of Education and Human Ecology (EHE)?

The most current listing of our undergraduate majors and programs is available on the Academic Curriculum page on the EHE Office of Academic Affairs website.

2) What are some of the possible career paths for each program offered in EHE?

You can find this information on the EHE Career Directions page.

3) How do I get admitted to EHE majors?

The College of Education and Human Ecology requires that students complete 15 hours of course work with a 2.00 cphr or better. Departments have established additional admission requirements for six of our seven majors. Nutrition has no additional admission requirements.

Additional admission policies for the following majors:

4) How can I evaluate my progress toward my degree?

There are two main ways to do this:

  1. Review completed course work against the program sheet of requirements for your contract year. Your contract year is the Su-Sp year in which you were admitted to the College of Education and Human Ecology in a premajor or major. This can be done course by course alone or with your advisor.
  2. Go on-line to the Registrar's website and request a degree audit of your program for your admission year.

5) How can I petition for a substitution of a required course?

When the student and advisor feel there is reasonable justification for requesting a change in requirements, complete the Course Substitution Petition. Copies of this form are available at the Undergraduate Office and in most departments.

It is important that such a petition be carefully prepared so that the request is clear and the reasons are well stated. Waiving a requirement rather than replacing it with an acceptable substitute is seldom approved. Substitution of a requirement may be approved if the substitute course is of equal or greater academic rigor. If the petition involves transfer credit, a copy of the course description and/or syllabus from the other university can aid significantly in the decision process.

The faculty advisor's comments are important. After the faculty advisor acts on a petition, it is forwarded to the department chair or designee. The department chair or designee acts on the petition and forwards it to the Undergraduate Office.

All petitions received in 201 CM each week from the departments are acted on within a day or two.

The Academic Studies Committee has approved a number of courses that are automatically substituted by the college office and computer audit system.

When petitions are approved or denied, they are filed in the student's scheduling folder. Approved substitutions are entered into the data base on which the computerized audit is based, and students may check either source to find the outcome of a petition. Students are sent emails to inform them when petitions are denied.

6) How can I petition for other exceptions to rules and procedures?

The Petition for Exceptional Request is used for a number of circumstances in which a student would like to request that a change be made or an exception to established rules or procedures be allowed. A copy of the petition is available in 201 CM. An example of one of these circumstances would be changing your advisor.

7) When/how do I apply to graduate?

If received by the 1st week of the quarter listed below under Application Deadline, graduating student priority for scheduling courses will be given for the quarter prior to graduation. If received after that we can adjust windows at your request through the beginning of the registration window. Turn your graduation application in a quarter early for two quarters of priority.

Graduation Application Deadline:

  1. On the program sheet in the front of your scheduling folder in 201 CM, please list the year and grade received by each course you have completed. For the courses you have left to take the last two quarters, put quarter and year you plan to take each course. This aids your auditor in accurately evaluating your eligibility for graduation.
  2. Do not wait for approval of petitions to apply for graduation. But, you must submit petitions to your advisor prior to submitting your graduation application. Resolve all transfer credit issues prior to submitting your graduation application. ONLY STUDENTS TAKING COURSES AT COLUMBUS STATE AND COMPLETING COURSES BEFORE OUR QUARTER IS OVER MAY GRADUATE THE SAME QUARTER.
  3. Turn graduation application into 201 CM. Hand it to personnel there. Do not leave it in your scheduling folder.
  4. If submitted by the deadline, you will be notified of your approval status by e-mail by the middle of the quarter prior to graduation. IF NOT APPROVED, RESOLVE PROBLEMS QUICKLY AND INFORM AUDITOR IN 201 CM.
  5. If you drop or add courses, after your application has been submitted, but only AFTER you have made the actual course changes on your schedule, inform the auditor in 201 CM and also make the change(s) on your program sheet in the front of your scheduling folder located in 201 CM.
  6. CHANGING QUARTERS OF GRADUATION - Notify 201 CM immediately - complete new quarter's graduation application and write on the top - please remove from qtr/yr previously applied for.
  7. 3rd WEEK OF QUARTER GRADUATION - Check the list of potential graduating seniors posted in 201 CM.
  8. 7th WEEK OF YOUR QUARTER OF GRADUATION - You will be mailed (to your local address) graduation information, your line number, rehearsal date and time, etc. Also, check the Registrar's website for general information about commencement.
  9. THE WEEK BEFORE YOU GRADUATE - If there are problems with your grades that will prevent you from graduating, you will be called you at your local phone number. If you are aware of a problem before then, please let us know (292-6612). If grade problems are not resolved by Saturday at noon before Sunday of graduation, your diploma will be removed from the diploma holder at commencement. So check carefully if you have grade problems such as incompletes, failing, missing grades, or a CPHR below 2.0.

8) When/where are commencement rehearsal and graduation?

Information about commencement rehearsal and graduation can be found on the University Registrar website.

9) When/how do I apply for EHE scholarships?

Apply for EHE scholarships, by completing:

10) What is required to make the quarterly Dean's List?

Students who achieve a 3.5 quarterly grade point average on twelve or more hours completed for a grade will be identified and placed on the dean's list for a given quarter. When the students are identified, an Honor Roll letter will be sent to the student. A master list of all students making the Honor Roll will be prepared by the Undergraduate Office and posted on the bulletin board in 201 Campbell Hall. Students who requested on the student data base that their name and information not be released will not be included in the Honor Roll list.

11) What is required to graduate cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude?

Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, and Cum Laude may be granted for exceptional achievement in each enrollment unit. Students must have a minimum of 90 hours at Ohio State to be eligible. Students who used the Fresh Start Rule will have cphr recalculated. The necessary cphr in EHE for Summa Cum Laude is 3.7, for Magna Cum Laude 3.6, and for Cum Laude 3.5. Students who complete their honors theses and who have a 3.3 cphr (3.4 cphr for students admitted to honors programs Summer 06 and later) will receive "with distinction" honors.

12) How do I calculate my grade point average for major courses?

Your major GPA (Grade Point Average) is also known as your CPHR (Cumulative Point Hour Ratio).

Make a list of all courses that counted toward your major (usually department courses required on your curriculum sheet). If you wish to define your major to also include required courses in supporting areas, such as professional specialization, select courses, and option courses that is a broader and truer reflection of your major course work.

Set the list up with columns for (1) course, (2) number of credit hours, (3) grade earned, and (4) points per credit hour. In the next column (5) multiply the credit hours times the points per credit hour.

Add total credit hours (column 2) and total points (column 5). Divide total points by total credit hours for a major gpa/cphr.

Grade scale points:

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