Minnesota Transfer Curriculum

The goal of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) is to categorize Liberal Arts courses (sometimes called general education) into consistent groups within all Minnesota State colleges and universities. This ensures Liberal Arts courses transfer seamlessly between ATCC and other Minnesota State institutions. Completion of the MnTC is meant to satisfy Liberal Arts requirements for Bachelor’s degree programs at Minnesota State universities.

A minimum of 40 credits from all ten (10) goal areas of the MnTC are required to complete the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum.

• Credits for courses may count toward multiple goal areas. If a course is eligible for multiple goals, the additional goals are listed in parentheses in the table below.
• Credits for any course may count only once toward the minimum 40 total credits.
• A minimum of 2.0 cumulative MnTC GPA is required for certification of completion.
• “D” grades in MnTC courses are calculated in cumulative MnTC GPA for both resident and transfer courses.
  

MnTC Courses in Academic Programs:

Not all academic programs require completion of the entire MnTC.

• Associate of Arts (AA) Degrees include at least 40 semester credits from all ten (10) MnTC goal areas—satisfying the entire Minnesota Transfer Curriculum.
• Associate of Science (AS) degrees include at least 30 semester credits from six (6) MnTC goal areas.
• Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degrees are not typically designed for transfer, but include courses from three (3) MnTC goal areas.
• Diplomas and Certificates are not typically designed for transfer and do not require a set number of MnTC credits or goal areas.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MNTC) Catalog

The curriculum below is the most current information available. To browse curriculum from the current academic year and past years, please view our Academic Catalogs. If you are a current student with questions about your course requirements, please speak with your advisor or refer to your Degree Audit Report (DARS) in eServices.

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1. Communication (9 credits)
   Require at least 2 written (ENGL) and 1 oral (COMM) course
   Goal: To develop writers and speakers who use the English language effectively and who read, write, and listen critically.

   COMM1415	Public Speaking	3 credits
   COMM1435	Interpersonal Communication	3 credits
   COMM1437	Intercultural Communication	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 7A)
   COMM1485	Social Media Communication	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 9)
   COMM2414	Conflict Resolutions through Communications	3 credits
   ENGL1410	Composition I (Required)	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 2)
   ENGL1420	Composition II	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 2)
   ENGL1460	Technical Writing	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 2)

2. Critical Thinking ∴ (0-3 credits)
   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 students' awareness of their own thinking and problem-solving procedures.

   CHEM1406	Fundamentals of Chemistry+	4 credits	(Skip to Goal 3)
   CHEM1500	General Chemistry I+	4 credits	(Skip to Goal 3)
   CHEM1505	General Chemistry II+	4 credits	(Skip to Goal 3)
   ENGL1410	Composition I (Required)	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 1)
   ENGL1420	Composition II	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 1)
   ENGL1460	Technical Writing	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 1)
   ENGL1490	Introduction to Literary Studies	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 6)
   PHYS1407	College Physics I	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 3)
   SOCS1405	Critical Thinking in Society	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 7A)

   ∴ Taking 40 General Education credits to otherwise accomplish the Minnesota General Education Transfer Curriculum will also satisfy this goal.

3. Natural Sciences (7-8 credits)
   Goal: To improve students’ understanding of natural science principles and of the methods of scientific inquiry, i.e., the ways in which scientists investigate natural science phenomena.

   BIOL1410	Introduction to Biology I+	4 credits
   BIOL1411	Introduction to Biology II+	4 credits	(Skip to Goal 10)
   BIOL1413	Plant Biology+	4 credits	(Skip to Goal 10)
   BIOL1416	Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology+	3 credits
   BIOL1417	Human Anatomy and Physiology I+	4 credits
   BIOL1419	Human Anatomy and Physiology II+	4 credits
   BIOL1430	People & the Environment~	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 10)
   BIOL1431	People & the Environment Lab~	1 credit
   BIOL1435	Principles of Nutrition	3 credits
   BIOL1450	General Biology I+	4 credits
   BIOL1452	General Biology II+	4 credits	(Skip to Goal 10)
   BIOL2225	Microbiology I+	3 credits
   BIOL2230	Genetics+	4 credits	(Skip to Goal 9)
   CHEM1406	Fundamentals of Chemistry+	4 credits	(Skip to Goal 2)
   CHEM1410	Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry+	4 credits
   CHEM1500	General Chemistry I+	4 credits	(Skip to Goal 2)
   CHEM1505	General Chemistry II+	4 credits	(Skip to Goal 2)
   PHYS1081	Engineering Physics I+	4 credits
   PHYS1082	Engineering Physics II+	4 credits
   PHYS1100	Fundamentals of Physics+	3 credits
   PHYS1407	College Physics I~	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 2)
   PHYS1408	College Physics I Lab~	1 credit

4. Mathematical/Logical Reasoning (3 credits)
   Goal: To increase students’ 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.

   MATH1415	Mathematical Reasoning	3 credits
   MATH1421	College Algebra	4 credits
   MATH1425	Precalculus	4 credits
   MATH1426	Calculus I	4 credits
   MATH1431	Geometry	3 credits
   MATH1432	Principles of Trigonometry	3 credits
   MATH1447	Introduction to Statistics	4 credits
   MATH1460	Quantitative Problem Solving	3 credits
   MATH2200	Differential Equations and Linear Algebra	4 credits
   MATH2232	Calculus II	4 credits
   MATH2240	Calculus III	4 credits

5. History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 credits)
   Goal: To increase students' knowledge of how historians and social behavioral scientists discover, describe, and explain the behaviors and interactions among individuals, groups, institutions, events, and ideas.

   ECON1404	Consumer Economics and Finance	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 9)
   ECON1420	Introduction to Macroeconomics	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 8)
   ECON1430	Introduction to Microeconomics	3 credits
   GEOG1471	World Regional Geography	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 8)
   GEOG1480	Geography of the United States and Canada	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 8)
   HIST1401	U.S. History to 1877	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 7A)
   HIST1402	U.S. History, 1877 to Present	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 7A)
   HIST1421	World History to 1500	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 8)
   HIST1422	World History 1500 to Present	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 8)
   PSYC1405	Lifespan Psychology	3 credits
   PSYC1410	Psychological Disorders	3 credits
   PSYC1445	General Psychology	3 credits
   PSYC2436	Psychology of Addictions	3 credits
   SOCS1400	Introduction to Sociology	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 8)
   SOCS1402	Social Problems	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 7A)

6. Humanities and the Fine Arts (6 credits from a minimum of 2 disciplines)
   Goal: To expand students’ knowledge of the human condition and human cultures, especially in relation to behavior, ideas, and values expressed in works of human imagination and thought.

   ART1408	Survey of Western Art and Culture	4 credits
   ART1420	Modern Design & Theory	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 8)
   ART1451	Drawing I	3 credits
   ART1475	Digital Photography	3 credits
   COMM2409	Communication and Films We Watch	3 credits
   ENGL1453	Multicultural American Literature	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 7A)
   ENGL1465	Creative Writing	3 credits
   ENGL1475	Introduction to Literature	3 credits
   ENGL1485	Introduction to Film Studies	3 credits
   ENGL1490	Introduction to Literary Studies	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 2)
   ENGL1495	Environmental Literature	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 10)
   ENGL2405	Modern to Contemporary American Literature	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 7A)
   ENGL2420	Modern World Literature	3 credits
   HUMA1407	Introduction to Humanities	3 credits
   HUMA1411	Theatre Appreciation	3 credits
   MUSC1500	American Music and Culture	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 8)
   MUSC1600	ATCC Concert Choir	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 8)
   PHIL1405	Introduction to Philosophy	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 8)
   PHIL1445	Ethics	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 9)
   PHIL1450	Introduction to World Religion	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 8)

7. Human Diversity, Race, Power, and Justice in the United States (3 credits)
   Goal: To increase students’ understanding of individual and group differences (e.g. race, gender, class) and their knowledge of the traditions and values of various groups in the United States.
   
   Goal 7 Option A: Human Diversity
   Goal: To increase students’ understanding of individual and group differences (e.g. 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.

   ASL1400	American Sign Language	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 8)
   ASL1410	American Sign Language II	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 8)
   COMM1437	Intercultural Communication	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 1)
   ENGL1453	Multicultural American Literature	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 6)
   ENGL2405	Modern to Contemporary American Literature	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 6)
   HIST 1401	U.S. History to 1877	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 5)
   HIST1402	U.S. History, 1877 to Present	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 5)
   SOCS1402	Social Problems	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 5)
   SOCS1405	Critical Thinking in Society	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 2)

   
   Goal 7 Option B: Race, Power, and Justice
   Goal: To build knowledge and understanding of historic and contemporary structures of racism in the United States, which systemically shape complex social, political, economic and environmental inequities experienced by marginalized groups and identities, and promote agency to address matters of structural inequality.

   SOCS2410

   Inequality & Social Change

   3 credits

   (Skip to Goal 9)

8. Global Perspective (3 credits)
   Goal: To increase students’ 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.

   ART1420	Modern Design & Theory	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 6)
   ASL1400	American Sign Language	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 7A)
   ASL1410	American Sign Language II	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 7A)
   ECON1420	Introduction to Macroeconomics	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 5)
   GEOG1471	World Regional Geography	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 5)
   GEOG1480	Geography of the United States & Canada	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 5)
   GEOG1510	Human Geography	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 5)
   HIST1421	World History to 1500	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 5)
   HIST1422	World History 1500 to Present	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 5)
   MUSC1500	American Music and Culture	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 6)
   PHIL1405	Introduction to Philosophy	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 6)
   PHIL1450	Introduction to World Religion	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 6)
   SOCS1400	Introduction to Sociology	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 5)
   SPAN1410	Beginning Spanish I	3 credits

9. Ethical and Civic Responsibility (3 credits)
   Goal: To develop students' 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.

   BIOL2230	Genetics+	4 credits	(Skip to Goal 3)
   COMM1485	Social Media Communication	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 1)
   ECON1404	Consumer Economics and Finance	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 5)
   PHIL1445	Ethics	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 6)
   POLS1460	Constitutional Democracy & Government	3 credits
   SOCS2410	Inequality and Social Change	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 7B)

10. People and the Environment (3 credits)
    Goal: To improve students' understanding of today's complex environmental challenges.

    BIOL1411	Introduction to Biology II+	4 credits	(Skip to Goal 3)
    BIOL1413	Plant Biology+	4 credits	(Skip to Goal 3)
    BIOL1430	People & the Environment	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 3)
    BIOL1452	General Biology II+	4 credits	(Skip to Goal 3)
    ENGL1495	Environmental Literature	3 credits	(Skip to Goal 6)

+ Includes lab

~ Must be taken together to fulfill goal area

∴ Taking 40 General Education credits to otherwise accomplish the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum will also satisfy goal area 2.

Minnesota State Transfer Info

Transfer Information - Minnesota State

Access official, consistent and accurate transfer information for institutions within the Minnesota State system of colleges & universities.

All Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) courses offered by Minnesota State institutions must transfer within Minnesota State into the goal areas as designated by the original institution.