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State Scholarship Enhancements

The State of South Carolina has created $2500 per year Enhancements for Palmetto Fellows and LIFE Scholarship recipients majoring in science or math fields. To receive the Enhancement, a student must be a second year student or beyond and meet first-year requirements.

General Eligibility

Receiving either a LIFE or Palmetto Fellows Scholarship

Be a second, third or fourth year student. Please note that this program is based on number of academic years, regardless of credit hours completed.

Have declared a Science or Math major in an eligible program before the first day of Fall semester

Completed the first-year requirements during the first academic year.

Eligible Programs

Astrophysics
Astronomy
Biochemistry
Biology
Chemistry
Computer Information Systems
Computer Science
Discovery Informatics
Exercise Science*
Geology
Marine Biology
Mathematics
Middle Level Education with a Concentration in both Math and Science
Physics

* Exercise Science is an eligible program for students who graduated high school May/June 2011 or after.

First-Year Requirements

Complete at least 14 hours in math and natural science courses during the first year of enrollment.

The first-year of enrollment includes the fall, spring and summer semesters.
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.
Developmental, remedial and non-degree (does not apply towards graduation) courses do not count for the first-year requirements.

The complete list with all of the College of Charleston's math and natural science courses approved by CHE can be downloaded in Excel format from College of Charleston Science and Math Courses.