Academic Programs
English Transfer Pathway, A.A.
Overview
The English Transfer Pathway AA offers students a powerful option: the opportunity to complete an Associate of Arts degree with course credits that directly transfer to designated English bachelor's degree programs at Minnesota State universities. The curriculum has been specifically designed so that students completing this pathway degree and transferring to one of the seven Minnesota State universities* enter the university with junior-year status. All courses in the Transfer Pathway associate degree will directly transfer and apply to the designated bachelor's degree programs in a related field.
Locations
Worthington
*Universities within the Minnesota State system include Bemidji State University;
Metropolitan State University; Minnesota State University, Mankato; Minnesota State
University Moorhead; Southwest Minnesota State University; St. Cloud State University;
and Winona State University.
This is one example of an English Transfer Pathway, AA degree.
Courses with an * are optional courses in this transfer pathway.
| COURSE # |
COURSE TITLE | CREDITS |
| Fall - Year 1 | ||
| ENGL 1105 | Introduction to Literature | 3 |
| * STSK 1110 | Freshman Seminar | 1 |
| * ENGL 1101 | Composition I | 3 |
| * CMST 1103 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| * BIOL 1100 | Survey of Biological Science | 3 |
| * PHIL 2101 | Ethics Theory and Practice | 3 |
| Credits Fall - Year 1 |
16 | |
| Spring Year 1 | ||
| ENGL 1102 | Composition II | 3 |
| ENGL 1120 | Introduction to Women's Literature | 3 |
| * PSYC 1101 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| * CMST 1150 | Exploring Mass Media | 3 |
| * SOC 1101 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| Credits Spring - Year 1 | 15 | |
| Total Credits Year 1 | 31 | |
| Fall - Year 2 | ||
| ENGL 2202 | Modern American Literature | 3 |
| * MATH 1107 | Concepts in Math | 3 |
| * PHYS 1100 | Survey of Physics | 3 |
| * NSCI 1100 | Issues in the Environment | 3 |
| * SOC 1102 | Social Problems | 3 |
| Credits Fall - Year 2 | 15 | |
| Spring - Year 2 | ||
| ENGL 2222 | Modern British Literature | 3 |
| * HIST 1111 | Early Western Civilization | 3 |
| * PSCI 2210 | Environmental Politics | 3 |
| * CSCI 1102 | Computer Applications I | 3 |
| * PHED 1106 | Psychology of Winning | 2 |
| Credits Spring - Year 2 | 14 | |
| TOTAL CREDITS | 60 |
Notes:
- Upon completion of this transfer pathway degree, students can transfer to a receiving Minnesota State Institution with junior standing. Four credits will transfer into at least one track (though, at each receiving school’s discretion, possibly more than one) of the receiving institution’s English major. Those four credits may be applied directly to a required major course when applicable at a particular receiving school or as an elective course in the major. Each receiving institution will make that determination. Thus, after completing the AA transfer pathway at a community college, a student transferring into a university that currently requires 40 credits of English Major coursework would only have to take 36 credits of English major coursework.
- Students completing the transfer pathway must complete one course of three or more credits in each of the four specified content areas even though some courses may, from a course outcome standpoint, meet the outcome requirements of more than one area. In other words, there are four content areas in the pathway and students must complete four courses to address those content areas.
- When possible, students are encouraged to take additional English courses beyond the four required by the transfer pathway to better prepare themselves for the major at the BA level. However, students must ensure that any classes they choose help them fulfill the MnTC requirements, and they should also know that there is no guarantee that such courses would transfer to the receiving institution’s English major.