Major/Program Footnotes:

1 Incoming freshmen complete AEE 103. Transfer students may complete ALS 103 or ALS 303.
2 Select from ARE 201, EC 201, or EC 205. Satisfies 3 credit hours of the Social Science GEP requirement.
3 Select from courses in Crop Science, Soil Science, or Plant Pathology.
4 Select from Group C electives in Agriculture or ARE courses.
5 Total hourse of free electives vary in order to allow the minimum hours required for the degree to equal 126 credit hrs.
6 A minimum grade of C- is required for graduation. A minimum grade of C is required for teacher licensure.

* General Education Program (GEP) requirements and GEP Footnotes:
To complete the requirements for graduation and the General Education Program, the following category credit hours and co-requisites must be satisfied. University approved GEP course lists for each of the following categories can be found at http://www.ncsu.edu/uap/academic-standards/gep/courselists/index.html .

1. Mathematical Sciences (6 credit hours – one course with MA or ST prefix)
   Choose from the University approved GEP Mathematical Sciences course list or the following course(s) if completed as part of the Major requirements may fulfill part or all of this requirement:   none  
2. Natural Sciences (7 credit hours – include one laboratory course or course with a lab)
   Choose from the University approved GEP Natural Sciences course list or the following course(s) if completed as part of the Major requirements may fulfill part or all of this requirement:   BIO 181, BIO 183, CH 101, CH 102       
3. Humanities (6 credit hours selected from two different disciplines/course prefixes)
   Choose from the University approved GEP Humanities course list or the following course(s) if completed as part of the Major requirements may fulfill part or all of this requirement:   none. Some of the courses in this category will fulfill the US Diversity & Global Knowledge co-requisites.     
4. Social Sciences (6 credit hours selected from two different disciplines/course prefixes)
   Choose from the University approved GEP Social Sciences course list or the following course(s) if completed as part of the Major requirements may fulfill part or all of this requirement:  ARE 201 or EC 201, or EC 205 Some courses in this category will fulfill the US Diversity & Global Knowledge co-requisite.      
5. Physical Education/Healthy Living (2 credit hours – at least one 100-level Fitness and Wellness Course)
   Choose from the University approved GEP Physical Education/Healthy Living course list.
6. Additional Breadth  - (3 credit hours to be selected from the following checked University approved GEP course lists)
         Humanities/Social Sciences/Visual and Performing Arts or   X  Mathematical Sciences/Natural Sciences/Engineering
7. Interdisciplinary Perspectives (5-6 credit hours)
   Choose from the University approved GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives course list or the following course(s) if completed as part of the Major requirements may fulfill part or all of this requirement:  none.    
8. Introduction to Writing (4 credit hours satisfied by completing ENG 101 with a C- or better )
   
   The following Co-Requisites must be satisfied to complete the General Education Program requirements:
9. U.S. Diversity (USD)
   Choose from the University approved GEP U.S. Diversity course list or choose a course identified on the approved GEP course lists as meeting the U.S. Diversity (USD) co-requisite. The following course(s) completed as part of the Major requirements may fulfill this requirement:   none   
10. Global Knowledge (GK)
    Choose from the University approved GEP Global Knowledge course list or choose a course identified on the approved GEP course lists as meeting the Global Knowledge (GK) co-requisite. The following course(s) completed as part of the Major requirements may fulfill this requirement:   none    
11. Foreign Language proficiency - Proficiency at the FL_102 level is required for graduation.