General Updates
General NTR & Course SChedule updates
See general updates and information about registration for lower-division NTR courses.
- Sample Plan Updates:
The four-year sample degree plans for BS Nutrition degrees (available here) have been updated to reflect a slightly different suggested course timline for NTR 342 & NTR 343. It is now suggested to take these classes earlier (see the NTR Prereq Updates tab above for details).
- NTR 324 & 124L Advanced Food Science:
This class now has an Independent Inquiry (II) flag and also typically has a Writing (Wr) flag.
- The course schedule currently doesn't show the writing flag, however a petition is currently pending but we anticipate approval for writing flag! Please register accordingly (add 124L lab first), and we will update you asap!
- Course Schedule Changes:
- Pending Time Changes for NTR 118L: Section #53500 (Wednesday 2-5pm) will change to Monday 2-5pm.
- Pending Cancellations for NTR 126L: #53530, #53540, #53555 (showing as "closed")
- For those needing BIO 206L lab (usually for pre-health professions only): There is a one-semester research experience "Nutrigenomics" open to all CNS majors, no application required. Details here.
Lower Division Class Notes:
NTR 312 Intro to Nutritional Sciences
- Pre-reqs: C- or better in CH 301; C- in calculus or statistics; and C- or concurrent registration in BIO 311C and CH 302.
- All students will be checked after registration to ensure prerequisites will be satisfied, otherwise you will be dropped from the course.
- "Reserved" means priority is given to NTR and Public Health majors. Any major can add the course or waitlist though.
- Nutrition majors: add yourself to the waitlist as needed and you have first priority to be added from the waitlist into an available seat.
- NTR 112L lab no longer offered/required effective spring 2021 (students taking 112L in fall 2020 need to complete).
NTR 307 & NTR 107L Intro to Food Science and Lab
- Nutrition Majors: Add NTR 107L lab first, then NTR 307 lecture. You are required to take the lecture NTR 307 and lab NTR 107L together.
- "Reserved" means priority for nutrition majors, add to waitlist as needed! (two sections if possible)
- Non-Nutrition Majors: You are eligible to register for NTR 307 by itself.
- Those in CNS planning to become NTR majors by spring 2021: you are able to add yourself to the waitlist for NTR 107L lab any time during registration and add/drop. Once your major is updated to Nutrition, you will have priority into any available seats during add/drop if a seat opens. You will need to be in both NTR 107L & 307 by the time school starts to keep your spot in the classes.
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COMMON PREREQUISITE ISSUES:
You may need to request a PREREQUISITE WAIVER in some cases, to avoid issues during registration.
Please email at headvising@austin.utexas.edu with name, EID, and explanation of situation if:
- If you took NTR 306 and are trying to register for: NTR 307*, NTR 218*, NTR 326, NTR 334*
- *after adding the labs first for these
- For NTR 355M: You're taking ACC 310F or ACC 311 concurrently outside of UT/via University Extension and plan to register for NTR 355M the following semester.
- For honors students who have NTR 312H/312R credit: you may have issues registering for any upper division NTR class that lists "NTR 326" as a prereq. Please contact your advisor if you have any issues registering.
NTR Prereq Updates
NTR prereq Updates - Spring 2021
If a class is not on this chart, then the prerequisites stated in the Course Schedule are accurate.
Email headvising@austin.utexas.edu if you have trouble registering for a course that you think you meet prereqs for, and include the course details & your EID.
Biggest news:
- NTR 338W Issues in Nutrition and Health (Wr and II flags): see note below about requesting a waiver to register if you don't have BIO 365s or BCH 369. This typically fills up with graduating seniors.
- NTR 342 Advanced Nutritional Sciences & NTR 343 Vitamins & Minerals now have fewer prereqs and are recommended to take earlier. The sample four-year degree plans have also been updated to reflect this recommendation.
- BSA Nutrition pre-health students are encouraged to consider taking NTR 342 since it is a rigorous and very helpful course for tying together your nutrition knowledge and giving you more thorough expertise in your major. (The biochem pre/co-req listed below will be enforced for all students).
The registration system may allow you to register for a course, however all prereqs listed on this chart for these classes will be checked and enforced before the spring semester starts. If you are currently taking a prereq course, you will be able to register and grades will be checked at end of semester. You will be notified before being dropped from a course for not meeting prerequisites, but please avoid registering if you know you wont meet prereqs.
See notes about lecture/lab combinations and fall and spring only classes on other tabs at the top menu.
Lecture/Lab Registration
NTR LECTURE/LAB REGISTRATION
Add lecture first then lab:
- NTR 326 & 126L. NTR 126L can be taken separately, after NTR 326 if needed.
Add lab first, then lecture (must be taken in same semester):
-Add yourself to two waitlists for the lab if possible.
-Add yourself to the lecture after you've gotten into the lab.
- NTR 307 & 107L - "reserved" means priority for nutrition majors. All students can add/waitlist.
- NTR 218 & 118L
- NTR 334 & 234L
- NTR 324 & 124L - Spring only course, includes Upper Division Writing Flag. Check prereqs.
Fall & Spring Only Courses
Some NTR courses are taught in the fall semester only or spring semester only. NTR courses not listed below are typically offered every fall and spring.
Fall SEmester Only
- NTR 321 International Nutrition: Developing World*
- NTR 365 topics vary each semester (typically NTR 365 Sports Nutrition is fall-only)
- NTR 371 Medical Nutrition Therapy II
- Could be taken before NTR 370 if you are in your senior year and need to take NTR 371 first in order to graduate on time the following spring.
Spring semester Only
- NTR 324 & 124L Advanced Food Science
- NTR 331 International Nutrition: Social & Environmental Policies*
- NTR 365 topics vary each semester (typically Nutrition & Genes is spring-only)
- NTR 370 Medical Nutrition Therapy I
- Could be taken after NTR 371 if you are in your senior year and must take NTR 371 first in order to graduate on time.
*NTR 321 and NTR 331 are different topics of International Nutrition, and they count as separate courses. They would each count as 3 hours of upper-division NTR credit.
NTR with Flags
The following flag requirements must be fulfilled before graduation. Please see the Center for the Skills & Experience Flags website for more details about each flag.
- 2014-2016 Catalog and earlier: lower or upper division Writing flag (Wr), upper-division Writing flag (Wr), and Quantitative Reasoning (QR)
- 2016-2018 Catalog: lower or upper division Writing flag (Wr), upper-division Writing flag (Wr) Quantitative Reasoning (QR), Global Cultures (GC), Cultural Diversity in the U.S. (CD), Ethics & Leadership (EL), and Independent Inquiry (II).
Specific courses required for your degree may already fulfill some of these flag requirements, however you will need to select courses that contain any remaining flags needed by the time you graduate. Flags can be fulfilled by courses taken for other degree requirements.
The following NTR courses contain flags. Please check the Course Schedule each semester to confirm available flags and to check pre-requisites.
WRITING FLAG (Wr)
- NTR 338W Issues in Nutrition and Health - Required for all BS Nutrition degrees. Optional for BSA Nutrition degree, however must meet prerequisites stated in Course Schedule.
- NTR 338H Issues in Nutrition and Health: Honors - Required for/restricted to BS Honors in Advanced Nutritional Sciences
ETHICS FLAG (E)
- NTR 331 International Nutrition: Social/Environmental Policies - Taught spring semester only.
INDEPENDENT INQUIRY FLAG (II)
- NTR 324 & 124L - Advanced Food Science - spring only
- NTR 355 Undergraduate Research - Must receive permission from supervising faculty member to enroll.
- NTR 338W Issues in Nutrition and Health - Required for all BS Nutrition degrees. Optional for BSA Nutrition degree, however must meet prerequisites stated in the Course Schedule.
- NTR 379H Honors Tutorial Course - Required for/restricted to BS Honors in Advanced Nutritional Sciences or students pursuing Special Departmental Honors.
NTR 355 Undergrad Research & NTR 352 Field Experience Registration Process
NTR 355 Undergraduate Research and NTR 352 Field Experience in Nutrition are restricted/reserved courses and require confirmation from the supervising professor to grant registration access.
A confirmation email from the supervising faculty member must be sent to Kelsey Lancon, Kelsey.lancon@austin.utexas.edu, to gain registration access (either by the supervisor or forwarded from the student).
Once the confirmation email is received, you will be given access to register for the course. It is ideal that we receive this before the 4th class day of the semester that you want to take it, if you hope to enroll in the course (so it's okay to add this later during add/drop time frames if you don't get confirmation by the time you initially register).
- NTR 355 Undergrad Research: look up NTR faculty research areas. Initiate contact via email to ask if they have any opportunities for you to help in their lab for NTR 355 credit.
- NTR 352 Field Experience in Nutrition: Dr. Charlotte Herzele typically supervises this credit, and there are online assignments throughout the semester while you are volunteering a certain # of hours per week in the community. Other professors have supervised students for NTR 352, so you may 'ask around' or contact Dr. Herzele first to get more details. It helps if you have a volunteer location in mind, and it should be nutrition-related.
