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Associate in Arts Degree and
the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum

                                    FOR USE WITH 2008-2009 CATALOG

The general education portion of the Associate in Arts in Liberal Education is also know as the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC).

The Minnesota Transfer Curriculum is a collaborative effort among all Minnesota two and four-year public colleges and universities to help students transfer their work in general education. Completion of a defined transfer curriculum at one institution will enable a student to receive credit for all lower-division general education upon admission to any other institution.

The Associate in Arts Degree (AA Degree), which includes MnTC, meets the general education requirements for graduation from Minnesota State Universities, and the University of Minnesota. The following schools also accept the AA Degree as satisfying their general education requirements.
   Minnesota schools: Argosy University, Augsburg College, Bethany Lutheran College, Capella University, College of St. Scholastica, Concordia University in St. Paul, and St. Mary's University.
   North Dakota schools: Mayville State University, North Dakota State University, and the University of North Dakota.
   Wisconsin schools: Northland College, UW-River Falls, UW-Stout, and UW-Superior.

Students seeking an AA Degree must complete the MnTC requirements and additional elective coursework (including Health and Exercise Science) for a total of 64 college-level semester credits.

GOAL 1 - COMMUNICATION - 2 courses

• Take ENGC 1101
• Select one: COMM 1100, 1101, 1111, 1121

GOAL 2 - CRITICAL THINKING

• Critical thinking is infused into the curriculum and is met by completion of all 40 credits of the MnTC.

GOAL 3 - NATURAL SCIENCES - 2 courses

• Select two courses from a minimum of two departments, one of which must include a laboratory experience (lab courses identified with *):
• BIOL 1007*, 1101*, 1102*, 1103*, 1104*, 1105*, 1106*, 1110, 1125, 1142*, 2202*, 2203*, 2204*, 2205*
• CHEM 1010*, 1020*, 1050*, 1061*, 1062*, 2058*, 2059*, 2061*, 2062*
• GEOG 1101*, 1172*
• GEOL 1101*, 1102*, 1110, (1110 + 1111*), 1120
• PHYS 1050*, 1060*, 1104, 1110*, 1111*, 1114*, 1121*, 1122*, 1201*, 1202*

GOAL 4 - MATHEMATICAL / LOGICAL REASONING - 1 course

• Select one course:
• CSCI 2011
• MATH 1020, 1050, 1060, 1070, 1080, 1100, 1200, 1400, 1500, 1510, 1520, 2400, 2510, 2520, 2700
• PHIL 1102

GOAL 5 - HISTORY AND SOCIAL / BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES - 2 courses

• Select two courses from a minimum of two departments:
• ANTH 1101, 1121, 1125, 1126, 1127, 1150, 1188
• COMM 1106, 2111
• ECON 1200, 1400, 2201, 2202
• GEOG 1102, 1103, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124
• HIST 1101, 1102, 1103, 1111, 1112, 1131, 1133, 2101
• POLS 1130, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1150, 2253, 2254
• PYSC 1100, 1109, 1110, 1120, 1220, 2200, 2210, 2300, 2400
• SOC 1100, 1101, 1102, 1104, 1106, 1115, 1121, 2108, 2110, 2112, 2114, 2125
• WMST 1101, 1121

GOAL 6 - THE HUMANITIES AND THE FINE ARTS - 2 courses

• Select two courses from a minimum of two departments:
• ART 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1113, 1114, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127, 2201, 2203, 2204, 2205, 2206 2222, 2252, 2253
• ENGL 1000, 1130, 1140, 1150, 1160, 1161, 1186, 1187, 1188, 1189, 2120, 2130, 2131, 2133, 2150, 2151, 2160, 2161
• ENGW 1111, 2112, 2113, 2114, 2115
• FREN 1111
• GERM 1111
• JAPN 1111
• MUSC 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1131, 1132, 2231, 2232, 2245, 2246, 2247
• PHIL 1101, 1103, 1150, 1160
• SPAN 1111
• THTR 1111, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1130, 1140, 1145, 1151, 2020, 2151, 2520

GOAL 7 - HUMAN DIVERSITY - 1 course

• Select one course:
• ANTH 1150, 1899
• BIOL 1125
• COMM 1131, 1141
• ENGL 1130, 1160, 1161, 2130, 2131, 2133
• GEOG 1125, 1170
• HIST 1111, 1112
• MUSC 1123
• PSYC 1106, 1108, 1140, 1220, 2200, 2210, 2400
• SOC 1100, 1103, 1115, 2108, 2110, 2114
• THTR 1111, 1117, 1118

GOAL 8 - GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE - 1 course

• Select one course:
• ANTH 1101, 1121, 1127, 1188, 1899
• ART 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105
• BIOL 1103
• ECON 2202
• FREN 1111, 2100, 2200
• GEOG 1102, 1103, 1121, 1122, 1124
• GERM 1111, 2100, 2200
• HIST 1101, 1102, 1103, 1131, 2101
• JAPN 1111, 2100, 2200
• MUSC 1121
• PHIL 1150
• POLS 1132, 1133, 1150
• SOC 1101, 1106, 1121
• SPAN 1111, 2100, 2200
• WMST 1121

GOAL 9 - ETHICAL AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY - 1 course

• Select one course:
• COMM 1106
• ECON 1100, 1200, 1400, 2201
• ENGL 2150, 2151
• GEOG 1170
• PHIL 1103, 1140
• POLS 1130, 1134, 1135, 2253, 2254
• PSYC 1108
• SOC 1103, 2125, 2130

GOAL 10 - PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT - 1 course

• Select one course:
• ANTH 1125, 1126
• BIOL 1104*, 1110
• CHEM 1010*
• GEOG 1101*, 1123, 1125, 1172*
• GEOL 1101*, 1110, (1110 + 1111*), 1120
• HIST 1133
• PHIL 1140

MINNESOTA TRANSFER CURRICULUM

Completing this Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) requirement alone satisfies the lower division general education requirement at all Minnesota two and four-year public colleges and universities.

To complete the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum students must:

• Complete all ten goals.
• Complete at least 40 college-level credits from courses listed within the MnTC.
• Earn a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher in coursework completed at Normandale.
• Earn a minimum of 30 college-level credits at Normandale (20 credits if 10 credits have been transferred from another MnSCU institution) or earn 15 of the last 20 credits at Normandale.

ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE / GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS:

1. Complete a total of 64 semester credits numbered 1000 and above (college level) as described below:
   a. Complete the MnTC
   b. Complete a Health course
   c. Complete an Exercise Science course
   d. Complete electives to meet 64 semester credits
   e. 50 of the 64 credits must be earned at Normandale (41 credits at
       Normandale if 9 credits have been transferred in from other Minnesota
       Community Colleges or State Universities), OR
   f. 20 of the last 28 credits must be earned at Normandale (11 credits at
       Normandale if 9 of the last 28 credits have been transferred in from other
       Minnesota Community Colleges or State Universities)
   NOTE: Credits from repeated courses count only once unless otherwise specified; i.e. MUSC 1113, 1116, THTR 1122
2. Achieve cumulative GPA 2.0 or above on Normandale courses 1000 and above for AA degree or MnTC certification
3. File a graduation application during the first month of the semester you plan to complete your coursework

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updated May 2008