60 Credits
The English Transfer Pathway AA offers students a powerful option: the opportunity to complete an Associate of Arts degree that directly transfers to a designated English bachelor’s degree program at Minnesota State universities. The curriculum has been designed so that students completing this pathway and transferring to one of the seven Minnesota State universities enter the university with junior-year status. Students must take one course from each of four designated content areas: introduction to literary studies, a literature survey course, a diverse literature course, and a writing for a specific purpose course. Within the last three content areas, students at Normandale can choose from several possible courses. 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.
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.
Complete one of the following four courses
Complete one of the following six courses
Complete one of the following six courses
Required Courses
Incorporate the following Required Courses into the General Education/Minnesota Transfer Curriculum or Additional Course Requirements sections below.
| ENGL 2000 | Introduction to Literary Studies: Writing About Literature | 3 cr |
General Education/Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) – 40 Credits
*See MnTC Curriculum for specific course options
Goal 1: Communication – 2 Courses
Goal 2: Critical Thinking
(met by completion of all 40 credits of the MnTC)
Goal 3: Natural Sciences – 2 Courses
(Select from two different departments; at least one must include a lab)
Course #1 _______________
Course #2 _______________
Goal 4: Mathematical/Logical Reasoning – 1 Course
Course __________________
Goal 5: History and Social/Behavioral Sciences – 2 Courses
(Select from two different departments)
Course #1 _______________
Course #2 _______________
Goal 6: Humanities and Fine Arts 2 Courses
Met by taking required ENGW and ENGL courses.
Goal 7: Human Diversity – 1 Course
Course__________________
Goal 8: Global Perspective – 1 Course
Course_______________
Goal 9: Ethical and Civic Responsibility – 1 Course
Course __________________
Goal 10: People and The Environment – 1 Course
Course __________________
Additional Course Requirements – 7 Credits
- One Health (HLTH) course.
- One Exercise Science (EXSC) course.
- Elective credits – additional course(s) numbered 1000 and above, if needed to complete the 60-credit requirement (The department highly recommends that students fulfill these remaining credits with courses emphasizing an area of literature not addressed via the above requirements and/or courses that emphasize writing that requires research and MLA citation. For example, these may include writing intensive literature courses and/or advanced composition courses. Also, students planning to transfer into a specific English track, such as creative writing, at the receiving institution may fulfill these 7 credits with classes specifically aimed at that specific track.