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福利逼站 Catalog 2024-2025

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Life Sciences First Year

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The Life Sciences First Year (LSFY) program at NC State 福利逼站 was developed with the goal of helping students find the right fit in a degree program at NC State. LSFY is a joint program between the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Sciences. Designed for students who enter NC State with an interest in any aspect of the life sciences, the LSFY curriculum allows students to begin laying the foundation for further studies in any of the life science degree programs at NC State. 聽At the same time, the advising program and specially designed courses encourage and provide the means for students to explore their academic interests to settle on the academic home that is best for them, while understanding what they need to do聽to achieve their professional goals. 聽After learning more about degree requirements and exploring their own interests and aptitudes (both in and out of class), LSFY students apply by the end of their first year to transfer into a degree program.

The LSFY program includes all incoming first-year students who express interest in earning a degree in one of the following majors:聽聽Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology, Nutrition Science, Plant Biology,听辞谤听窜辞辞濒辞驳测.听听There is no need to fill out a special application for the program.

To learn more about the LSFY program, visit the聽.

Life Sciences First Year Program Contact


Bostian Hall
2721 Pillsbury Circle
Campus Box 7611
Raleigh, NC 27695-7611
LifeSciencesFY@ncsu.edu

Dr. Erica Kosal
Director, LSFY Program
efkosal@ncsu.edu

General Notes:

  • Students entering NC State with credit for college courses will work with an advisor to determine appropriate course choices based on their interests and program requirements.
  • All students are required to take online placement exams in chemistry and math before they finalize their first-semester schedules.
  • Minimum requirements to be eligible for any degree program in the life sciences are C- or better grades in聽尝厂颁听101 Critical and Creative Thinking in the Life Sciences,听叠滨翱听181 Introductory Biology: Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity,听叠滨翱听183 Introductory Biology: Cellular and Molecular Biology,听颁贬听101 Chemistry - A Molecular Science听辞谤听颁贬听103 General Chemistry I for Students in Chemical Sciences, and聽贰狈骋听101 Academic Writing and Research. An overall GPA of 2.0 or better is required for continued enrollment at NC State.
Fall Semester
尝厂颁听101Critical and Creative Thinking in the Life Sciences2
尝厂颁听103Exploring Opportunities in the Life Sciences 11
叠滨翱听181Introductory Biology: Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity4
Choose one of the following set:4
颁贬听101
&补尘辫;听颁贬听102
Chemistry - A Molecular Science
and General Chemistry Laboratory
颁贬听103
&补尘辫;听颁贬听104
General Chemistry I for Students in Chemical Sciences
and General Chemistry Laboratory I for Students in Chemical Sciences
Calculus 33-4
GEP Health and Exercise Studies1
or 尝厂颁听170
Spring Semester
贰狈骋听101Academic Writing and Research4
叠滨翱听183Introductory Biology: Cellular and Molecular Biology4
Chemistry and Lab 24
Calculus 33-4
Total Hours30-32
1

Exploring Opportunities聽in the Life Sciences
Most LSFY students will take 尝厂颁听103 Exploring Opportunities in the Life Sciences, which allows them to explore a variety of degree programs at NC State. Some students may instead choose a section that explores a single area within the life sciences in more depth鈥揺xamples include B颁贬听103 Introduction to Biochemistry and 笔叠听103 Perspectives on Botany. All sections of 103 will also address transition issues common to many first-semester college students as well as resources and opportunities available at NC State.

2

Chemistry

  • Chemistry Placement: Students who do not place into 颁贬听101 Chemistry - A Molecular Science or more advanced chemistry should try to complete preparatory coursework (颁贬听111 Preparatory Chemistry or equivalent) in the summer prior to their freshman year.
  • Second Semester: Students should work with their advisor and/or the Undergraduate Coordinator(s) in their major(s) of interest to decide on the appropriate chemistry course to take during their second semester. Some will want to take quantitative chemistry (颁贬听201 Chemistry - A Quantitative Science/颁贬听202 Quantitative Chemistry Laboratory) and some will want to start organic chemistry.聽 Degree programs in the life sciences at NC State typically require two semesters of organic chemistry (颁贬听221 Organic Chemistry I/颁贬听222 Organic Chemistry I Lab and 颁贬听223 Organic Chemistry II/颁贬听224 Organic Chemistry II Lab), but there are exceptions. The following require only one semester of organic chemistry (颁贬听220 Introductory Organic Chemistry or 颁贬听221 Organic Chemistry I/颁贬听222 Organic Chemistry I Lab): Environmental Sciences and Marine Science Biological Oceanography. NOTE: 颁贬听220 Introductory Organic Chemistry is not a replacement for 颁贬听221 Organic Chemistry I and does not serve as a pre-requisite for 颁贬听223 Organic Chemistry II.
3

Calculus
Most NC State majors in life sciences require 惭础听131 Calculus for Life and Management Sciences A and 惭础听231 Calculus for Life and Management Sciences B, but some students (particularly those interested in Biochemistry and some aspects of Environmental Science) may wish to pursue the three semester sequence instead (惭础听141 Calculus I, 惭础听241 Calculus II, and 惭础听242 Calculus III). Two life science majors (Nutrition Science and Plant Biology) and some related majors require only one semester of calculus, and therefore accept 惭础听121 Elements of Calculus in place of 惭础听131 Calculus for Life and Management Sciences A.聽 However, 惭础听121 Elements of Calculus cannot be used as a prerequisite for 惭础听231 Calculus for Life and Management Sciences B, so you should not take that option unless you are absolutely sure聽 you will not want or need to take a second semester of calculus.

Student who decide not to take a second semester of calculus should work with their advisor and/or the Undergraduate Coordinator(s) in their major(s) of interest to decide on an appropriate course to take during their second semester instead of calculus.

Students who place into a pre-calculus course should try to complete preparatory coursework (惭础听107 Precalculus I or equivalent) in the summer.