Minimum Course Requirements
In addition to the requirement that students should hold a high school diploma or its equivalent, the University Of North Carolina Board of Governors has, since 1988, established minimum course requirements for undergraduate admission, including a fourth unit of mathematics. These requirements are summarized below:
Six course units in language, including
- four units in English, and
- two consecutive units of a language other than English.
Four course units of mathematics in any of the following combinations:
- Common Core I, II, III, and one unit beyond common Core III
- 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 UNC institutions except the North Carolina School Of the Arts). It is recommended that prospective students take a mathematics course unit in the twelfth grade.
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.
Two course units in social studies, 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 at Elizabeth City State University.
Applicants who graduated from high school from June 1990 to June 2006 must meet the following:
- Graduation from an accredited secondary school (If the applicant did not graduate, a high school equivalency or GED is required.)
- Presentation of a satisfactory combination of high school grade point average (GPA), and SAT or ACT scores. A high school GPA of 2.0 or above.
- Students must also pass the North Carolina Competency Examination or its equivalent in their state or country of origin.
*UNC Policy Manual 700.1