Curriculum changes in Ohio State programs and majors, resulting in closed class sections and long wait lists, have served as an inconvenience to many OSU students.The School of Journalism and Communication, which will no longer be accredited, is currently under restructuring. The school has deleted its broadcast sequence and is cutting classes out of its public relations and news editorial sequences. The school is working to strengthen the program through new sequences and classes.”The new program and curriculum that they are proposing to the university will make scheduling easier and will help students to graduate quicker,” said Nicole Sellman, academic counselor in the School of Journalism and Communication.However, as the school works to create a new program, students grandfathered under the old program may be left scrambling to get the classes they need to graduate.”After they canceled the broadcasting program, my adviser told me I would be safe to major in public relations,” said Brandey Baber, a senior in journalism/public relations. She said the change in the program will cost her another quarter or two. “I am pretty disappointed in the program,” she said.”I have to take 19 and 21 credit hours for the next three quarters in order to graduate on time,” Baber said. “They tell us that they have to cancel programs because they do not have the money for such hands-on experiences.””I have had a relatively easy time getting through,” said Jessica Faller, a senior in journalism/public relations, “but that is only because I am an honors student.”Transitions in other areas of the university, however, have gone smoother, such as in the Department of Consumer and Textile Sciences.The fashion merchandising program received a makeover four years ago, but the transition was not difficult for students, according to Susan Zavotka, associate professor in the Department of Consumer and Textile Sciences.”I was on the committee that decided to change it,” Zavotka said. “We merged the residential interiors merchandising program with the fashion merchandising program.”Zavotka said the decision to merge the majors came about as a result of changes occurring in the industry. She said fashion designers began to delve into interior design and created spin-off stores like Eddie Bauer’s home store and Pottery Barn.”We saw the increase in interior design retailing and an influx of stores selling home products,” she said. “Generally it has been a positive experience for students.”Zavotka said that courses were not deleted from the curriculum, but labs were added, putting students interested in interior design in the same classroom with clothing apparel students.