Scholarship Enhancement Majors and Classes
The South Carolina General Assembly provides Scholarship Enhancements starting in the second year of enrollment for LIFE and Palmetto Fellows recipients majoring in approved math, science and education disciplines.
Enhancement Award
Scholarship enhancement awards are up to $2,500 per year in addition to the yearly LIFE or Palmetto Fellows Scholarship award amounts. The combination of your state scholarship and enhancement amount may not exceed the cost of attendance with all other scholarships and grants applied.
Eligibility for STEM Enhancements
- Enrolled full-time as a degree-seeking undergraduate student
- Be a recipient of the LIFE or Palmetto Fellows Scholarship
- Complete 30 credit hours post high school graduation
- Pursue an eligible math or science related major
- Earn 14 credit hours in approved STEM courses
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Eligible STEM Enhancement Majors
Current Eligible STEM Majors MAJOR CODE PROGRAM BS-ACCT-D ACCT BS ACCOUNTING (Beginning in Fall 2025) BS-BIEN-F BIEN BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING BS-AVS-A AVS ANIMAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES BS-PES-A PES PLANT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES BS-FDHN-A FDHN FOOD SCIENCE AND HUMAN NUTRITION BS-HORT-A HORT HORTICULTURE BS-PKGS-A PKGS PACKAGING SCIENCE BA-STCH-E STCH BA SCIENCE TEACHING BS-STCH-E STCH BS SCIENCE TEACHING BS-MLEV-E MLEV + E204 MIDDLE-LEVEL EDUCATION (MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EMPHASIS) *Students who started college prior to 2020-21 are not eligible.
BA-SECE-E SECE + E101 SECONDARY EDUCATION (MATHEMATICS EMPHASIS) BS-MTCH-E MTCH MATHEMATICS TEACHING BS-BIOE-F BIOE BIOENGINEERING BS-CHEN-F CHEN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING BS-CIVE-F CIVE CIVIL ENGINEERING BS-CPEN-F CPEN COMPUTER ENGINEERING BS-ELEN-F ELEN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING BS-ENVE-F ENVE ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING BS-INEN-F INEN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING BS-MSE-F MSE MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING BS-ME-F ME MECHANICAL ENGINEERING BS-NURS-C NURS NURSING BS_NURS-C NURS NURSING (RN to BSN) BS-HLTH-C HLTH HEALTH SCIENCE BS-BIOC-G BIOC BIOCHEMISTRY BA-BIOS-G BIOS BA BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BS-BIOS-G BIOS BS BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BA-CHEM-G CHEM BA CHEMISTRY BS-CHEM-G CHEM CHEMISTRY BS-CIS-F CIS COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS BA-CPSC-F CPSC BA COMPUTER SCIENCE BS-CPSC-F CPSC BS COMPUTER SCIENCE BS-GEN-G GEN GENETICS BA-GEOL-F GEOL BA GEOLOGY BS-GEOL-F GEOL BS GEOLOGY BA-MTHS-G MTHS BA MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES BS-MTHS-G MTHS BS MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES BS-MICR-G MICR MICROBIOLOGY BS-NCSM-B NCSM CONSTRUCTION SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT *Students who started college prior to 2022-2023 are not eligible.
BA-PHYS-G PHYS BA PHYSICS BS-PHYS-G PHYS BS PHYSICS BS-AGED-A AGED AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION BS-AGME-A AGME AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION AND BUSINESS BS-ENR-A ENR ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES BS-FORM-A FORM FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BS-TURF-A TURF TURFGRASS BS-WFB-A WFB WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES BIOLOGY UD-PPFH-G PPFH PRE-PROFESSIONAL HEALTH STUDIES UD-PRPH-G PRPH PRE-PHARMACY UD-PREH-G PREH PRE-REHABILITATION SCIENCES SPECIAL NOTE: General engineering (major code GENG) does not qualify for the Palmetto Fellows or LIFE enhancements. Engineering students must be in one of the specific disciplines listed above.
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Approved STEM Enhancement Courses
Approved STEM courses that meet the 14-hour requirement COURSE COURSE DESCRIPTION ACCT ACCOUNTING* AFLS AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND LIFE SCIENCES ASTR ASTRONOMY AUE AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING AVS ANIMAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE BE BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING BIOE BIOENGINEERING BCHM BIOCHEMISTRY BIOL BIOLOGY BIOS BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BMOL BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING BOT BOTANY BT BIOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY CE CIVIL ENGINEERING CME CERAMIC AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING CES COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING OF SCIENCE CH CHEMISTRY CHE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CPSC COMPUTER SCIENCE CSEN CROP AND SOIL ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CVT CARDIOVASCULAR TECHNOLOGY DPA DIGITAL PRODUCTION ARTS ECE ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING EG ENGINEERING GRAPHICS EM ENGINEERING MECHANICS EES ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE ENSP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLICY ENGR ENGINEERING ENT ENTOMOLOGY ESED ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE EDUCATION ETOX ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY EXST EXPERIMENTAL STATISTICS FDHN FOOD SCIENCE AND HUMAN NUTRITION FDTH FOOD TECHNOLOGY GEN GENETICS GEOL GEOLOGY HCG HEALTH CARE GENETICS HLTH HEALTH HORT HORTICULTURE IE INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING IPM INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT ME MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MICR MICROBIOLOGY MSE MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING MATH MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES MTHS MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES NURS NURSING NUTR NUTRITION PES PLANT AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE PFC POLYMER AND FIBER CHEMISTRY PHSC PHYSICAL SCIENCE PHYS PHYSICS PKSC PACKAGING SCIENCE PLPA PLANT PATHOLOGY PLPH PLANT PHYSIOLOGY SSCS SOILS AND SUSTAINABLE CROP SYSTEMS STAT STATISTICS STS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY SYSE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING TEXT TEXTILES NOTE: EX ST, CP SC AND MTHSC meet the match requirement. All others meet the science requirement.
*ACCT 2010 is the only approved ACCT course meeting the 14-hour requirement for accounting majors
Eligibility for Education Enhancement
- Enrolled full-time as a degree-seeking undergraduate student
- Be a recipient of the LIFE or Palmetto Fellows Scholarship
- Complete 30 credit hours post high school graduation
- Pursue an approved education, science education or math education major
- Submit an Education Enhancement Agreement each year
Education Enhancement Agreement
The Education Enhancement requires recipients to submit an agreement requiring teaching service in an eligible South Carolina public school for each year the award is received. Recipients who fail to fulfill the teaching service requirements must repay applicable Enhancement funds received.
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Eligible Education Enhancement Majors
Current Eligible Education Majors MAJOR CODE PROGRAM BA-ECHE-E ECHE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION BA-ELED-E ELED ELEMENTARY EDUCATION BA-MLED-E MLED MODERN LANGUAGE EDUCATION, SPANISH BA-MLED-E MLED MODERN LANGUAGE EDUCATION, FRENCH BA-MLED-E MLED MODERN LANGUAGE EDUCATION, ASL BS-STCH-E STCH BS SCIENCE TEACHING BS-STCH-E STCH BS SCIENCE TEACHING, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE BA-STCH-E STCH BA SCIENCE TEACHING, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE BA-STCH-E STCH BA SCIENCE TEACHING, CHEMISTRY BA-STCH-E STCH BA SCIENCE TEACHING, PHYSICS BA-SECE-E SECE SECONDARY EDUCATION, ENGLISH BA-SECE-E SECE SECONDARY EDUCATION, MATHEMATICS BA-SECE-E SECE SECONDARY EDUCATION, SOCIAL STUDIES BA-SPED-E SPED SPECIAL EDUCATION BS-AGED-A AGED AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION TEACHING BS-MTCH-E MTCH MATHEMATICS TEACHING BS-MLEV-E EDML MIDDLE LEVEL EDUCATION, ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS BS-MLEV-E MLEV MIDDLE LEVEL EDUCATION, MATHEMATICS BS-MLEV-E MLEV MIDDLE LEVEL EDUCATION, SCIENCE BS-MLEV-E MLEV MIDDLE LEVEL EDUCATION, SOCIAL STUDIES
Additional Details
Renewal Requirements
To renew the Enhancement award for each year following initial eligibility, students must:
- Remain eligible for LIFE or Palmetto Fellows Scholarship
- Be in an eligible STEM or education major
- If majoring in education, complete the Education Enhancement Agreement each year
Major Changes
State Scholarship Enhancements will not be awarded or removed mid-academic year. Eligible students who change in to an approved Enhancement major will begin receiving the Enhancement award the following academic year. For students who change out of an approved Enhancement major, they will receive the award until the end of the current academic year.