Nutritional Sciences

Here you can find information about:

registration announcements for NTR coursework: common registration issues, prereq updates, and lecture/lab registration
featured events/opportunities relevant to NTR majors

SPRING 2019 Registration News

Some NTR courses have pre-reqs that may differ from the Course Schedule. Please see below for updates on any pre-req changes for SPRING 2019 NTR courses.

NTR 312 Intro to Nutritional Sciences & NTR 112L Nutritional Sciences Lab

Correct pre-reqs:
- C- or better in CH 301
- C- or better in a calculus or statistics course. Options: M408C, M408D, M408N, M408R, SDS 302, SDS 304, SDS 306, SDS 325H or SDS 328M
- Credit or concurrent registration for BIO 311C, CH 302
NTR 112L must be added FIRST, and then NTR 312 once you are registered for NTR 112L. If you are on a waitlist for NTR 112L, you must wait to get in before you can add yourself to NTR 312.

NTR 112L is going to be required for all students taking NTR 312, beginning with fall 2018 registration. Even if you are not a nutrition major but are taking NTR 312, you must also take NTR 112L beginning fall 2018.

NTR 307 & NTR 107L Intro to Food Science & Lab

Nutrition Majors: you are required to take the lecture NTR 307 and lab NTR 107L together. Add NTR 107L Lab first, then NTR 307 lecture.
Non-Nutrition Majors: you are eligible to only take the lecture NTR 307 unless you have previously discussed a special circumstance with the SoHE Advisors.

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prereq Updates

*If you are currently taking one of the listed prereqs, the system will let you register. After fall grades are posted, students will be dropped from a course if they do not meet or aren't registered for required prerequisites/co-requisites.

Other Things to Note:

NTR 337 Epidemiology in Nutritional Sciences - offered fall and spring

Prereqs on course schedule are correct and will be enforced as stated.
Can act as/be taken for the 'NTR 365' requirement for B.S. Nutrition degrees, except Honors in Advanced Nutritional Sciences (HANS). For HANS, this can count as 'additional nutrition hours'.
Some B.S. Nutrition degrees require both NTR 337 and a NTR 365 topic, so please check your degree audit carefully.

NTR 331 International Nutrition: Social/Environmental Policies - offered spring only

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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 312 & 112L - all students taking NTR 312 must also take NTR 112L (including non-majors)
NTR 307 & 107L
NTR 218 & 118L
NTR 334 & 234L
NTR 324 & 124L - Spring only course, includes Upper Division Writing Flag. Check prereqs.

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COMMON PREREQUISITE ISSUES:

Please email at headvising@austin.utexas.edu with name, EID, and explanation of situation to have a PREREQUISITE WAIVER submitted for you if:

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 355 Undergrad Research & NTR 352 Field Experience Registration Process

NTR 355 Undergraduate Research and NTR 352 Field Experience in Nutrition are restricted courses and require confirmation from the supervising professor to grant registration access.

A confirmation email from the supervising faculty member (typically Dr. Herzele for NTR 352) must be sent to Kelsey Lancon, Kelsey.lancon@austin.utexas.edu, 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, if you hope to enroll in the course.

Fall & Spring-Only NTR 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
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 331 International Nutrition: Social & Environmental Policies*
NTR 365 topics vary each semester. Typically Nutrition & Genes is taught 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.

Featured Opportunities

Nutrition Summer Study Abroad in Italy 2019 - app deadline is Dec 1st, 2018

The prerequisite for this program is NTR 306 or 312. All majors are eligible and welcome. A 3.0 GPA is desired and admission is competitive.

Look at our website to see what we did in Sicily in 2017:
https://he.utexas.edu/images/SOHE/Sicily_2017_poster.pdf

Activities and excursions change every summer depending on the location.

Scholarships and financial aid are available for qualified students.

For further information, please feel free to contact me atjfg@mail.utexas.eduorkyle.schmidlin@austin.utexas.edu.

Best regards,

Jeanne Freeland-Graves, PhD, RD, FACN

NTR 355 Research Opportunity:

Nutrition Courses 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

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 & LEADERSHIP FLAG

NTR 331 International Nutrition: Social/Environmental Policies - Taught spring semester only.

INDEPENDENT INQUIRY FLAG

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.