Community College Students

You don't have to be a UNCW student to take advantage of advising available through the NC State Engineering 2+2 Transfer Program. Community college students are welcome to contact the Program Director for advising on transferable courses, the transfer process and requirements, distance education courses or any other engineering-related topic. The best resource for information is the NC State Engineering NC Community College Student Transfer Guide. Our frequently asked questions page may also answer some of your questions.

To pursue a four-year engineering degree, community college students need to be in the college transfer program and not the engineering technology or applied science program. Students who are interested in the engineering technology program can pursue a four-year degree in engineering technology from UNC Charlotte or NC A&T.

Transferring

An important consideration for many community college students is when to transfer and where. One can transfer directly to an engineering college after completing the minimum number of courses needed for transfer with the required GPA. See the transfer requirements page for more information. One can stay at a community college and complete an Associate's degree. Most community colleges do not offer engineering courses which could be part of an A.A. or A.S. degree and many do not offer upper-level calculus and physics courses. An exception is the Craven Community College Havelock Campus, which offers an Engineering 2+2 Transfer Program as well as a Mechanical Engineering Systems degree.

For those in the Wilmington area, and those who would like to remain in the Wilmington area for as long as possible before transferring, it may be advantageous and more expedient to transfer to the NC State Engineering 2+2 Transfer Program at UNCW after completing the UNCW transfer requirements. Once at UNCW, both engineering courses and the required calculus and physics courses can be taken.

Community college academic advisors may tell you that any course you take at a community college in the college-level transfer program will be accepted by four year colleges. This is true BUT these courses may not count toward degree requirements in engineering.

The required community college mathematics course sequence for an engineering degree is MAT 271, 272, 273, and for most engineering majors, MAT 285. Required science courses include CHM 151, PHY 251, and PHY 252. Some engineering majors require CHM 152 as well. Depending on math placement results, one may have to take MAT 171 (algebra) and 172 (trigonometry) before taking MAT 271 (calculus). These courses can be used to be admitted to UNCW but will not count towards engineering degree graduation requirements.

For those currently at North Carolina community college, the following information may be helpful in selecting humanity and social science courses that will count towards engineering degree graduation requirements at NC State. If you currently have an A.S. or A.A., degree many of these requirements will be met, so please consult the Program Director for further course recommendations.

Out of the seven courses above, one must be underlined to meet NC State's Global Knowledge co-requisite and another must be in bold and italics to meet NC State's U.S. Diversity co-requisite. Otherwise extra courses must be taken.

Notes: Requirements in all categories above must be satisfied. A total of 21 credits are required. Students should consider the GEP website the authoritiative source for approved course requirements and should always consult the Program Director with questions about courses that do not appear in the table.