The
University of North Carolina Board of Governors has, since 1988, established
minimum course requirements for undergraduate admission. The requirements in
effect in 2001-02 were first implemented in the fall of 1990, and will continue
until the fall semester of 2004, when a second language requirement will be
added. Effective in the fall of 2006, a fourth unit of mathematics will be
required for admission. These requirements are summarized below. They are based
on actions taken by the Board on April 14, 2000, in response to the report
Background on the Increase in UNC Board of Governors' Minimum Course
Requirements for Undergraduate Admission, which is available on the world
wide web at:
http://www.northcarolina.edu/content.php/assessment/reports/student_info/mcr.htm.
Listed below you will
find Fayetteville State University's minimum course requirements for admission
to the University:
| Applications for admission to the freshman class will be
considered as soon as they are received. Other requirements are specified below.
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| 1. |
Graduation from an accredited high school or its equivalent.
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| 2. |
Submission of a copy of the high school transcript
showing grades earned through the junior year, courses in progress in the senior
year, and overall grade point average based on at least two years of high school
study (required of prospective students currently enrolled in high school).
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| For the class of 1990 and beyond, the following course units are
required for admission , in addition to Fayetteville State University's own
specific requirements:
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a. |
In English, four (4) course units emphasizing grammar,
composition, and literature;
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b. |
Four course units of
mathematics, in any of the following combinations:
- algebra I and II, geometry, and one unit beyond algebra II,
- algebra I and II, and two units beyond algebra II, or
- integrated math I, II, and III, and one unit beyond integrated
math III.
(The fourth unit of math affects applicants to all institutions
except the North Carolina School of the Arts.) It is recommended that
prospective students take a mathematics course unit in the twelfth grade.
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c. |
Three course
units in science, including
- at least one unit in a life or biological science
(for example, biology),
- at least one unit in physical science (for
example, physical science, chemistry, physics), and
- at least one laboratory course.
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d. |
In social studies, two (2) course units including one unit in
U.S. history, but an applicant who does not have the unit in U.S. history may be
admitted on the condition that at least three semester hours in that subject
will be passed by the end of the sophomore year; and
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e.
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Six (6) units of electives from the areas of language,
literature, mathematics, science, social studies, or business. |
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f. |
Two (2) course units in one foreign
language other than English; (for example, Spanish, French, German,
Russian, American Sign Language, etc..)
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In addition, it is
recommended that you take one (1) foreign language course unit and one (1) mathematics course unit in
the twelfth grade. "Course units" as defined in these may include
those high school level courses taken and passed by an applicant after
graduating from high school, as well as those taken while enrolled as a high
school student.
Effective Fall 2004, two units of a language other
than English.
Effective Fall 2006, one additional unit of
mathematics beyond Algebra II, raising the required units of mathematics to
four.
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| 3. |
A 2.0 average or higher in all courses attempted in the ninth
through the eleventh grades.
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| 4. |
Students applying
for admission for Fall 2006 or after, for whom standardized test scores
are required, must submit either the new SAT I (which includes the writing
component) or the ACT with the writing component. The ACT without the
writing component will not be acceptable as a standardized test for
admission after the spring semester of 2006.
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| 5. |
A successful score on all areas of the North Carolina
Competency Examination, a requirement for all students graduating from
secondary schools in North Carolina beginning 1979.
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| 6. |
Submission of an official copy of the high school transcript
upon graduation.
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