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Codes in parenthesis indicate that the identified course also meets the graduation requirements in another category:
CO = Communication
CT = Critical Thinking
DI = Human Diversity
EN = People and the Environment
ET = Ethic and Civic Responsibility
GL = Global Perspective
HI = History
HU = Humanities and Fine Arts
MA = Mathematical/Logical Reasoning
NS = Natural Sciences
SO = Social and Behavioral Sciences
AA > 60 CREDITS TOTAL
Areas 1 - 6 and PE: Minimum requirements in parentheses.
40 credits minimum required in Areas 1 - 10.
AS > 60-64 CREDITS TOTAL
Areas 1 - 6: Minimum requirements in parentheses (must total 30 credits).
AAS > 18-20 CREDITS TOTAL
3 credits minimum required in each Area: 1, 3 or 4, 5A or 5B, and 6.
MNTC > 40 CREDITS TOTAL
A minimum of 3 credits per Goal Areas 1 - 10.
Note: A listed course may meet two (2) competency areas, but credits will be counted only once.
* Denotes literature course
2.0 minimum GPA required for MNTC and all above-stated degrees. May include accepted transfer credits.
PART I
GOAL 1 - COMMUNICATION (CO): (9 Credits Minimum)
Goal: To develop writers and speakers who use the English language effectively and who read, write, speak, and listen critically. As a base, all students should complete introductory communication requirements early in the collegiate studies. Writing competency is an ongoing process to be reinforced through writing-intensive courses and writing across the curriculum. Speaking and listening skills need reinforcement through multiple opportunities for interpersonal communication, public speaking, and discussion.
ENGL 1106 College Composition I (Required) (3 credits)
ENGL 1109 College Composition II
(Required for AA) (3 credits)(HU)
AND FOR AA - ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
SPCH 1100 Fundamentals of Human Communication (3 credits)
SPCH 1105 Interpersonal Communication (3 credits)
SPCH 1110 Methods of Public Speaking (3 credits)
SPCH 1115 Intercultural Communication (3 credits)(DI)
GOAL 2 - CRITICAL THINKING (CT): Requirements met by 40 credit MTC requirement.
Goal: To develop thinkers who are able to unify factual, creative, rational, and value-sensitive modes of thought. Critical thinking skills will be taught and used throughout the General Education Curriculum in order to develop student awareness of their own thinking and problem-solving procedures. To integrate new skills into their customary ways of thinking, students must be actively engaged in practicing thinking skills and applying them to open-ended problems.
Infused Across the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum Courses.
GOAL 3 -NATURAL SCIENCES (NS): (6 Credits Minimum) (Select two courses from the following list of laboratory science courses.)
Goal: To improve a student's understanding of natural science principles and of the methods of scientific inquiry (i.e., the ways in which scientists investigate natural science phenomena.) As a basis for lifelong learning, students need to know the vocabulary of science, and to realize that while a set of principles has been developed through the work of previous scientists, ongoing scientific inquiry and new knowledge will bring changes in some of the ways scientists view the world. By studying the problems that engage today's scientists, students learn to appreciate the importance in their lives and to understand the value of a scientific perspective.
BIOL 1001 Human Body in Health and Disease (5 credits)
BIOL 1105 Biology of Women (3 credits)(DI)
BIOL 1110 Minnesota's Natural Heritage (4 credits)(EN)
BIOL 1120 Principles of General Biology (5 credits)(EN)
BIOL 1130 General Biology of Organisms (5 credits)(EN)
BIOL 1140 Human Anatomy and Physiology I (4 credits)
BIOL 1141 Human Anatomy and Physiology II (4 credits)
BIOL 1150 Human Anatomy (5 credits)
BIOL 1160 Human Physiology (4 credits)
BIOL 1170 Microbiology (3 credits)
BIOL 2160 Advanced Physiology (2 credits)
BIOL 2200 General Ecology (4 credits)(EN)
BIOL 2205 Limnology (3 credits)(EN)
BIOL 2300 Student Research (1-3 credits)
BIOL 2400 Topics in Biology (1-3 credits)
CHEM 1110 Aspects of Chemistry I (3 credits)
CHEM 1111 Aspects of Chemistry II (2 credits)
CHEM 1210 General Chemistry I (5 credits)
CHEM 1211 General Chemistry I (5 credits)
CHEM 1310 General Chemistry of Solutions (3 credits)
CHEM 2110 Organic Chemistry I (5 credits)
CHEM 2111 Organic Chemistry II (5 credits)
ENSC 1200 Introduction to Environmental Science (4 credits)(EN)
GEOG 1120 Physical Geography (4 credits)(EN)
GEOL 1110 Introduction to Geology (4 credits)(EN)
PHYS 1001 Fundamental Concepts of Physics (4 credits)
PHYS 1101 Introductory Astronomy (4 credits)(MA)
PHYS 1170 Physics for the Medical Community (4 credits)
PHYS 1201 Introduction to Physics I (5 credits)
PHYS 1202 Introduction to Physics II (5 credits)
PHYS 2201 General Physics I (5 credits)
PHYS 2202 General Physics II (5 credits)
GOAL 4 - MATHEMATICAL/LOGICAL REASONING (MA): (3 Credit Minimum) ONE COURSE IS REQUIRED.
Goal: To increase a student's knowledge about mathematical and logical modes of thinking. This will enable students to appreciate the breadth of applications of mathematics, evaluate arguments, and detect fallacious reasoning. Students will learn to apply mathematics, logic, and/or statistics to help them make decisions in their lives and careers. Minnesota's public higher education systems have agreed that developmental mathematics includes the first three years of a high school mathematics sequence through intermediate algebra.
MATH 1100 College Algebra (4 credits)
MATH 1105 Principles of Mathematics (3 credits)
MATH 1110 Finite Mathematics (4 credits)
MATH 1120 Survey of Calculus (3 credits)
MATH 1130 Trigonometry (3 credits)
MATH 1150 Pre-Calculus (4 credits)
MATH 2204 Calculus I (5 credits)
MATH 2205 Calculus II (5 credits)
MATH 2206 Multi-Variable Calculus (4 credits)
MATH 2215 Introduction to Linear Algebra (3 credits)
MATH 2220 Differential Equations (4 credits)
PHIL 1125 Logic (3 credits)(HU)
PHYS 1101 Introductory Astronomy (3 credits)(NS)
STAT 2210 General Statistics (3 credits)
GOAL 5A - HISTORY (HI): AA = Total (9 Credits Minimum) between Goal 5A and Goal 5B - ONE COURSE IS REQUIRED FROM 5A.
Goal: To increase a student's knowledge of how historians discover, describe, and explain the behaviors and interactions among individuals, groups, institutions, events, and ideas. Such knowledge will better equip students to understand themselves and the roles they play in addressing the issues facing humanity.
ART 1120 Introduction to Art History (3 credits)(HU)
ART 1138 Ceramics I (3 credits)(HU)
ART 1139 Ceramics II (3 credits)(HU)
ART 1140 Ceramics III (3 credits)(HU)
ART 1145 Fibers (3 credits)(HU)
ART 1210 Three-Dimensional Design (3 credits)(HU)
ART 1300 Sculpture Workshop (1 credit)(HU)
ART 1305 Ceramic Workshop (1 credit)(HU)
ART 2100 Sculpture (3 credits)(HU)
ART 2105 Sculptural Casting in Clay (3 credits)(HU)
HIST 1110 European History 3000 B.C. to 1870 (3 credits)(DI)
HIST 1120 European History 1870 to Present (3 credits)(HU)
HIST 1210 American History 1640 to 1876 (3 credits)(DI)
HIST 1220 American History 1876 to Present (3 credits)(DI)
HIST 2110 Minnesota History (3 credits)
HIST 2130 Vietnam: America's Longest War (3 credits)(ET)
HUM 1105 Introduction to Popular Culture (3 credits)(HU)
HUM 1110 The Bible as Literature (3 credits)(HU)*
HUM 1125 Introduction to the Arthurian Legend (3 credits)(HU)*
HUM 2010 Understanding Archetype, Dream, and Symbol (3 credits)(HU)*
GOAL 5B - SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (S0):
AA = Total (9 Credits Minimum) between Goal 5A and Goal 5B - ONE COURSE IS REQUIRED FROM 5B.
Goal: To increase a student's knowledge of how social and behavioral scientists discover, describe, and explain the behaviors and interactions among individuals, groups, institutions, events, and ideas. Such knowledge will better equip students to understand themselves and the roles they play in addressing the issues facing humanity.
ANTH 1110 Cultural Anthropology (3 credits)(GL)
ANTH 1120 Cultures of North American Indians (3 credits)(GL)
ANTH 1125 Physical Anthropology and Archaeology (3 credits)(GL)
ANTH 2115 World Ethnography (3 credits)(EN)
ECON 1100 Introduction to Economics (3 credits)(GL)
ECON 1150 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics (3 credits)(GL)
ECON 1160 Principles of Economics: Microeconomics (3 credits)
GEOG 1110 Human Geography (3 credits)(GL)
HUM 2100 Children's Media - Origins and Interpretations (3 credits)(HU)*
PSCI 1110 American Government (3 credits)(ET)
PSCI 1120 Introduction to Political Science (3 credits)(ET)
PSCI 1130 State and Local Government (3 credits)(ET)
PSCI 1140 International Politics (3 credits)(GL)
PSYC 1120 General Psychology (3 credits)(DI)
PSYC 1135 Human Development (3 credits)(DI)
PSYC 2125 Child Psychology (3 credits)
PSYC 2130 Adolescent Psychology (3 credits)
PSYC 2140 Abnormal Psychology (3 credits)(DI)
PSYC 2150 Psychology of Aging and Elderly (3 credits)(DI)
SOC 1111 Introduction to Sociology (3 credits)(DI)
SOC 1112 Comparative Sociology (3 credits)(DI)
SOC 1125 Social Deviance (3 credits)(GL)
SOC 1130 Crime and Delinquency (3 credits)
SOC 1140 Marriages and Families (3 credits)(DI)
SOC 1145 Race, Class, and Gender (3 credits)(DI)
SOC 1150 Introduction to Women's Studies (3 credits)(DI)
SOC 1155 Human Sexuality (3 credits)(DI)
SOC 2120 Social Problems (3 credits)(DI)
SOC 2121 Social Solutions: The Sociology of Positive Social Change (3 credits)(GL)
SOC 2122 Sociology of the Community (3 credits)(GL)
SOC 2170 Sociology of Birth and Death (3 credits)
SOC 2171 Sociology of Sport (3 credits)(DI)
GOAL 6 - HUMANITIES AND FINE ARTS (HU):
(9 Credits Minimum MUST Include One Literature Course. No More Than Three (3) One-Credit Courses in Art, Humanities, Music, Spanish, or Theater May Be Used.) Languages Do NOT Fulfill the MNTC.
Goal: To expand a student's knowledge of the human condition and cultures, especially in relation to behavior, ideas, and values expressed in works of human imagination and thought. Through study in disciplines such as literature, philosophy, and the fine arts, students will engage in critical analysis, form aesthetic judgments, and develop an appreciation of the arts and humanities as fundamental to the health and survival of any society. Students should have experiences in both the arts and humanities.
ART 1110 Two-Dimensional Design (3 credits)
ART 1115 Painting I (3 credits)
ART 1116 Advanced Painting (3 credits)
ART 1120 Introduction to Art History (3 credits)(HI)
ART 1125 Watercolor (3 credits)
ART 1130 Introduction to the Studio Arts (3 credits)(ET)
ART 1138 Ceramics I (3 credits)(HI)
ART 1139 Ceramics II (3 credits)(HI)
ART 1140 Ceramics III (3 credits)(HI)
ART 1145 Fibers (3 credits)(HI)
ART 1151 Drawing I (3 credits)
ART 1152 Drawing II (3 credits)
ART 1160 Printmaking (3 credits)
ART 1199 Special Topics in Art (1-3 credits)
ART 1210 Three-Dimensional Design (3 credits)(HI)
ART 1300 Sculpture Workshop (3 credits)(HI)
ART 1305 Ceramic Workshop (3 credits)(HI)
ART 2100 Sculpture (3 credits)(HI)
ART 2105 Sculptural Casting in Clay (3 credits)(HI)
ART 2199 Independent Study (1 credit)
ENGL 1100 Creative Writing (3 credits)
ENGL 1109 College Composition II (3 credits)(CO)
ENGL 1110 Literature of the American West (3 credits)*
ENGL 1115 Introduction to Literature: The Short Story (3 credits)*
ENGL 1120 Introduction to Literature: The Novel (3 credits)*
ENGL 1130 Science Fiction (3 credits)*
ENGL 1140 Introduction to Literature: Poetry (3 credits)*
ENGL 1150 Multicultural Literature (3 credits)*
ENGL 1170 From Literature to Film (3 credits)*
ENGL 1210 Introduction to Literature: Drama (3 credits)*
ENGL 2101 English Literature 12th to 17th Century (3 credits)*
ENGL 2102 English Literature 18th Century to Present (3 credits)*
ENGL 2105 American Literature I (3 credits)*
ENGL 2106 American Literature II (3 credits)*
ENGL 2120 Introduction to African-American Literature (3 credits)(DI)*
ENGL 2130 Introduction to Native American Literature (3 credits)(DI)*
ENGL 2140 World Literature (3 credits)(GL)*
ENGL 2150 Shakespeare, the Elizabethan Age, and Contemporary Perspectives (3 credits)(GL)*
HIST 1120 European History 1870 to Present (3 credits)(HI)
HUM 1101 Introduction to Humanities: The Classical Through Medieval Periods (3 credits)(GL)
HUM 1102 Introduction to Humanities: The Renaissance Through the Contemporary
Periods (3 credits)(GL)
HUM 1105 Introduction to Popular Culture (3 credits)(HI)
HUM 1110 The Bible as Literature (3 credits)(HI)*
HUM 1125 Introduction to Humanities: The Arthurian Legend (3 credits)(HI)*
HUM 1130 Comparative Religion (3 credits)(GL)
HUM 1135 Utopian Images: Fiction and Fact (3 credits)(DI)*
HUM 1140 Modern Fantasy (3 credits)(DI)*
HUM 1160 Classified Greek and Roman Mythology (3 credits)(GL)*
HUM 1180 Comparative Mythology (3 credits)(DI)*
HUM 1190 Folklore (3 credits)(GL)*
HUM 2000 Topics in Humanities (1 credit)
HUM 2010 Understanding Archetype, Dream, and Symbol (3 credits)(HI)*
HUM 2100 Children's Media - Origins & Interpretations (3 credits)(SO)*
MUSC 1105 America's Music (3 credits)
MUSC 1110 Appreciation of Music (3 credits)
MUSC 1120 Fundamentals of Music (3 credits)
MUSC 1160 Applied Music (1 credit)
MUSC 1170 Advanced Music - Intensive Study (2 credits)
PHIL 1120 Introduction to Philosophy (3 credits)
PHIL 1125 Logic (3 credits)(MA)
PHIL 1130 Ethics (3 credits)(ET)
PHIL 1140 Critical Thinking (3 credits)
PHIL 2140 Philosophy of Religion (3 credits)
PHIL 2150 Political Philosophy (3 credits)(ET)
PHIL 2999 Topics in Philosophy (1-3 credits)
SPAN 1800 Spanish Abroad: Mexico (2 credits)(GL)
THTR 1100 Theater Production (1 credit)
THTR 1110 Stage Lighting (3 credits)
THTR 1115 Sound Design (3 credits)
THTR 1120 Stage Makeup (3 credits)
THTR 1125 Costume Construction (3 credits)
THTR 1130 Set Design (3 credits)
THTR 1135 Stage Craft (3 credits)
THTR 1200 Introduction to the Theater (3 credits)
THTR 1211 Acting I (3 credits)
THTR 1212 Acting II (3 credits)
THTR 1240 Introduction to Stage Directing (3 credits)
THTR 1300 Directing Workshop (1-3 credits)
GOAL 7 - HUMAN DIVERSITY (DI): 3 Credits Minimum)
Goal: To increase a student's understanding of individual and group differences (i.e., race, gender, class) and their knowledge of the traditions and values of various groups in the United States. Students should be able to evaluate the United States' historical and contemporary responses to group differences.
BIOL 1105 Biology of Women (3 credits)(NS)
ENGL 2120 Introduction to African-American Literature (3 credits)(HU)*
ENGL 2130 Introduction to Native American Literature (3 credits)(HU)*
HIST 1110 European History 3000 B.C. - 1870 (3 credits)(HI)
HIST 1210 American History 1640 - 1876 (3 credits)(HI)
HIST 1220 American History 1876 to Present (3 credits)(HI)
HUM 1135 Utopian Images: Fiction and Fact (3 credits)(HU)*
HUM 1140 Modern Fantasy (3 credits)(HU)*
HUM 1180 Comparative Mythology (3 credits)(HU)*
MCS 2301 Study Abroad: Europe (1-3 credits)(GL)
PSYC 1120 General Psychology (3 credits)(SO)
PSYC 1135 Human Development (3 credits)(SO)
PSYC 2140 Abnormal Psychology (3 credits)(SO)
PSYC 2150 Psychology of Aging and Elderly (3 credits)(SO)
SOC 1111 Introduction to Sociology (3 credits)(SO)
SOC 1112 Comparative Sociology (3 credits)(SO)
SOC 1114 Introduction to Criminal Justice (3 credits)(ET)
SOC 1135 Introduction to African-American Culture (2 credits)(GL)
SOC 1140 Marriages and Families (3 credits)(SO)
SOC 1145 Race, Class, and Gender (3 credits)(SO)
SOC 1150 Introduction to Women's Studies (3 credits)(SO)
SOC 1155 Human Sexuality (3 credits)(SO)
SOC 1175 Introduction to Gerontology (3 credits)(GL)
SOC 2120 Social Problems (3 credits)(SO)
SOC 2171 Sociology of Sport (3 credits)(SO)
SPCH 1115 Intercultural Communication (3 credits)(CO)
GOAL 8 - GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE (GL): (3 Credits Minimum)
Goal: To increase a student's understanding of the growing interdependence of nations and peoples and develop their ability to apply a comparative perspective to cross-cultural social, economic, and political experiences.
ANTH 1110 Cultural Anthropology (3 credits)(SO)
ANTH 1120 Cultures of North American Indians (3 credits)(SO)
ANTH 1125 Physical Anthropology and Archaeology (3 credits)(SO)
ANTH 1200 Anthropological Field Experience Abroad (3 credits)
ANTH 1301 Cultures of Meso America (3 credits)(EN)
ECON 1100 Introduction to Economics (3 credits)(SO)
ECON 1150 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics (3 credits)(SO)
ENGL 2140 World Literature (3 credits)(HU)*
ENGL 2150 Shakespeare, the Elizabethan Age, and Contemporary Perspectives (3 credits)(HU)*
GEOG 1110 Human Geography (3 credits)(SO)
HUM 1101 Introduction to Humanities: The Classical Through Medieval Periods (3 credits)(HU)
HUM 1102 Introduction to Humanities: The Renaissance Through the Contemporary Periods (3 credits)(HU)
HUM 1130 Comparative Religion (3 credits)(HU)
HUM 1160 Classified Greek and Roman Mythology (3 credits)(HU)*
HUM 1190 Folklore (3 credits)(HU)*
HUM 2010 Understanding Archetype, Dream, and Symbol (3 credits)(HU)*
MACO 1200 Introduction to Media: The Genres of Journalism (3 credits)(ET) MACO 1205 Introduction to Media: Journalistic Perspective (3 credits)(ET)
MCS 2301 Study Abroad: Europe (1-3 credits)(DI)
PSCI 1140 International Politics (3 credits)(SO)
SOC 1125 Social Deviance (3 credits)(SO)
SOC 1135 Introduction to African-American Culture (2 credits)(DI)
SOC 1175 Introduction to Gerontology (3 credits)(DI)
SOC 2121 Social Solutions: The Sociology of Positive Social Change (3 credits)(SO)
SOC 2122 Sociology of the Community (3 credits)(SO)
SPCH 1120 Media, Persuasion, and Society (3 credits)(ET)
GOAL 9 - ETHIC AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY (ET):
(3 Credit Minimum)
Goal: To develop a student's capacity to identify, discuss, and reflect upon the ethical dimensions of political, social, and personal life and to understand the ways in which they can exercise responsible and productive citizenship. While there are diverse views of social justice or the common good in a pluralistic society, students should learn that responsible citizenship requires them to develop skills to understand their own and others' positions, and be a part of the free function as public-minded citizens.
ART 1130 Introduction to the Studio Arts (3 credits)(HU)
HIST 2130 Vietnam: America's Longest War (3 credits)(HI)
MACO 1200 Introduction to Media: The Genres of Journalism (3 credits)(GL)
MACO 1205 Introduction to Media: Journalistic Perspective (3 credits)(GL)
PHIL 1130 Ethics (3 credits)(HU)
PHIL 2150 Political Philosophy (3 credits)(HU)
PSCI 1110 American Government (3 credits)(SO)
PSCI 1120 Introduction to Political Science (3 credits)(SO)
PSCI 1130 State and Local Government (3 credits)(SO)
SOC 1114 Introduction to Criminal Justice (3 credits)(DI)
SPCH 1120 Media, Persuasion, and Society (3 credits)(GL)
GOAL 10 - PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT (EN):
(3 credit minimum)
Goal: To improve a student's understanding of today's complex environmental challenges. Students will examine the interrelatedness of human society and the natural environment. Knowledge of both bio-physical principles and socio-cultural systems is the foundation for integrative and critical thinking about environmental issues.
ANTH 1301 Cultures of Meso America (3 credits)(GL)
ANTH 2115 World Ethnography (3 credits)(SO)
BIOL 1110 Minnesota's Natural Heritage (4 credits)(NS)
BIOL 1120 Principles of General Biology (5 credits)(NS)
BIOL 1130 General Biology of Organisms (5 credits)(NS)
BIOL 2200 General Ecology (4 credits)(NS)
BIOL 2205 Limnology (3 credits)(NS)
ENSC 1200 Introduction to Environmental Science (4 credits)(NS)
GEOG 1120 Physical Geography (4 credits)(NS)
GEOL 1110 Introduction to Geology (4 credits)(NS)
PART II
Additional AA Requirements - Physical Education requirements (2 Credits) Required for AA
PART III
Additional Elective Credits - (MUST BE ABOVE 1000) (A Maximum of 4 Workshop Credits Will Count Toward the AA) (18 Credits May Come From Occupational Courses)
Codes in parenthesis indicate that the identified course also meets the graduation requirements in another category:
CO = Communication
CT = Critical Thinking
DI = Human Diversity
EN = People and the Environment
ET = Ethic and Civic Responsibility
GL = Global Perspective
HI = History
HU = Humanities and Fine Arts
MA = Mathematical/Logical Reasoning
NS = Natural Sciences
SO = Social and Behavioral Sciences
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