Students directly admitted to the HWIH major will not be required to apply to the major during their first year. Students must maintain certain criteria to maintain their direct admission status. Information on maintaining direct admission status can be found here in the student handbook. Students who do not maintain these requirements after two semesters will be placed in Pre-HWIH and will be required to re-apply to the HWIH major through Graduate and Professional Admissions.
Scheduling Information:
This scheduling information is intended for students directly admitted to the major that still need to complete prerequisite coursework.
Prerequisite courses are required to be completed within two semesters (excluding summer) of your direct admission to HWIH. These courses must be complete with a C or higher in order to progress to the major coursework. If you have not already done so, please create a schedule that ensures you are able to complete all the below classes within two semesters. If you have AP credit for one or more of these courses please review this page to learn more about applying these credits.
| Department | Ohio State Course | Semester Credit Hours |
| Anatomy | 2300, 3300 or EEOB 2510 Human Anatomy | 4 |
| Biology | 1101 Introductory Biology or 1113 Biological Sciences: Energy Transfer and Development or 1110 Biology for Health Sciences |
4 |
| English | 1110 First-Year English Composition | 3 |
| Physiology | 2520 Human Physiology or Physiology 3200 | 3 |
Students who have been directly admitted and have additional space in their schedule may choose to add a general education course, or additional major courses to reach the desired number of credit hours.
If you choose to enroll in one of the below courses required for the major, please be aware that a C+ or higher is required to be earned in these courses.
- Sociology 1101
- Psychology 1100
- HDFS 2400
- BUSMHR 2500
- Human Nutrition 2210 OR 2310
- PUBHHBP 3510 or PUBHLTH 2010
- SOCIOL 3306