
Wicked Problems, Wolfpack Solutions
NC State multidisciplinary experience created for all incoming first-year and transfer students.
An Online Experience
Wicked Problems, Wolfpack Solutions is a special kind of multidisciplinary experience created for all incoming first-year and transfer students and their families.

Wicked Problems, Wolfpack Solutions aims to encourage students to discover more about various disciplines, to connect with the broader NC State community, and to apply and reflect on what and how they’re learning.
The experience is packaged as an online course available in WolfWare, NC State’s suite of academic technologies, giving incoming students experience with the technologies they’ll use during their academic careers before they begin their first semester at NC State.
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will be offered from June 26 – July 28, 2023, for first-year and transfer students.
Free Credit Hours
Students will earn two NC State credit hours at no cost.
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Instructions on how to get started and access the course content.
Incoming Students Resources
The Future of Food course ran for five weeks during Summer Session II, June 27 through July 29, 2022, and again from December 12, 2022, through January 8, 2023, for incoming spring students. After finishing the course, students earned two (2) NC State credit hours at no cost. Yes, two free credits toward your degree.
The course is not required; however, we encourage students to take advantage of this extraordinary opportunity created just for incoming students.
Wicked Problems, Wolfpack Solutions aims to encourage students to discover more about various disciplines, to connect with the broader NC State community, and to Think and Do, applying and reflecting upon what they’re learning.