2024-2025 Course Catalog

English Transfer Pathway (AA)

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

ENGL 2150American Literature 1

4 cr

ENGL 2151American Literature 2

4 cr

ENGL 2160British Writers 1

4 cr

ENGL 2161British Writers 2

4 cr

Complete one of the following six courses

ENGL 1130Literature of Diversity

3 cr

ENGL 1140Gender and Literature

3 cr

ENGL 1170Modern World Literature

3 cr

ENGL 2130African American Literature

3 cr

ENGL 2133Native American Literature

3 cr

ENGL 2174African Literature

3 cr

Complete one of the following six courses

ENGW 1111Introduction to Creative Writing

3 cr

ENGW 2112Poetry Writing

3 cr

ENGW 2113Fiction Writing

3 cr

ENGW 2114Play and Screen Writing

3 cr

ENGW 2115Memoir/Non-Fiction Writing

3 cr

ENGC 2102Business and Technical Writing

3 cr

Required Courses

Incorporate the following Required Courses into the General Education/Minnesota Transfer Curriculum or Additional Course Requirements sections below.

ENGL 2000Introduction 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

ENGC 1101College Writing

4 cr

COMM 1101Fundamentals of Public Speaking

3 cr

Or

COMM 1111Interpersonal Communication

3 cr

 

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.

Other Degree Requirements

  • Earn a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 for college-level coursework (courses numbered 1000 and above) completed at Normandale.
  • Earn a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 in the MnTC.
  • Earn a minimum of 15 college-level credits at Normandale.