The board of trustees administers NC State's eleven academic colleges. Each college grants its own degrees with the exception of the First Year College which provides incoming freshmen the opportunity to experience several disciplines before selecting a major. The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is the only college to offer associate degrees and the College of Veterinary Medicine does not grant undergraduate degrees. Each college is composed of numerous departments that focus on a particular discipline or degree program, for example Food Science, Civil Engineering, Genetics or Accounting. There are a total of 66 departments administered by all eleven NC State colleges.
the board of trustees administers nc state's eleven academic colleges each college grants its own degrees with the exception of the first year college which provides incoming freshmen the opportunity to experience several disciplines before selecting a major the college of agriculture and life sciences is the only college to offer associate degrees and the college of veterinary medicine does not grant undergraduate degrees each college is composed of numerous departments that focus on a particular discipline or degree program for example food science civil engineering genetics or accounting there are a total of 66 departments administered by all eleven nc state colleges