Academic Programs

*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.

Notes:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.