Academic ProgramsCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences – NC State University

• Impacts reputation of NC State in the sciences

• Most diverse on campus and includes classrooms, teaching laboratories, field laboratories, greenhouses, and farms

• Space is limiting factor and SCHs are limited by space constraints

Undergraduate Student EnrollmentCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences – NC State University

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Fall Semester

Student Enrollment – Agricultural Institute*Fall Semester

0

100

200

300

400

500

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

* Associate Degree Granting Program

Graduate Student EnrollmentCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences – NC State University

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1000

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total Student EnrollmentCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences – NC State University

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Fall Semester

Enrollment by Area of StudyCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences – NC State University

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

3,500

4,000

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Ag Related* Life Science Related**

*Ag&Ext Edu; Ag&Resource Econ; Bio&Ag Engineering; Animal Sci; Crop Sci; Food Sci;Hort; Poultry Sci; Soil Sci

** Biology; Botany; Microbiology; Soc&Ant; Biochemistry; Zoology

Enrollment in Selected Life Science CoursesCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences – NC State University

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06

100-Level Biology 100-Level Zoology BCH,BO,GN,MB

Academic Year

Number of Sections OfferedCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences – NC State University

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06

Academic Year

Number of Student Credit and Contact Hours Generated

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences – NC State University

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06

Credit Hours Contact Hours

Academic Year

Teaching SpaceCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences – NC State University

• 29 110 Classrooms – Only 6 with between 75 and 100 seats– Only 4 over 100 seats (120, 141, 218 and 247)

• 40,586 sq.ft. in 210 Class Laboratory– Only 30,000 sq.ft. in actual wet labs on-campus– Only 32 rooms with an average of 23 student stations

• 49,000 sq.ft. in 220 Open Laboratory– Mostly related to agricultural programs and field labs

Projections – Academic ProgramsCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences – NC State University

• CALS enrollment will remain at 16-20% of the total at NC State

• Increase in demand for biology (life science) courses

• Will need to add 150 seats annually to biology and 75 seats annually to courses in microbiology, genetics and biochemistry in next five years

• Will need to add 25 seats annually to Animal Science courses

Needs – Academic ProgramsCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences – NC State University

• Teaching laboratory space (20,000 sq. ft.)

• Classrooms in multiples of 50

• Several more 200 seat classrooms

• At least one 400-500 seat classroom