Your Education: A Joint Responsibility
Attaining your academic goals at Ohio State involves joint responsibility. The university faculty and staff are committed to offering you a challenging and high-quality education. The faculty and staff also assume responsibility to provide comprehensive resources that will support your needs and reinforce your efforts to be a successful and accomplished student. Similarly, you will assume an equally significant degree of responsibility for accomplishing your goals. You, as a citizen of the university community, should be prepared and willing to work hard at learning and contributing to our overall university mission, not just receiving its benefits. You bring ambition, energy, and a vast array of experiences. Together we will work hard to partner in your educational endeavors. Your responsibilities include the following.
- You are responsible for knowing the requirements of the curriculum you are pursuing.
- You are responsible for obtaining updated General Education Curriculum (GEC) and major curriculum information. The information sheets are updated frequently; classes can be added to or dropped from the GEC at any time. You must be aware of the changes. Current GEC sheets are available in 100 Denney Hall.
- You are responsible for scheduling an appointment with your assigned academic advisor(s) regularly. Write your advisor's(s') name(s) on the inside front cover of this manual.
- You are responsible for checking your campus e-mail regularly. The university and its colleges and departments send official notices and information to your "name.#@ osu.edu" e-mail account. If you choose to have your e-mail forwarded to another e-mail account, you may not receive official Ohio State mail, including scheduling, academic progress, and graduation information. You are responsible for ensuring your e-mail account is capable of receiving “osu.edu” e-mail and for checking your e-mail account frequently. If you use another e-mail account instead, make sure that messages sent to your Ohio State account are forwarded to the account you use. Go to acctmgt.service. ohio-state.edu/index.html to update or manage your Ohio State username and e-mail account online. If you are having problems, contact the Office of Information Technology (OIT) at (614) 688-HELP.
- You are responsible for knowing the university’s and Arts and Sciences’ policies, regulations, and procedures. You should be familiar with this manual, the Course Offerings Bulletin, and the quarterly Master Schedule of Classes. The Course Offerings Bulletin and the Master Schedule are available from the Buckeye Link web site at buckeyelink.osu.edu.
- You are responsible for maintaining good academic standing, which is defined as a 2.0 grade point average (GPA).
- You are responsible for knowing your current schedule at all times, including call numbers. You can find your schedule at buckeyelink.osu.edu.
- You are responsible for checking the prerequisites for all classes that you schedule.
- You are responsible for officially dropping courses you have stopped attending. An instructor will not automatically drop you from a course simply because you stopped attending class. You are also responsible for knowing the drop/add deadlines for each quarter (e.g., first, third, and seventh Fridays.)
- You are responsible for knowing the consequences of schedule changes (for example, the effects of changes on your eligibility for financial aid, your projected graduation date, your athletic eligibility, etc.).
- You are responsible for knowing whether or not you are waitlist. You can find this information at buckeyelink.osu.edu.
- You are responsible for checking your schedule regularly to see if you have been added to a class from the waitlist. You will not receive notification from the registrar’s office if you are added to a class. (Note: the waitlist will not add you to any classes after the first Friday of the quarter.)
- You are responsible for understanding your fees (tuition, health insurance, etc.) and resolving any issues with the appropriate office (financial aid, fees and deposits, etc.)
- If you are eligible for an exemption from student health insurance, you are responsible for providing the documentation required to demonstrate your eligibility for the exemption.
