First-Year Requirements Worksheet

To qualify for the Palmetto Fellows and LIFE Scholarship Enhancements, students majoring in science or math must complete at least 14 credit hours in science and math in the fall, spring, and summer semesters of their first year. The 14 credit hours must meet the criteria below.

First Year Requirement	Check First Year Requirements
At least 6 credit hours of science are required from the approved list of courses.	Science Credit Hours:
The science credit hours must include a lab.	Science Lab:	Yes No
At least 6 credit hours of math are required from the approved list of courses.	Math Credit Hours:

To meet the first-year requirements, students can use credits from AP/IB/CLEP, high school dual enrollment, courses taken the summer before the first year and courses taken as pass/fail. Please note that although these types of courses count towards the first-year requirements for an enhancement, they do not count towards meeting the renewal criteria of Palmetto Fellows.

Below is a shortened list of potential first year courses that can be used to meet the first year requirements. The complete list with all of the College of Charleston's math and science courses approved by CHE can be downloaded in Excel format from College of Charleston Science and Math Courses. If you do not have Microsoft Excel, please install the Excel Viewer 2003.

Science Courses Approved by CHE

Astronomy
ASTR129
ASTR129L
ASTR130
ASTR130L
ASTR206

Biology
BIOL101
BIOL101L
BIOL102
BIOL102L
BIOL111
BIOL111L
BIOL112
BIOL112L
BIOL204
BIOL250

Chemistry
CHEM101
CHEM101L
CHEM102
CHEM102L
CHEM111
CHEM111L
CHEM112
CHEM112L

Geology
GEOL101
GEOL101L
GEOL103
GEOL103L
GEOL105
GEOL105L
GEOL107
GEOL213
GEOL257
GEOL257L
GEOL272
GEOL272L
GEOL290
GEOL290L

Honors
HONS151
HONS151L
HONS152
HONS152L
HONS153
HONS153L
HONS154
HONS154L
HONS155
HONS155L
HONS156
HONS156L
HONS157
HONS157L
HONS158
HONS158L

Physics
PHYS101
PHYS101L
PHYS102
PHYS102L
PHYS105
PHYS119
PHYS201
PHYS201L
PHYS202
PHYS202L
PHYS298

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	Math Courses Approved by CHE
	Computer Science CSCI110 CSCI112 CSCI114 CSCI130 CSCI199 CSCI220 CSCI221 CSCI222L Discovery Informatics DISC101 Honors HONS215 Math MATH101 MATH103 MATH104 MATH105 MATH111 MATH111L MATH120 MATH120L MATH121L MATH203 MATH207 MATH220 MATH250