What are the “MCR” requirements and are transfer students required to meet them?
“MCR” refers to the Minimum Course Requirements of the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina and apply to anyone who graduated from high school in 1990 or later. The minimum admissions requirements are: • English – Four course units emphasizing grammar, composition, and literature. • Mathematics – Three course units that includes Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry, or a higher level math course for which Algebra II is a pre-requisite. • Science – Three course units including at least one unit in a life or biological science, one unit in a physical science, and at least one laboratory course. • Social Studies – Two course units including one in United States History. • Foreign Language – A sequence of two course units of a language other than English (for 2004 graduates and after). If you are planning to transfer to one of the sixteen institutions in the University of North Carolina System you must have completed the Minimum Course Requirements (MCR). Students who do n
