Nutritional Sciences: Public Health Nutrition, BSHS
Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2020-2021. Learn more about University Academic Regulation 3.1.
Minimum Overall Grade Point Average: 2.50
Total Hours: 120
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | ||
| English Composition | ||
| See Academic Regulation 3.5 | ||
| ENGL 1113 | Composition I | 3 |
| or ENGL 1313 | Critical Analysis and Writing I | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Composition II | ||
| Critical Analysis and Writing II | ||
| Technical Writing | ||
| American History & Government | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Survey of American History | ||
| American History to 1865 (H) | ||
| American History Since 1865 (DH) | ||
| POLS 1113 | American Government | 3 |
| Analytical & Quantitative Thought (A) | ||
| MATH 1513 | College Algebra (A) | 3 |
| or MATH 1613 | Trigonometry (A) | |
| or MATH 1813 | Preparation for Calculus (A) | |
| Humanities (H) | ||
| Courses designated (H) | 6 | |
| Natural Sciences (N) | ||
| Must include one Laboratory Science (L) course | ||
| CHEM 1215 | Chemical Principles I (LN) | 4 |
| or CHEM 1314 | Chemistry I (LN) | |
| CHEM 1225 | Chemical Principles II (LN) | 5 |
| or CHEM 1515 | Chemistry II (LN) | |
| Social & Behavioral Sciences (S) | ||
| SOC 1113 | Introductory Sociology (S) | 3 |
| Additional General Education | ||
| BIOL 1114 | Introductory Biology (LN) | 4 |
| SPCH 2713 | Introduction to Speech Communication (S) | 3 |
| or SPCH 3723 | Business and Professional Communication | |
| STAT 2013 | Elementary Statistics (A) | 3 |
| or STAT 2023 | Elementary Statistics for Business and Economics (A) | |
| Hours Subtotal | 43 | |
| Diversity (D) & International Dimension (I) | ||
| May be completed in any part of the degree plan | ||
| At least one Diversity (D) course | ||
| At least one International Dimension (I) course | ||
| College/Departmental Requirements | ||
| Human Sciences | ||
| HS 1112 | Human Sciences First-Year Seminar | 2 |
| or HS 3112 | Human Sciences First-Year Seminar for Transfer Students | |
| HDFS 2113 | Lifespan Human Development (S) | 3 |
| Nutritional Sciences | ||
| NSCI 3011 | Nutrition and Evidence-based Practice I | 1 |
| NSCI 3021 | Nutrition and Evidence-based Practice II | 1 |
| NSCI 4021 | Nutrition and Evidence-based Practice III | 1 |
| Hours Subtotal | 8 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| 2.50 GPA is required for Major Requirements | ||
| NSCI 2114 | Principles of Human Nutrition (N) | 4 |
| NSCI 2311 | Introduction to Public Health Nutrition | 1 |
| NSCI 2412 | Introduction to Nutrition & Food Literacy | 2 |
| NSCI 3223 | Nutrition Across the Life Span | 3 |
| NSCI 3440 | Nutritional Sciences Pre-Professional Experience (1 hour) | 1 |
| NSCI 3543 | Food and the Human Environment (IS) | 3 |
| NSCI 3733 | Environmental Nutrition | 3 |
| NSCI 4123 | Human Nutrition and Metabolism I | 3 |
| NSCI 4143 | Human Nutrition and Metabolism II | 3 |
| NSCI 4632 | Community Nutrition I | 2 |
| NSCI 4633 | Community Nutrition II | 3 |
| BIOL 3204 | Physiology | 4 |
| PSYC 1113 | Introductory Psychology (S) | 3 |
| MICR 2123 | Introduction to Microbiology | 3 |
| MICR 2132 | Introduction to Microbiology Laboratory | 2 |
| Emphasis Requirements | ||
| Select an emphasis | 29 | |
| Hours Subtotal | 69 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
Emphasis
Nutrition & Education
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Student must declare a minor in Public Health (PH) | ||
| HLTH 2213 | Introduction to Public Health | 3 |
| HLTH 2603 | Total Wellness (S) | 3 |
| HLTH 3613 | Community Health | 3 |
| HLTH 3643 | Health Behavior Theory | 3 |
| HLTH 4973 | Program Design in Public Health | 3 |
| HHP 2654 | Applied Anatomy | 4 |
| HHP 3114 | Physiology of Exercise | 4 |
| Controlled electives | 6 | |
Public Health Nutrition
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ECON 1113 | The Economics of Social Issues (S) | 3 |
| HHP 2802 | Medical Terminology for the Health Professions | 2 |
| HLTH 3723 | Principles of Epidemiology | 3 |
| HTM 2153 | Introduction to Hospitality Accounting | 3 |
| or ACCT 2003 | Survey of Accounting | |
| HTM 3213 | Hospitality and Tourism Management and Organizations | 3 |
| or MGMT 3013 | Fundamentals of Management (S) | |
| MKTG 3213 | Marketing (S) | 3 |
| NSCI 3813 | Nutrition Assessment and Counseling Skills | 3 |
| NSCI 4913 | Nutritional Epidemiology | 3 |
| Select 6 hours of Controlled Electives from the following: | 6 | |
| Written Communications in Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources | ||
| Human Heredity (N) | ||
| Developmental Disabilities: Issues Across the Lifespan (D) | ||
| Adolescent Development in Family Contexts (S) | ||
| Intergenerational Relationships (S) | ||
| Dying, Death and Bereavement | ||
| Aging Concepts and Controversies | ||
| Alcohol and Drug Education | ||
| Human Resource Management | ||
| Microbes: Friends or Foes (N) | ||
| Nutrition for Exercise and Sport | ||
| Biomedical Ethics (H) | ||
| Perspectives on Death and Dying (H) | ||
Public Health Premed
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| BIOC 3653 | Survey of Biochemistry | 3 |
| BIOL 3023 | General Genetics | 3 |
| BIOL 3214 | Human Anatomy | 4 |
| CHEM 3053 | Organic Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHEM 3153 | Organic Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM 3112 | Organic Chemistry Laboratory | 2 |
| MICR 3033 | Cell and Molecular Biology | 3 |
| PHYS 1114 | College Physics I (LN) | 4 |
| PHYS 1214 | College Physics II (LN) | 4 |
Note: Care must be taken not to include credit hours twice under different sections of the degree sheet.
Ensure that enough upper-division controlled electives are taken to meet the 40 hour upper-division Regents requirement.
This degree program does not meet all the Didactic Program in Dietetics academic course requirements. See the NSCI Major/Dietetics Option sheet for courses to be added.
Other Requirements
- 40 upper-division hours required.
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A 2.50 Major GPA is required. This includes all courses in College/Departmental and Major Requirements.
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A grade of “C” or better is required in all NSCI 3000- and 4000-level courses.
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Transfer Admission Requirement: 2.50 GPA
Additional State/OSU Requirements
- At least: 60 hours at a four-year institution; 30 hours completed at OSU; 15 of the final 30 or 50% of the upper-division hours in the major field completed at OSU.
- Limit of: one-half of major course requirements as transfer work; one-fourth of hours earned by correspondence; 8 transfer correspondence hours.
- Students will be held responsible for degree requirements in effect at the time of matriculation and any changes that are made, so long as these changes do not result in semester credit hours being added or do not delay graduation.
- Degrees that follow this plan must be completed by the end of Summer 2026.