Transfer Options
The History Transfer Pathway AA transfers to any of the following Minnesota State universities:
- Bemidji State University
- Metropolitan State University
- Minnesota State University Mankato
- Minnesota State University Moorhead
- Southwest Minnesota State University
- St. Cloud State University
- Winona State University
Program Roadmaps
Program roadmaps provide students with a guide to understand the recommended course sequence to complete their degree.
Scholarships at NHCC
One scholarship application automatically considers you for any NHCC scholarship you're eligible for. Awards range from $500 to $5,000.
History Transfer Pathway Curriculum
| HIST 1200 | History of United States Through 1877 | View-HIST 1200 | n/a | 3 |
| HIST 1210 | History of the United States Since 1877 | View-HIST 1210 | n/a | 3 |
| HIST 2900 | Applied History | View-HIST 2900 | n/a | 3 |
| Please choose either World History Western Civilization History from the courses below: | ||||
Course Subject: HIST
Course Number: 1200
Course Title: History of United States Through 1877 Goal Areas: 05,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course focuses on the major cultural, social, and political issues in United States history from the revolutionary period through Reconstruction. We look at the ideas that led to the revolution, how the thirteen colonies assembled themselves into a republic, the consequences of slave culture to the course of American history, and the promises and failures of Reconstruction. The student will come to understand the multiple and inter-related forces relevant to the early years of the republic.
Course Title: History of United States Through 1877 Goal Areas: 05,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course focuses on the major cultural, social, and political issues in United States history from the revolutionary period through Reconstruction. We look at the ideas that led to the revolution, how the thirteen colonies assembled themselves into a republic, the consequences of slave culture to the course of American history, and the promises and failures of Reconstruction. The student will come to understand the multiple and inter-related forces relevant to the early years of the republic.
Course Subject: HIST
Course Number: 1210
Course Title: History of the United States Since 1877 Goal Areas: 05,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course focuses on the major social and cultural issues in United This course focuses on the major cultural, social and political issues in United States history from the late nineteenth century Gilded Age through the end of the twentieth century. We look at the influence of the industrial revolution, the impact of increasing levels of European and Asian immigration, the rise of organized labor, the Great Depression, the Cold War, the impact of United States foreign policy, and countercultural movements. The student will gain insight into the aspects that are most crucial for a solid understanding of the nation's history.
Course Title: History of the United States Since 1877 Goal Areas: 05,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course focuses on the major social and cultural issues in United This course focuses on the major cultural, social and political issues in United States history from the late nineteenth century Gilded Age through the end of the twentieth century. We look at the influence of the industrial revolution, the impact of increasing levels of European and Asian immigration, the rise of organized labor, the Great Depression, the Cold War, the impact of United States foreign policy, and countercultural movements. The student will gain insight into the aspects that are most crucial for a solid understanding of the nation's history.
Course Subject: HIST
Course Number: 2900
Course Title: Applied History Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is a writing-intensive research methods course that incorporates a service-learning component. Students will learn how to use and interpret various historical sources, such as archival material, oral history, photographs and video. Students will also learn how to use and interpret secondary source materials. The goal of the course is for the students to produce a publishable-quality research paper on a topic related to local history, with an emphasis on the relationship between local history and larger historical developments at the state, national, and/or global level. Prerequisite: Any 1000 level history class; English 1201-1202 Sequence
Course Title: Applied History Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is a writing-intensive research methods course that incorporates a service-learning component. Students will learn how to use and interpret various historical sources, such as archival material, oral history, photographs and video. Students will also learn how to use and interpret secondary source materials. The goal of the course is for the students to produce a publishable-quality research paper on a topic related to local history, with an emphasis on the relationship between local history and larger historical developments at the state, national, and/or global level. Prerequisite: Any 1000 level history class; English 1201-1202 Sequence
| Course Code | Title | Course Outlines | Goal Areas | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST 1010 | World History: Origins to 1300 and | View-HIST 1010 | n/a | 3 |
| HIST 1020 | World History: 1300 to Present or | View-HIST 1020 | n/a | 3 |
Course Subject: HIST
Course Number: 1010
Course Title: World History: Origins to 1300 Goal Areas: 02,05,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines world history from human origins to end of the 13th century CE. By looking at history from a global and comparative lens, students will develop both a complex understanding of the variety of cultural, political, social, economic, and religious systems that prevailed in different world regions at different times and an appreciation of the universal elements of human societies and the patterns of development and change. We will look at world history from early human migrations, through the development of agriculture and pastoralism, to the construction of states and empires in Afro-Eurasia, the Americas, and the Trans-Pacific. We will consider the changing nature of political authority, social organization, systems of production and exchange, and religious beliefs and practices. Students will gain a deeper appreciation of the ongoing formation of historical knowledge and direct experience with the interpretation of primary historical sources.
Course Title: World History: Origins to 1300 Goal Areas: 02,05,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines world history from human origins to end of the 13th century CE. By looking at history from a global and comparative lens, students will develop both a complex understanding of the variety of cultural, political, social, economic, and religious systems that prevailed in different world regions at different times and an appreciation of the universal elements of human societies and the patterns of development and change. We will look at world history from early human migrations, through the development of agriculture and pastoralism, to the construction of states and empires in Afro-Eurasia, the Americas, and the Trans-Pacific. We will consider the changing nature of political authority, social organization, systems of production and exchange, and religious beliefs and practices. Students will gain a deeper appreciation of the ongoing formation of historical knowledge and direct experience with the interpretation of primary historical sources.
Course Subject: HIST
Course Number: 1020
Course Title: World History: 1300 to Present Goal Areas: 02,05,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines world history from the 14th century CE to the present. By looking at history from a global and comparative lens, students will develop both a complex understanding of the variety of cultural, political, social, economic, and religious systems that prevailed in different world regions at different times and an appreciation of the universal elements of human societies and the patterns of development and change. We will look at the construction of new empires of land, labor, and commerce, and the revolutions of the Modern era. We will consider the changing nature of political authority, social organization, systems of production and exchange, and religious beliefs and practices. Students will gain a deeper appreciation of the ongoing formation of historical knowledge and direct experience with the interpretation of primary historical sources.
Course Title: World History: 1300 to Present Goal Areas: 02,05,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines world history from the 14th century CE to the present. By looking at history from a global and comparative lens, students will develop both a complex understanding of the variety of cultural, political, social, economic, and religious systems that prevailed in different world regions at different times and an appreciation of the universal elements of human societies and the patterns of development and change. We will look at the construction of new empires of land, labor, and commerce, and the revolutions of the Modern era. We will consider the changing nature of political authority, social organization, systems of production and exchange, and religious beliefs and practices. Students will gain a deeper appreciation of the ongoing formation of historical knowledge and direct experience with the interpretation of primary historical sources.
| Course Code | Title | Course Outlines | Goal Areas | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIST 1110 | History of Western Civilization Pre 1550 and | View-HIST 1110 | n/a | 3 |
| HIST 1120 | History of Western Civilization 1550 to Present | View-HIST 1120 | n/a | 3 |
Course Subject: HIST
Course Number: 1110
Course Title: History of Western Civilization Pre 1550 Goal Areas: 02,05,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: Western civilization refers to the cultures and traditions today most associated with Europe and the United States, but which emerged in modern-day Iraq and spread both east and west. In this course, we will examine a variety of civilizations that developed and were influenced by cultures centered on the Mediterranean, such as the ancient Hittites, the Roman Empire, and the Islamic world. We will consider the ways these diverse civilizations interacted with their neighbors, ruled their territory, and understood the world they lived in.
Course Title: History of Western Civilization Pre 1550 Goal Areas: 02,05,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: Western civilization refers to the cultures and traditions today most associated with Europe and the United States, but which emerged in modern-day Iraq and spread both east and west. In this course, we will examine a variety of civilizations that developed and were influenced by cultures centered on the Mediterranean, such as the ancient Hittites, the Roman Empire, and the Islamic world. We will consider the ways these diverse civilizations interacted with their neighbors, ruled their territory, and understood the world they lived in.
Course Subject: HIST
Course Number: 1120
Course Title: History of Western Civilization 1550 to Present Goal Areas: 02,05,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: Western civilization refers to the cultures and traditions today most associated with Europe and the United States, but which emerged in what is now Iraq and spread both east and west. In this course, we will look at how West became associated with Europe and the United States as West was continually redefined as Europeans encountered others (both peacefully and violently) around the globe. We will examine the emergence of core cultural traditions associated with the West, such as nationalism, democracy, capitalism, and racism.
Course Title: History of Western Civilization 1550 to Present Goal Areas: 02,05,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: Western civilization refers to the cultures and traditions today most associated with Europe and the United States, but which emerged in what is now Iraq and spread both east and west. In this course, we will look at how West became associated with Europe and the United States as West was continually redefined as Europeans encountered others (both peacefully and violently) around the globe. We will examine the emergence of core cultural traditions associated with the West, such as nationalism, democracy, capitalism, and racism.
| Course Code | Title | Course Outlines | Goal Areas | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program electives - 2 courses | ||||
| HIST 1030 | Colonial History of the Americas or | View-HIST 1030 | n/a | 3 |
| HIST 1230 | U.S. Labor History or | View-HIST 1230 | n/a | 3 |
| HIST 1270 | Race in America or | View-HIST 1270 | n/a | 3 |
| HIST 1990 | History Special Topics or | View-HIST 1990 | n/a | 1-4 |
| HIST 2500 | World Regional History or | View-HIST 2500 | n/a | 3 |
| HIST 2700 | History and Popular Culture | View-HIST 2700 | n/a | 3 |
Course Subject: HIST
Course Number: 1030
Course Title: Colonial History of the Americas Goal Areas: 05,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines the human migratory phase that led to the initial peopling of the Americas beginning ca. 35,000 BCE; it explores the first colonial period that began ca. 7500 BCE with the rise of domesticated agriculture and the consequent establishment of major civilizations in South America, Meso-America, and North America; and it covers the second colonial period initiated by the arrival of the Spanish in 1492 and that began drawing to a conclusion in the late eighteenth century. Study of the second colonial period includes the colonization of North America, Central America, The Caribbean, and South America by six European empires: the Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Russian, and English.
Course Title: Colonial History of the Americas Goal Areas: 05,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines the human migratory phase that led to the initial peopling of the Americas beginning ca. 35,000 BCE; it explores the first colonial period that began ca. 7500 BCE with the rise of domesticated agriculture and the consequent establishment of major civilizations in South America, Meso-America, and North America; and it covers the second colonial period initiated by the arrival of the Spanish in 1492 and that began drawing to a conclusion in the late eighteenth century. Study of the second colonial period includes the colonization of North America, Central America, The Caribbean, and South America by six European empires: the Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Russian, and English.
Course Subject: HIST
Course Number: 1230
Course Title: U.S. Labor History Goal Areas: 05,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course covers the major changes in the nature of work, the workforce, and the institutions involved in the labor history of the United States, and it addresses the social, economic, and political aspects of labor history in both a U.S. and a global context. This course is intended as a general elective or required for Construction Technology AS or A.A.S. degree.
Course Title: U.S. Labor History Goal Areas: 05,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course covers the major changes in the nature of work, the workforce, and the institutions involved in the labor history of the United States, and it addresses the social, economic, and political aspects of labor history in both a U.S. and a global context. This course is intended as a general elective or required for Construction Technology AS or A.A.S. degree.
Course Subject: HIST
Course Number: 1270
Course Title: Race in America Goal Areas: 05,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course investigates the role played by race in the shaping of United States history. We examine the concept of race and the historical relationships in America between those of African, Asian, European, and Native descents. We will examine Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Movement and current racial issues. The goal is to broaden student understanding of United States history by a focused study of its multi-faceted racial relationships throughout the centuries.
Course Title: Race in America Goal Areas: 05,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course investigates the role played by race in the shaping of United States history. We examine the concept of race and the historical relationships in America between those of African, Asian, European, and Native descents. We will examine Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Movement and current racial issues. The goal is to broaden student understanding of United States history by a focused study of its multi-faceted racial relationships throughout the centuries.
Course Subject: HIST
Course Number: 1990
Course Title: History Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Title: History Special Topics Goal Areas: n/a Credits: 1-4
Course Description: This course will provide flexibility in offering an in-depth review of topics of immediate importance and topical interest. These topics will go beyond the introductory courses in examining specific aspects of the subject matter.
Course Subject: HIST
Course Number: 2500
Course Title: World Regional History Goal Areas: 05,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: Each semester this course is devoted to the history of a specific world region, and the region will change from semester to semester. The goal is to provide the student with the opportunity for an in-depth study of specific societies and specific cultures from around the world. The course may be repeated for credit under a different subtitle as the subject matter changes.
Course Title: World Regional History Goal Areas: 05,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: Each semester this course is devoted to the history of a specific world region, and the region will change from semester to semester. The goal is to provide the student with the opportunity for an in-depth study of specific societies and specific cultures from around the world. The course may be repeated for credit under a different subtitle as the subject matter changes.
Course Subject: HIST
Course Number: 2700
Course Title: History and Popular Culture Goal Areas: 05,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course uses popular culture entertainment to introduce historical research methods and examine questions of ethical use of history. We will look at how history is portrayed and presented in diverse forms of popular culture entertainment, such as film, novels, comics, etc. We will also look at how popular culture reflects the social and cultural values of the audience it entertains. As we examine the ways history is leveraged as a source of entertainment, each student will develop their own views on what is considered ethical use of history, and what is considered abuse of history.Students need to students complete a 1000-level history course prior to enrolling in this course.
Course Title: History and Popular Culture Goal Areas: 05,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course uses popular culture entertainment to introduce historical research methods and examine questions of ethical use of history. We will look at how history is portrayed and presented in diverse forms of popular culture entertainment, such as film, novels, comics, etc. We will also look at how popular culture reflects the social and cultural values of the audience it entertains. As we examine the ways history is leveraged as a source of entertainment, each student will develop their own views on what is considered ethical use of history, and what is considered abuse of history.Students need to students complete a 1000-level history course prior to enrolling in this course.
| Course Code | Title | Course Outlines | Goal Areas | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMM 1010 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking and | View-COMM 1010 | n/a | 3 |
| College Writing I | ||||
| ENGL 1200 | Gateway College Writing or | View-ENGL 1200 | n/a | 4 |
| ENGL 1201 | College Writing I and | View-ENGL 1201 | n/a | 4 |
| MATH 1130 | Elementary Statistics and | View-MATH 1130 | n/a | 3 |
| ANTH 1020 | Intro to Anthropology: Physical Anthropology, Archaeology & Prehistory or | View-ANTH 1020 | n/a | 3 |
| GEOG 1010 | Physical Geography and | View-GEOG 1010 | n/a | 3 |
| Natural Sciences with a lab (Goal Area 3) - 4 credits and | ||||
| 3 Literature Credits | ||||
| ENGL 2250 | Japanese Literature or | View-ENGL 2250 | n/a | 3 |
| GCST 2250 | Japanese Literature or | View-GCST 2250 | n/a | 3 |
| ENGL 2270 | Modern American Literature or | View-ENGL 2270 | n/a | 3 |
| ENGL 2300 | Children's Literature or | View-ENGL 2300 | n/a | 3 |
| ENGL 2330 | Hmong American Literature or | View-ENGL 2330 | n/a | 3 |
| ENGL 2340 | Nature in Literature or | View-ENGL 2340 | n/a | 3 |
| ENGL 2350 | Women and Literature or | View-ENGL 2350 | n/a | 3 |
| ENGL 2370 | African American Literature or | View-ENGL 2370 | n/a | 3 |
| ENGL 2390 | Work in American Literature or | View-ENGL 2390 | n/a | 3 |
| ENGL 2400 | Utopian/Dystopian Literature or | View-ENGL 2400 | n/a | 3 |
| ENGL 2410 | US Latinx and Latin American Literature or | View-ENGL 2410 | n/a | 3 |
| GCST 2410 | US Latinx and Latin American Literature or | View-GCST 2410 | n/a | 3 |
| ENGL 2450 | Survey of American Literature I or | View-ENGL 2450 | n/a | 3 |
| ENGL 2460 | Survey of American Literature II or | View-ENGL 2460 | n/a | 3 |
| ENGL 2550 | Survey of British Literature I or | View-ENGL 2550 | n/a | 3 |
| ENGL 2560 | Survey of British Literature II or | View-ENGL 2560 | n/a | 3 |
| ENGL 2900 | Fantasy Literature and | View-ENGL 2900 | n/a | 3 |
| 3 Credits of Fine Applied Arts (ART, MUSC, TFT not all listed) | ||||
| ART 1010 | Art Museum Tour: European Art or | View-ART 1010 | n/a | 1 |
| ART 1020 | Art Museum Tour: World Art or | View-ART 1020 | n/a | 1 |
| ART 1040 | Art Appreciation or | View-ART 1040 | n/a | 3 |
| ART 1050 | Foundation of Digital Imaging or | View-ART 1050 | n/a | 3 |
| ART 1101 | Photography I or | View-ART 1101 | n/a | 3 |
| ART 1160 | Digital Photography or | View-ART 1160 | n/a | 3 |
| ART 1301 | Two Dimensional Design I or | View-ART 1301 | n/a | 3 |
| ART 1270 | Digital Video Production or | View-ART 1270 | n/a | 3 |
| ART 1310 | Three Dimensional Design or | View-ART 1310 | n/a | 3 |
| ART 1340 | Fundamentals of Color or | View-ART 1340 | n/a | 3 |
| ART 1361 | Ceramics I or | View-ART 1361 | n/a | 3 |
| ART 1602 | Art History II: 15th Century to Contemporary or | View-ART 1602 | n/a | 3 |
| ART 1650 | Architectural History or | View-ART 1650 | n/a | 2 |
| ART 1401 | Drawing I or | View-ART 1401 | n/a | 3 |
| ART 1550 | Video Game Entertainment or | View-ART 1550 | n/a | 3 |
| MUSC 1130 | Concert Choir or | View-MUSC 1130 | n/a | 1 |
| MUSC 1150 | Chamber Singers or | View-MUSC 1150 | n/a | 1 |
| MUSC 1160 | Large Instrumental Ensemble or | View-MUSC 1160 | n/a | 1 |
| MUSC 1170 | Instrumental Jazz Ensemble or | View-MUSC 1170 | n/a | 1 |
| MUSC 1180 | Small Group Performance Ensemble or | View-MUSC 1180 | n/a | 1 |
| MUSC 1190 | Garage Band or | View-MUSC 1190 | n/a | 2 |
| MUSC 1200 | Fundamentals of Music or | View-MUSC 1200 | n/a | 3 |
| MUSC 1220 | Music Appreciation or | View-MUSC 1220 | n/a | 3 |
| MUSC 1300 | Music in World Cultures or | View-MUSC 1300 | n/a | 3 |
| MUSC 1350 | History of Rock and Roll or | View-MUSC 1350 | n/a | 3 |
| TFT 1210 | Introduction to Theatre or | View-TFT 1210 | n/a | 3 |
| TFT 1250 | Introduction to Film or | View-TFT 1250 | n/a | 3 |
| TFT 1260 | Introduction to Television or | View-TFT 1260 | n/a | 3 |
| TFT 1260 | Introduction to Television or | View-TFT 1260 | n/a | 3 |
| TFT 1280 | Introduction to Screenwriting or | View-TFT 1280 | n/a | 3 |
| TFT 1310 | American Cinema or | View-TFT 1310 | n/a | 3 |
| TFT 1450 | Stagecraft | View-TFT 1450 | n/a | 3 |
| TFT 1500 | Acting I | View-TFT 1500 | n/a | 3 |
| 3 Credits from Cultural Diversity (GCST, GWS) | ||||
| GCST 1030 | Introduction to Japanese Culture or | View-GCST 1030 | n/a | 3 |
| GCST 1040 | American Indian Culture - Indigenous Peoples of Minnesota or | View-GCST 1040 | n/a | 3 |
| GCST 1211 | The History, Philosophy, and Practice of Traditional Aikido I or | View-GCST 1211 | n/a | 3 |
| GCST 1301 | Introduction to Ethnic Studies or | View-GCST 1301 | n/a | 3 |
| GCST 1320 | Community Organizing I or | View-GCST 1320 | n/a | 3 |
| GCST 1350 | Immigration and Society or | View-GCST 1350 | n/a | 3 |
| GCST 1380 | Personal Story Telling or | View-GCST 1380 | n/a | 2 |
| GCST 1490 | Dave Larsen American Indian Immersion Experience or | View-GCST 1490 | n/a | 4 |
| GCST 1964 | African American Civil Rights Immersion Experience or | View-GCST 1964 | n/a | 4 |
| GCST 1970 | Environmental Justice and Nature Immersion Experience or | View-GCST 1970 | n/a | 4 |
| GCST 1700 | Foundations of Racial Justice or | View-GCST 1700 | n/a | 3 |
| GCST 2000 | Theories of Race and Ethnicity or | View-GCST 2000 | n/a | 3 |
| GCST 1978 | American Indian Cultural Expression or | View-GCST 1978 | n/a | 3 |
| GCST 2065 | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion or | View-GCST 2065 | n/a | 3 |
| GCST 2970 | Outdoor Experiential Program Leadership¿ or | View-GCST 2970 | n/a | 4 |
| GWS 1501 | Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies or | View-GWS 1501 | n/a | 3 |
| GWS 1502 | Human Trafficking or | View-GWS 1502 | n/a | 3 |
| GWS 1503 | Analyzing Gender Identities or | View-GWS 1503 | n/a | 3 |
| GWS 1505 | Women and War or | View-GWS 1505 | n/a | 3 |
| GWS 1507 | Mass Incarceration or | View-GWS 1507 | n/a | 3 |
| GWS 1509 | Global Feminism | View-GWS 1509 | n/a | 3 |
Course Subject: COMM
Course Number: 1010
Course Title: Fundamentals of Public Speaking Goal Areas: 01 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides instruction and practical experience in the basics of public speaking. This course has a performance component: students are expected to create and deliver informative, persuasive and other types of speeches.
Course Title: Fundamentals of Public Speaking Goal Areas: 01 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course provides instruction and practical experience in the basics of public speaking. This course has a performance component: students are expected to create and deliver informative, persuasive and other types of speeches.
Course Subject: ART
Course Number: 1010
Course Title: Art Museum Tour: European Art Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course consists of tours to various cultural centers to experience a variety of art exhibits, lectures,demonstrations and facilities. The content of this course centers on historical and contemporary European Art. Students will need to provide their own transportation to Twin Cities area museums or galleries.
Course Title: Art Museum Tour: European Art Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course consists of tours to various cultural centers to experience a variety of art exhibits, lectures,demonstrations and facilities. The content of this course centers on historical and contemporary European Art. Students will need to provide their own transportation to Twin Cities area museums or galleries.
Course Subject: GEOG
Course Number: 1010
Course Title: Physical Geography Goal Areas: 03,10 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will provide an introduction to the physical processes that are at work at all times on the surface of the earth. This course provides an introduction to the processes that influence the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. Topics covered include earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes, blizzards, winds, precipitation, the Hydrological Cycle, vegetation and soil. This course includes a basic understanding of how these systems interact and how the physical landscape interacts with the human landscape. Included in this will be discussions about environmental concerns such as acid precipitation, ozone depletion, soil degradation, desertification and rainforest destruction. This course includes lab-like coursework/exams that will enhance a student's ability to make observations, form questions, pose hypotheses, make predictions and critically evaluate scientific data and results.
Course Title: Physical Geography Goal Areas: 03,10 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will provide an introduction to the physical processes that are at work at all times on the surface of the earth. This course provides an introduction to the processes that influence the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. Topics covered include earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes, blizzards, winds, precipitation, the Hydrological Cycle, vegetation and soil. This course includes a basic understanding of how these systems interact and how the physical landscape interacts with the human landscape. Included in this will be discussions about environmental concerns such as acid precipitation, ozone depletion, soil degradation, desertification and rainforest destruction. This course includes lab-like coursework/exams that will enhance a student's ability to make observations, form questions, pose hypotheses, make predictions and critically evaluate scientific data and results.
Course Subject: ANTH
Course Number: 1020
Course Title: Intro to Anthropology: Physical Anthropology, Archaeology & Prehistory Goal Areas: 03,10 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course studies the relationship of prehistoric physical and cultural origins and development of humankind to the establishment of the first civilizations of the Old and New worlds. It examines the archaeological evidence for the theory of bio-cultural evolution, which helps to explain both the prehistoric developments and much of the cultural variation that is in the world today. The course does include a lab-like experience.
Course Title: Intro to Anthropology: Physical Anthropology, Archaeology & Prehistory Goal Areas: 03,10 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course studies the relationship of prehistoric physical and cultural origins and development of humankind to the establishment of the first civilizations of the Old and New worlds. It examines the archaeological evidence for the theory of bio-cultural evolution, which helps to explain both the prehistoric developments and much of the cultural variation that is in the world today. The course does include a lab-like experience.
Course Subject: ART
Course Number: 1020
Course Title: Art Museum Tour: World Art Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course consists of tours to various cultural centers to experience a variety of art exhibits, lectures, demonstrations and facilities. The content of this course centers on historical and contemporary African, Asian, and Indigenous Art. Students will need to provide their own transportation to Twin Cities area museums or galleries.
Course Title: Art Museum Tour: World Art Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course consists of tours to various cultural centers to experience a variety of art exhibits, lectures, demonstrations and facilities. The content of this course centers on historical and contemporary African, Asian, and Indigenous Art. Students will need to provide their own transportation to Twin Cities area museums or galleries.
Course Subject: GCST
Course Number: 1030
Course Title: Introduction to Japanese Culture Goal Areas: 06,10 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to and interdisciplinary exploration of Japanese culture. Through the study of Japanese humanities and fine arts, people and the environment, students will identify what makes Japanese Culture so unique and how the Japanese Mind/Spirit (nihon no kokoro) and their connection to the environment and other non-human species has shaped Japanese society from days of old to the present.
Course Title: Introduction to Japanese Culture Goal Areas: 06,10 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to and interdisciplinary exploration of Japanese culture. Through the study of Japanese humanities and fine arts, people and the environment, students will identify what makes Japanese Culture so unique and how the Japanese Mind/Spirit (nihon no kokoro) and their connection to the environment and other non-human species has shaped Japanese society from days of old to the present.
Course Subject: GCST
Course Number: 1040
Course Title: American Indian Culture - Indigenous Peoples of Minnesota Goal Areas: 07,10 Credits: 3
Course Description: This American Indian cultural course will provide students with an overview, past and present, of the cultures of Indigenous Peoples of Minnesota, including music, dance, art, the oral story telling tradition and the American Indian connection with the environment and other non-human species. Students will also analyze how these vibrant cultures have survived oppression and genocide, and continue to thrive.Through exploring this living culture, students will gain understanding of Indigenous Peoples strong connection with, and stewardship of, the environment, learn about an important aspect of human and global diversity, and our interconnectedness with each other and our environment.
Course Title: American Indian Culture - Indigenous Peoples of Minnesota Goal Areas: 07,10 Credits: 3
Course Description: This American Indian cultural course will provide students with an overview, past and present, of the cultures of Indigenous Peoples of Minnesota, including music, dance, art, the oral story telling tradition and the American Indian connection with the environment and other non-human species. Students will also analyze how these vibrant cultures have survived oppression and genocide, and continue to thrive.Through exploring this living culture, students will gain understanding of Indigenous Peoples strong connection with, and stewardship of, the environment, learn about an important aspect of human and global diversity, and our interconnectedness with each other and our environment.
Course Subject: ART
Course Number: 1040
Course Title: Art Appreciation Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: The course introduces students to the basic concepts of visual art objects, focusing on the terminology needed to describe and analyze artworks. Fundamental design elements are emphasized to further the development of visual literacy. The understanding of the basic structures of architecture, painting, drawing, and sculpture will be developed. Modes of art analysis are discussed and demonstrated. The general history of art is presented and explained, with attention to the transmission and exchange of world cultures through visual art. This course is presented through lecture and discussion.
Course Title: Art Appreciation Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: The course introduces students to the basic concepts of visual art objects, focusing on the terminology needed to describe and analyze artworks. Fundamental design elements are emphasized to further the development of visual literacy. The understanding of the basic structures of architecture, painting, drawing, and sculpture will be developed. Modes of art analysis are discussed and demonstrated. The general history of art is presented and explained, with attention to the transmission and exchange of world cultures through visual art. This course is presented through lecture and discussion.
Course Subject: ART
Course Number: 1050
Course Title: Foundation of Digital Imaging Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Introduction to the technical and aesthetic practices of computer-generated Art as a creative fine arts tool. Student projects explore creative and technical aspects of digital imaging, symbolism and visual content incorporating computer software programs including, but not limited to, Photoshop and Lightroom. Topics included are digital image manipulation, scanning, image composition and inkjet printing. Development of critique and related vocabulary.
Course Title: Foundation of Digital Imaging Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Introduction to the technical and aesthetic practices of computer-generated Art as a creative fine arts tool. Student projects explore creative and technical aspects of digital imaging, symbolism and visual content incorporating computer software programs including, but not limited to, Photoshop and Lightroom. Topics included are digital image manipulation, scanning, image composition and inkjet printing. Development of critique and related vocabulary.
Course Subject: ART
Course Number: 1101
Course Title: Photography I Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This is an introduction to the fundamentals of black and white photography. Both technical and creative skills are developed in the use of the camera, exposing and developing film, enlarging and finishing the black and white photograph. Class critiques help articulate individual visual growth while artist presentations and field trips to galleries and museums help acquaint students with significant photographers. Students use film-based cameras with adjustable shutter speed and f-stop. A limited number of cameras are available for rental.
Course Title: Photography I Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This is an introduction to the fundamentals of black and white photography. Both technical and creative skills are developed in the use of the camera, exposing and developing film, enlarging and finishing the black and white photograph. Class critiques help articulate individual visual growth while artist presentations and field trips to galleries and museums help acquaint students with significant photographers. Students use film-based cameras with adjustable shutter speed and f-stop. A limited number of cameras are available for rental.
Course Subject: MUSC
Course Number: 1130
Course Title: Concert Choir Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course includes the study and performance of choral repertoire. Through active learning students will participate in collaborative artistic study culminating in choral performance of works from a variety of cultures and historical periods. The day section of choir meets twice per week and the night section of choir meets once per week. May be repeated for credit.
Course Title: Concert Choir Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course includes the study and performance of choral repertoire. Through active learning students will participate in collaborative artistic study culminating in choral performance of works from a variety of cultures and historical periods. The day section of choir meets twice per week and the night section of choir meets once per week. May be repeated for credit.
Course Subject: MATH
Course Number: 1130
Course Title: Elementary Statistics Goal Areas: 04 Credits: 3
Course Description: This is an introductory course in descriptive statistics, probability, random variables, and inferential statistics. Topics include exploratory data analysis, measures of central tendency and variation, linear regression, binomial and normal distributions, the central limit theorem, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for one population and two populations. Additional topics may include basic probability, conditional probability, Bayes Theorem, analysis of variance, and chi-squared tests.
Course Title: Elementary Statistics Goal Areas: 04 Credits: 3
Course Description: This is an introductory course in descriptive statistics, probability, random variables, and inferential statistics. Topics include exploratory data analysis, measures of central tendency and variation, linear regression, binomial and normal distributions, the central limit theorem, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing for one population and two populations. Additional topics may include basic probability, conditional probability, Bayes Theorem, analysis of variance, and chi-squared tests.
Course Subject: MUSC
Course Number: 1150
Course Title: Chamber Singers Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is a select auditioned group of singers which will perform a wide spectrum of choral repertoire from Madrigals to Vocal Jazz. Auditions will be held early fall semester for the yearly commitment. May be repeated for credit.Strongly recommended to take Concert Choir concurrently
Course Title: Chamber Singers Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is a select auditioned group of singers which will perform a wide spectrum of choral repertoire from Madrigals to Vocal Jazz. Auditions will be held early fall semester for the yearly commitment. May be repeated for credit.Strongly recommended to take Concert Choir concurrently
Course Subject: MUSC
Course Number: 1160
Course Title: Large Instrumental Ensemble Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is an instrumental performance ensemble that plays a variety of musical literature. Enrollment is open to all students who are able to minimally play their instrument at a High School level. The ensemble is open to all students who meet this criterion. Students should provide their own instrument. Percussionists should provide their own sticks/mallets. This group meets once/week.May be repeated for credit.NOTE: Student should be able to minimally play instrument at a High School levelNOTE: Student should be able to minimally play their instrument at a High School level
Course Title: Large Instrumental Ensemble Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is an instrumental performance ensemble that plays a variety of musical literature. Enrollment is open to all students who are able to minimally play their instrument at a High School level. The ensemble is open to all students who meet this criterion. Students should provide their own instrument. Percussionists should provide their own sticks/mallets. This group meets once/week.May be repeated for credit.NOTE: Student should be able to minimally play instrument at a High School levelNOTE: Student should be able to minimally play their instrument at a High School level
Course Subject: ART
Course Number: 1160
Course Title: Digital Photography Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: A logical sequence to Art 1101 or 1140, this class emphasizes the computer as a digital darkroom to create photographic images through the traditional camera or a digital camera. ): Course content includes an overview of basic photographic techniques and a rigorous examination of Adobe Photoshop through assignments and personal exploration, class critiques and artist presentations, to help student understanding of photographic art. Students must have their own digital or analog camera.
Course Title: Digital Photography Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: A logical sequence to Art 1101 or 1140, this class emphasizes the computer as a digital darkroom to create photographic images through the traditional camera or a digital camera. ): Course content includes an overview of basic photographic techniques and a rigorous examination of Adobe Photoshop through assignments and personal exploration, class critiques and artist presentations, to help student understanding of photographic art. Students must have their own digital or analog camera.
Course Subject: MUSC
Course Number: 1170
Course Title: Instrumental Jazz Ensemble Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is an instrumental performance ensemble that plays a variety of jazz literature. Enrollment is open to all students who are able to read written musical notation for their instrument. Ensemble is open to all students. Students should provide their own instrument. This group meets once per week. May be repeated for credit.NOTE: Student should be able to minimally play instrument at a High School level
Course Title: Instrumental Jazz Ensemble Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is an instrumental performance ensemble that plays a variety of jazz literature. Enrollment is open to all students who are able to read written musical notation for their instrument. Ensemble is open to all students. Students should provide their own instrument. This group meets once per week. May be repeated for credit.NOTE: Student should be able to minimally play instrument at a High School level
Course Subject: MUSC
Course Number: 1180
Course Title: Small Group Performance Ensemble Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is a small ensemble performance opportunity. An ensemble work may be made up of strings, percussion, winds, guitars, voice, or any instrumental grouping that may be possible depending on need and interest. Depending on their primary instrument, a student will be placed in a section of this course that corresponds to their instrument. The ensemble will play a variety of composed and/or improvised literature. Primarily for AFA music students, the course is open to all who have the ability to read musical notation and perform competently. However, permission for placement into the course is required. Music faculty must be consulted for placement in the appropriate section. Weekly rehearsals and end-of-semester performance is required. Additional rehearsals may be required. May be repeated for credit.
Course Title: Small Group Performance Ensemble Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 1
Course Description: This course is a small ensemble performance opportunity. An ensemble work may be made up of strings, percussion, winds, guitars, voice, or any instrumental grouping that may be possible depending on need and interest. Depending on their primary instrument, a student will be placed in a section of this course that corresponds to their instrument. The ensemble will play a variety of composed and/or improvised literature. Primarily for AFA music students, the course is open to all who have the ability to read musical notation and perform competently. However, permission for placement into the course is required. Music faculty must be consulted for placement in the appropriate section. Weekly rehearsals and end-of-semester performance is required. Additional rehearsals may be required. May be repeated for credit.
Course Subject: MUSC
Course Number: 1190
Course Title: Garage Band Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 2
Course Description: Ensemble course devoted to various musical styles found in contemporary rock and hip-hop (punk/blues/metal/rap/etc). Open to all majors, Garage Band (as in, start a band that plays blues/rock/metal/punk type music). Students can play any instrument, but bass/drums/electric guitar would be the focus. Coach to play cover songs and develop basic songwriting skills. Already established bands welcome to register.
Course Title: Garage Band Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 2
Course Description: Ensemble course devoted to various musical styles found in contemporary rock and hip-hop (punk/blues/metal/rap/etc). Open to all majors, Garage Band (as in, start a band that plays blues/rock/metal/punk type music). Students can play any instrument, but bass/drums/electric guitar would be the focus. Coach to play cover songs and develop basic songwriting skills. Already established bands welcome to register.
Course Subject: ENGL
Course Number: 1200
Course Title: Gateway College Writing Goal Areas: 01 Credits: 4
Course Description: This class provides extended practice in critical reading, writing, and thinking skills. Students will develop an effective writing process and work to achieve college-level competence in reading and responding to texts, visuals, events, and ideas in a variety of written formats, with an emphasis on the academic essay. Audience awareness, interpretation and analysis, logical reasoning, and persuasive and argumentative skills will be developed. MLA style documentation of primary sources will be included.
Course Title: Gateway College Writing Goal Areas: 01 Credits: 4
Course Description: This class provides extended practice in critical reading, writing, and thinking skills. Students will develop an effective writing process and work to achieve college-level competence in reading and responding to texts, visuals, events, and ideas in a variety of written formats, with an emphasis on the academic essay. Audience awareness, interpretation and analysis, logical reasoning, and persuasive and argumentative skills will be developed. MLA style documentation of primary sources will be included.
Course Subject: MUSC
Course Number: 1200
Course Title: Fundamentals of Music Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This general course in music fundamentals includes basic theory, sight singing, piano keyboard, creative activity, and student demonstration. Through the understanding and application of the elements of music, students will be able to distinguish cultural styles and genres.
Course Title: Fundamentals of Music Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This general course in music fundamentals includes basic theory, sight singing, piano keyboard, creative activity, and student demonstration. Through the understanding and application of the elements of music, students will be able to distinguish cultural styles and genres.
Course Subject: ENGL
Course Number: 1201
Course Title: College Writing I Goal Areas: 01 Credits: 4
Course Description: This class provides extended practice in critical reading, writing, and thinking skills. Students will develop an effective writing process and work to achieve college-level competence in reading and responding to texts, visuals, events, and ideas in a variety of written formats, with an emphasis on the academic essay. Audience awareness, interpretation and analysis, logical reasoning, and persuasive and argumentative skills will be developed. MLA style documentation of primary sources will be included.
Course Title: College Writing I Goal Areas: 01 Credits: 4
Course Description: This class provides extended practice in critical reading, writing, and thinking skills. Students will develop an effective writing process and work to achieve college-level competence in reading and responding to texts, visuals, events, and ideas in a variety of written formats, with an emphasis on the academic essay. Audience awareness, interpretation and analysis, logical reasoning, and persuasive and argumentative skills will be developed. MLA style documentation of primary sources will be included.
Course Subject: TFT
Course Number: 1210
Course Title: Introduction to Theatre Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: Students become involved in a play's production while they explore the roots of the theater as a reflection of culture and community. Students investigate major theatrical historical periods and personalities, work on self-selected crews, analyze dramatic literature for meaning and production considerations, and may create and perform their own scenarios as a means of understanding the transformation of theater from page to stage.
Course Title: Introduction to Theatre Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: Students become involved in a play's production while they explore the roots of the theater as a reflection of culture and community. Students investigate major theatrical historical periods and personalities, work on self-selected crews, analyze dramatic literature for meaning and production considerations, and may create and perform their own scenarios as a means of understanding the transformation of theater from page to stage.
Course Subject: GCST
Course Number: 1211
Course Title: The History, Philosophy, and Practice of Traditional Aikido I Goal Areas: 08,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: Join in an interdisciplinary exploration of the Japanese martial art Aikido through mental and physical practice. Realize how Aikidos unique history, philosophy, and technique can be integrated into everyday living to strengthen mind and body, appreciate nature, respect others, build positive relations, and contribute to society. Definition: Aikido is a traditional Japanese martial art. Its system includes hand-to-hand, sword, and staff techniques. Aikido principles are based on harmonizing mind and body with a partners attack. People of all ages, sizes, and abilities can practice it. There are no tournaments or competitions. Its purpose is to build health, respect and responsibility through mental and physical discipline.Note: Aikido is a hands-on martial art and will be instructed and conducted authentically; therefore, bowing, physical contact, and training with the opposite gender are absolute requirements of this course. Additionally, this course is an elective course in Interdisciplinary Studies fulfilling the MnTC Goal Areas 8 & 9. It will not count toward any HEALTH OR PE requirements.
Course Title: The History, Philosophy, and Practice of Traditional Aikido I Goal Areas: 08,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: Join in an interdisciplinary exploration of the Japanese martial art Aikido through mental and physical practice. Realize how Aikidos unique history, philosophy, and technique can be integrated into everyday living to strengthen mind and body, appreciate nature, respect others, build positive relations, and contribute to society. Definition: Aikido is a traditional Japanese martial art. Its system includes hand-to-hand, sword, and staff techniques. Aikido principles are based on harmonizing mind and body with a partners attack. People of all ages, sizes, and abilities can practice it. There are no tournaments or competitions. Its purpose is to build health, respect and responsibility through mental and physical discipline.Note: Aikido is a hands-on martial art and will be instructed and conducted authentically; therefore, bowing, physical contact, and training with the opposite gender are absolute requirements of this course. Additionally, this course is an elective course in Interdisciplinary Studies fulfilling the MnTC Goal Areas 8 & 9. It will not count toward any HEALTH OR PE requirements.
Course Subject: MUSC
Course Number: 1220
Course Title: Music Appreciation Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This general cultural course is designed to develop an understanding and enjoyment of music. It includes a study of music in western civilization. In addition some world music topics will be addressed. Emphasis is upon class listening supplemented by historical background. Live concert attendance may be required.
Course Title: Music Appreciation Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This general cultural course is designed to develop an understanding and enjoyment of music. It includes a study of music in western civilization. In addition some world music topics will be addressed. Emphasis is upon class listening supplemented by historical background. Live concert attendance may be required.
Course Subject: TFT
Course Number: 1250
Course Title: Introduction to Film Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the history and techniques of entertaining and communicating ideas through motion pictures. The course consists of viewing, analyzing, discussing and writing about films as a means of understanding visual communication and developing greater visual literacy.
Course Title: Introduction to Film Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to the history and techniques of entertaining and communicating ideas through motion pictures. The course consists of viewing, analyzing, discussing and writing about films as a means of understanding visual communication and developing greater visual literacy.
Course Subject: TFT
Course Number: 1260
Course Title: Introduction to Television Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to television's history, development, emerging technologies, influence, and future. It explores digital convergence as well as programming, distribution, regulation, and audience, constantly emphasizing the effect of money on this pervasive medium. Both television shows and movies about television will help illuminate the course content.
Course Title: Introduction to Television Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to television's history, development, emerging technologies, influence, and future. It explores digital convergence as well as programming, distribution, regulation, and audience, constantly emphasizing the effect of money on this pervasive medium. Both television shows and movies about television will help illuminate the course content.
Course Subject: ART
Course Number: 1270
Course Title: Digital Video Production Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces basic video production concepts and techniques with an emphasis on using the elements of motion and sound as creative artistic tools. Students will critically analyze video in terms of genre, context, meaning, visual language and form and then produce and edit their own short projects that explore creative and experimental applications of the medium rather than the traditional mass communication form. Students are encouraged to use their own computer for editing if possible. Basic knowledge of the computer is helpful.
Course Title: Digital Video Production Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces basic video production concepts and techniques with an emphasis on using the elements of motion and sound as creative artistic tools. Students will critically analyze video in terms of genre, context, meaning, visual language and form and then produce and edit their own short projects that explore creative and experimental applications of the medium rather than the traditional mass communication form. Students are encouraged to use their own computer for editing if possible. Basic knowledge of the computer is helpful.
Course Subject: TFT
Course Number: 1280
Course Title: Introduction to Screenwriting Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to screenwriting, dealing with the basics of drama, story, character, structure, dialogue, and meaning. It explores these elements with writing exercises that develop skills in plotting, exposition, suspense, and action. It focuses on visual storytelling, helping students to discover observable actions and images that can convey ideas effectively, while constantly emphasizing how well-developed characters' needs and wants drive the structure and conflict of an engaging story. It is intended to acquaint students with the craft of screenwriting; to be a beginning course in the field that will help prepare students for further work.
Course Title: Introduction to Screenwriting Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course is an introduction to screenwriting, dealing with the basics of drama, story, character, structure, dialogue, and meaning. It explores these elements with writing exercises that develop skills in plotting, exposition, suspense, and action. It focuses on visual storytelling, helping students to discover observable actions and images that can convey ideas effectively, while constantly emphasizing how well-developed characters' needs and wants drive the structure and conflict of an engaging story. It is intended to acquaint students with the craft of screenwriting; to be a beginning course in the field that will help prepare students for further work.
Course Subject: MUSC
Course Number: 1300
Course Title: Music in World Cultures Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course teaches music primarily from non-Eurocentric cultures which may include but is not limited to Indian, Indonesian, Chinese, Japanese, Middle Eastern, African, Native American, and African American. Through their studies of the diversity of world music, students will develop a broader understanding and appreciation of other cultures.
Course Title: Music in World Cultures Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course teaches music primarily from non-Eurocentric cultures which may include but is not limited to Indian, Indonesian, Chinese, Japanese, Middle Eastern, African, Native American, and African American. Through their studies of the diversity of world music, students will develop a broader understanding and appreciation of other cultures.
Course Subject: GCST
Course Number: 1301
Course Title: Introduction to Ethnic Studies Goal Areas: 07,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This introductory course in Ethnic Studies will examine race and ethnicity in the United States. We will analyze racism and whiteness. We will question the ways that our concepts of different races have been influenced by family, the media, and education. Focus will be on the ways our ideas and beliefs about ethnicity have been shaped by issues such as slavery, colonization, occupation, migration, and immigration.
Course Title: Introduction to Ethnic Studies Goal Areas: 07,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This introductory course in Ethnic Studies will examine race and ethnicity in the United States. We will analyze racism and whiteness. We will question the ways that our concepts of different races have been influenced by family, the media, and education. Focus will be on the ways our ideas and beliefs about ethnicity have been shaped by issues such as slavery, colonization, occupation, migration, and immigration.
Course Subject: ART
Course Number: 1301
Course Title: Two Dimensional Design I Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces a visual vocabulary and tools essential for all flat design and space, and investigates basic principles related to composition, pattern making, illusory space, and self expression. Various techniques and materials are explored including paint, pencil, pen, brush, and pastels. This course also introduces students to artists and design elements from a variety of cultures. Strongly recommend taking Drawing I before this course.
Course Title: Two Dimensional Design I Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces a visual vocabulary and tools essential for all flat design and space, and investigates basic principles related to composition, pattern making, illusory space, and self expression. Various techniques and materials are explored including paint, pencil, pen, brush, and pastels. This course also introduces students to artists and design elements from a variety of cultures. Strongly recommend taking Drawing I before this course.
Course Subject: TFT
Course Number: 1310
Course Title: American Cinema Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: American Cinema is a class in which students look at American films that have played a role in American film history from its beginnings to the present. They explore America's filmmaking history and its contributions to American culture, specifically considering the many diverse communities portrayed in these films as well as filmmakers from these often minority communities. These selections include films by or about African Americans, Asian Americans, Latino Americans, Native Americans, GLBT Americans, and the contributions of American Women throughout film history. The course consists of viewing, analyzing, discussing and writing about American films as a means of understanding the impact of these works on our diverse American culture.
Course Title: American Cinema Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: American Cinema is a class in which students look at American films that have played a role in American film history from its beginnings to the present. They explore America's filmmaking history and its contributions to American culture, specifically considering the many diverse communities portrayed in these films as well as filmmakers from these often minority communities. These selections include films by or about African Americans, Asian Americans, Latino Americans, Native Americans, GLBT Americans, and the contributions of American Women throughout film history. The course consists of viewing, analyzing, discussing and writing about American films as a means of understanding the impact of these works on our diverse American culture.
Course Subject: ART
Course Number: 1310
Course Title: Three Dimensional Design Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: As an introduction to the basic language of three-dimensional design, this course includes constructive, additive, subtractive and substitution techniques using traditional and contemporary media. Various methods of presentation are explored ranging from small freestanding works to site-specific models and proposals.
Course Title: Three Dimensional Design Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: As an introduction to the basic language of three-dimensional design, this course includes constructive, additive, subtractive and substitution techniques using traditional and contemporary media. Various methods of presentation are explored ranging from small freestanding works to site-specific models and proposals.
Course Subject: GCST
Course Number: 1320
Course Title: Community Organizing I Goal Areas: 07,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: The focus of this course will be developing leadership skills through community organizing and empowering students to make lasting changes at the college, in their own communities and the world.Students will examine past and present social movements with a special focus on organizing in communities of color. This course will also explore the contemporary meanings of community in the United States. Students will learn to identify the leader within by examining the relationship between community and citizenship. This course will also focus on issues of diversity and sustainable communities with the practical application of active leadership techniques and creative organizing on our campus.This could include aspects of the annual Earth Week Program such as Marketing, PR, Event Planning, Budgeting, Community Partnerships, Cross Campus and Cross cultural collaborations, and curriculum integration.
Course Title: Community Organizing I Goal Areas: 07,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: The focus of this course will be developing leadership skills through community organizing and empowering students to make lasting changes at the college, in their own communities and the world.Students will examine past and present social movements with a special focus on organizing in communities of color. This course will also explore the contemporary meanings of community in the United States. Students will learn to identify the leader within by examining the relationship between community and citizenship. This course will also focus on issues of diversity and sustainable communities with the practical application of active leadership techniques and creative organizing on our campus.This could include aspects of the annual Earth Week Program such as Marketing, PR, Event Planning, Budgeting, Community Partnerships, Cross Campus and Cross cultural collaborations, and curriculum integration.
Course Subject: ART
Course Number: 1340
Course Title: Fundamentals of Color Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: The course teaches fundamental color theory by introducing the physical, perceptual, and artistic aspects of color. The dimensions of color are explored through theory and practice using paint and colored papers. Students also are introduced to the theories of the physiology and the psychology of color reception, cultural taste and preferences as they relate to color choices, and the color usage of well known artists, of art movements, and of different world cultures.Strongly recommend taking Drawing I before this course.
Course Title: Fundamentals of Color Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: The course teaches fundamental color theory by introducing the physical, perceptual, and artistic aspects of color. The dimensions of color are explored through theory and practice using paint and colored papers. Students also are introduced to the theories of the physiology and the psychology of color reception, cultural taste and preferences as they relate to color choices, and the color usage of well known artists, of art movements, and of different world cultures.Strongly recommend taking Drawing I before this course.
Course Subject: MUSC
Course Number: 1350
Course Title: History of Rock and Roll Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course may include but is not limited to early American music, jazz, American musical theater, pop, rock, and rap. The history of popular music in Western Culture will be presented. Students will learn to identify the music styles contained under the broad umbrella of Rock 'n Roll. Students will also learn about the historical, social, cultural and political influences on popular music.
Course Title: History of Rock and Roll Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course may include but is not limited to early American music, jazz, American musical theater, pop, rock, and rap. The history of popular music in Western Culture will be presented. Students will learn to identify the music styles contained under the broad umbrella of Rock 'n Roll. Students will also learn about the historical, social, cultural and political influences on popular music.
Course Subject: GCST
Course Number: 1350
Course Title: Immigration and Society Goal Areas: 05,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course focuses on immigration and its relations to the society with a U.S. focus. We will learn about human migration and immigrant adaptation. We will discuss the history and the current state of immigration in the United States. We will analyze how immigration is connected to politics, the economy, and the other dimensions of society, including race and ethnicity. This course will not substitute for the PLEG 1610 (Immigration Law elective in the Paralegal A.S./Certificate.)
Course Title: Immigration and Society Goal Areas: 05,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course focuses on immigration and its relations to the society with a U.S. focus. We will learn about human migration and immigrant adaptation. We will discuss the history and the current state of immigration in the United States. We will analyze how immigration is connected to politics, the economy, and the other dimensions of society, including race and ethnicity. This course will not substitute for the PLEG 1610 (Immigration Law elective in the Paralegal A.S./Certificate.)
Course Subject: ART
Course Number: 1361
Course Title: Ceramics I Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Ceramics is an introductory studio course that presents students with a fundamental understanding of the hand building and wheel throwing processes in clay. This course will focus on a creative and imaginative approach to solving visual problems in clay. Ceramics will introduce all methods of forming clay including pinch, throwing, coil and slab building.
Course Title: Ceramics I Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: Ceramics is an introductory studio course that presents students with a fundamental understanding of the hand building and wheel throwing processes in clay. This course will focus on a creative and imaginative approach to solving visual problems in clay. Ceramics will introduce all methods of forming clay including pinch, throwing, coil and slab building.
Course Subject: GCST
Course Number: 1380
Course Title: Personal Story Telling Goal Areas: 07 Credits: 2
Course Description: This course exposes students to the genre of personal storytelling. It is designed to help students tell their own stories for personal empowerment. It will introduce students to key academic storytelling frameworks and storytelling methodologies. The course uses the self as the source material, creating and developing stories based on personal memories, culture and family background in order to tell effective personal stories. In addition, students will have the opportunity to engage in self-exploration and self-reflection through the development and telling of their own cultural and personal stories, and through listening to others.
Course Title: Personal Story Telling Goal Areas: 07 Credits: 2
Course Description: This course exposes students to the genre of personal storytelling. It is designed to help students tell their own stories for personal empowerment. It will introduce students to key academic storytelling frameworks and storytelling methodologies. The course uses the self as the source material, creating and developing stories based on personal memories, culture and family background in order to tell effective personal stories. In addition, students will have the opportunity to engage in self-exploration and self-reflection through the development and telling of their own cultural and personal stories, and through listening to others.
Course Subject: ART
Course Number: 1401
Course Title: Drawing I Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces basic drawing concepts such as line, value, gesture, proportion, composition, and space; and techniques using traditional and contemporary drawing media. A variety of subjects from still life, architectural forms, nature and the human figure are used as inspiration for the student's drawings. Students will also be introduced to the art of important artists who have used drawing successfully in their work.
Course Title: Drawing I Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces basic drawing concepts such as line, value, gesture, proportion, composition, and space; and techniques using traditional and contemporary drawing media. A variety of subjects from still life, architectural forms, nature and the human figure are used as inspiration for the student's drawings. Students will also be introduced to the art of important artists who have used drawing successfully in their work.
Course Subject: TFT
Course Number: 1450
Course Title: Stagecraft Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces the student to the elements of theatrical design and its implementation for a stage production. The student will gain practical experience and a working knowledge of set construction techniques, and lighting and sound equipment and their use. Safety standards will be emphasized, as well as competencies in utilizing various power and hand tools. Students will work on construction and operating crews in support of college theatre productions.
Course Title: Stagecraft Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces the student to the elements of theatrical design and its implementation for a stage production. The student will gain practical experience and a working knowledge of set construction techniques, and lighting and sound equipment and their use. Safety standards will be emphasized, as well as competencies in utilizing various power and hand tools. Students will work on construction and operating crews in support of college theatre productions.
Course Subject: GCST
Course Number: 1490
Course Title: Dave Larsen American Indian Immersion Experience Goal Areas: 05,09 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course will focus on the American Indian Civil Rights Movement and the communitys efforts to protect, preserve and assert tribal sovereignty, language, culture, identity and treaty rights with a particular focus on the behaviors, actions and interactions between indigenous and non-indigenous individuals, groups, institutions, and nations. This course is designed to provide an up-close immersive experience of some of the events, places, peoples and systems throughout American Indian Country that have helped shape and define contemporary Indigenous theories. The course challenges participants to utilize and address issues such as sovereignty, colonization, treaty rights, political power, racism, activism, language revitalization, our relationship with this land, and traditional lifeways. This course includes in-class participation and an off campus expedition to American Indian Nations.
Course Title: Dave Larsen American Indian Immersion Experience Goal Areas: 05,09 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course will focus on the American Indian Civil Rights Movement and the communitys efforts to protect, preserve and assert tribal sovereignty, language, culture, identity and treaty rights with a particular focus on the behaviors, actions and interactions between indigenous and non-indigenous individuals, groups, institutions, and nations. This course is designed to provide an up-close immersive experience of some of the events, places, peoples and systems throughout American Indian Country that have helped shape and define contemporary Indigenous theories. The course challenges participants to utilize and address issues such as sovereignty, colonization, treaty rights, political power, racism, activism, language revitalization, our relationship with this land, and traditional lifeways. This course includes in-class participation and an off campus expedition to American Indian Nations.
Course Subject: TFT
Course Number: 1500
Course Title: Acting I Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course uses lectures, discussions, and interactive exercises to learn, demonstrate, and evaluate the principles of improvisation including basic stage awareness, non-verbal communication, self-awareness, and team work. Students will work in ensemble to understand, evaluate, and use the concepts of objective, intention, and motivation. Written analyses as well as presentations may be used to demonstrate understanding of these skills and concepts.
Course Title: Acting I Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course uses lectures, discussions, and interactive exercises to learn, demonstrate, and evaluate the principles of improvisation including basic stage awareness, non-verbal communication, self-awareness, and team work. Students will work in ensemble to understand, evaluate, and use the concepts of objective, intention, and motivation. Written analyses as well as presentations may be used to demonstrate understanding of these skills and concepts.
Course Subject: GWS
Course Number: 1501
Course Title: Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies Goal Areas: 05,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to the foundations of Gender and Women Studies by examining the diversity of women's experiences throughout history and across cultures, races, ethnic groups and religions. From a social science/humanities perspective, we will explore how factors such as gender, gender identity and sexuality have been shaped by Western society.
Course Title: Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies Goal Areas: 05,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to the foundations of Gender and Women Studies by examining the diversity of women's experiences throughout history and across cultures, races, ethnic groups and religions. From a social science/humanities perspective, we will explore how factors such as gender, gender identity and sexuality have been shaped by Western society.
Course Subject: GWS
Course Number: 1502
Course Title: Human Trafficking Goal Areas: 08,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will explore human trafficking within the context of social justice, human rights, and feminist perspectives. We will analyze the behavior of traffickers and the ways this crime affects our global economy. We will examine criminal justice, vulnerabilities of victims and types of trafficking and how communities are responding to this activity. Students will gain an overall understanding of modern-day slavery and the issues we face regarding this crime.
Course Title: Human Trafficking Goal Areas: 08,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will explore human trafficking within the context of social justice, human rights, and feminist perspectives. We will analyze the behavior of traffickers and the ways this crime affects our global economy. We will examine criminal justice, vulnerabilities of victims and types of trafficking and how communities are responding to this activity. Students will gain an overall understanding of modern-day slavery and the issues we face regarding this crime.
Course Subject: GWS
Course Number: 1503
Course Title: Analyzing Gender Identities Goal Areas: 07,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course offers students the opportunity to explore the origins of gender identity. We will examine cultural assumptions about gender in the United States. We will also identify political and historical influences on our definitions and expectations about gender.
Course Title: Analyzing Gender Identities Goal Areas: 07,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course offers students the opportunity to explore the origins of gender identity. We will examine cultural assumptions about gender in the United States. We will also identify political and historical influences on our definitions and expectations about gender.
Course Subject: GWS
Course Number: 1505
Course Title: Women and War Goal Areas: 05,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course investigates the experiences of women in war. We will discuss the ways women have exercised agency in unequal power structures during times of war. We will examine the ways women have been excluded and marginalized in written history regarding war and military conflict.
Course Title: Women and War Goal Areas: 05,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course investigates the experiences of women in war. We will discuss the ways women have exercised agency in unequal power structures during times of war. We will examine the ways women have been excluded and marginalized in written history regarding war and military conflict.
Course Subject: GWS
Course Number: 1507
Course Title: Mass Incarceration Goal Areas: 07,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines the practices of incarceration in the United States from a feminist perspective. We will discuss the history, the politics, the economics and the ethics of incarceration. We will also review the ways the U.S. is different from other countries when it comes to imprisonment.
Course Title: Mass Incarceration Goal Areas: 07,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines the practices of incarceration in the United States from a feminist perspective. We will discuss the history, the politics, the economics and the ethics of incarceration. We will also review the ways the U.S. is different from other countries when it comes to imprisonment.
Course Subject: GWS
Course Number: 1509
Course Title: Global Feminism Goal Areas: 08,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will introduce students to issues related to feminism around the world. We will analyze gender inequality cross-culturally. We will also examine efforts to accomplish social justice for women and girls worldwide.
Course Title: Global Feminism Goal Areas: 08,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will introduce students to issues related to feminism around the world. We will analyze gender inequality cross-culturally. We will also examine efforts to accomplish social justice for women and girls worldwide.
Course Subject: ART
Course Number: 1550
Course Title: Video Game Entertainment Goal Areas: 01,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will examine the development of the video game industry and research on social effects of video game play. Issues discussed include video game violence, effects of gender and cultural representation, visual messages in gaming, pro-social relationships, and emerging technologies in gaming.
Course Title: Video Game Entertainment Goal Areas: 01,06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will examine the development of the video game industry and research on social effects of video game play. Issues discussed include video game violence, effects of gender and cultural representation, visual messages in gaming, pro-social relationships, and emerging technologies in gaming.
Course Subject: ART
Course Number: 1602
Course Title: Art History II: 15th Century to Contemporary Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines painting, sculpture and architecture of cultures from the 15th Century to Contemporary. Students will explore the history of the world through visual art and material culture with a global perspective.
Course Title: Art History II: 15th Century to Contemporary Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines painting, sculpture and architecture of cultures from the 15th Century to Contemporary. Students will explore the history of the world through visual art and material culture with a global perspective.
Course Subject: ART
Course Number: 1650
Course Title: Architectural History Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 2
Course Description: This course is a survey of the history of Western architecture from pre-history to the present day. The student will gain knowledge and understandings of the characteristics of the architecture of Western cultures, the ideas and intentions which motivated builders, as well as terminology related to architectural design and construction.
Course Title: Architectural History Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 2
Course Description: This course is a survey of the history of Western architecture from pre-history to the present day. The student will gain knowledge and understandings of the characteristics of the architecture of Western cultures, the ideas and intentions which motivated builders, as well as terminology related to architectural design and construction.
Course Subject: GCST
Course Number: 1700
Course Title: Foundations of Racial Justice Goal Areas: 07 Credits: 3
Course Description: What is the social construction of race? When did it start? What is racism? What is racial justice? This course introduces students to the core concepts of Racial Justice by examining the social construction of race and systems of oppression. Systems examined may include, but is not limited to education, healthcare, housing, etc. From a justice and advocacy perspective, we will explore how the social construction of race has led to oppression of various identity groups and how individuals and groups in society can strive to be anti-racists.
Course Title: Foundations of Racial Justice Goal Areas: 07 Credits: 3
Course Description: What is the social construction of race? When did it start? What is racism? What is racial justice? This course introduces students to the core concepts of Racial Justice by examining the social construction of race and systems of oppression. Systems examined may include, but is not limited to education, healthcare, housing, etc. From a justice and advocacy perspective, we will explore how the social construction of race has led to oppression of various identity groups and how individuals and groups in society can strive to be anti-racists.
Course Subject: GCST
Course Number: 1964
Course Title: African American Civil Rights Immersion Experience Goal Areas: 05,09 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course will focus on the African American culture and the Civil Rights Movement through four themes: fragmentation, exclusion, resistance, and community. Particular attention will be given to the diversity of African diasporas within the United States. The African American Civil Rights Immersion Experience is designed to provide an up-close immersive experience of some of the events, places, people and systems throughout the United States that have helped shape and define contemporary African American theories. This course will be framed within the civil rights movement, including its social organization, customs and traditions, religion, and its arts and literature. The course challenges students to utilize and address issues such as political power, economic systems, racism, and activism. This course includes in-class participation and an off campus expedition to historical civil rights sites in the United States.
Course Title: African American Civil Rights Immersion Experience Goal Areas: 05,09 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course will focus on the African American culture and the Civil Rights Movement through four themes: fragmentation, exclusion, resistance, and community. Particular attention will be given to the diversity of African diasporas within the United States. The African American Civil Rights Immersion Experience is designed to provide an up-close immersive experience of some of the events, places, people and systems throughout the United States that have helped shape and define contemporary African American theories. This course will be framed within the civil rights movement, including its social organization, customs and traditions, religion, and its arts and literature. The course challenges students to utilize and address issues such as political power, economic systems, racism, and activism. This course includes in-class participation and an off campus expedition to historical civil rights sites in the United States.
Course Subject: GCST
Course Number: 1970
Course Title: Environmental Justice and Nature Immersion Experience Goal Areas: 07,10 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course, a collaborative partnership with YMCA Camp Northern Lights, will focus on environmental justice and equity, access, and inclusion in nature and outdoor spaces movements in Minnesota, the US, and beyond. Students will explore these communities efforts to protect and preserve our natural spaces for current and future generations, while also breaking down barriers to ensure equitable access, participation, and inclusion of all cultural and ethnic groups. The course will have a particular focus on contemporary environmental justice issues, such as water quality, proposed pipelines through Minnesota tribal lands, food insecurity, and access for BIPOC and other marginalized groups to nature and outdoor spaces. This course is designed to provide a hands-on immersive experience that will expose students to the events, places, peoples, systems and organizations throughout Minnesota that have helped shape current environmental justice policies, action, and activism, as well as connections with national and international environmental justice organizations, such as Wild Path Farm, the Sierra Club, Honor the Earth, the Sierra Leone Foundation for a New Democracy, Friends of the Boundary Waters, MN350, and the Three Rivers Park District. The course challenges participants to assess and critique issues such as political power, racism, colonization and segregation, activism, access to resources, and our relationship with this land through diverse cultural lenses. Students will be encouraged to explore these issues through their own cultural heritage, while being exposed to the beliefs, traditions, and value systems of others. This course includes 8 weeks of in-class participation and an off-campus expedition to YMCA Camp Northern Lights, a wilderness camp in Northern Minnesota, where students will be immersed in nature for 5 days.
Course Title: Environmental Justice and Nature Immersion Experience Goal Areas: 07,10 Credits: 4
Course Description: This course, a collaborative partnership with YMCA Camp Northern Lights, will focus on environmental justice and equity, access, and inclusion in nature and outdoor spaces movements in Minnesota, the US, and beyond. Students will explore these communities efforts to protect and preserve our natural spaces for current and future generations, while also breaking down barriers to ensure equitable access, participation, and inclusion of all cultural and ethnic groups. The course will have a particular focus on contemporary environmental justice issues, such as water quality, proposed pipelines through Minnesota tribal lands, food insecurity, and access for BIPOC and other marginalized groups to nature and outdoor spaces. This course is designed to provide a hands-on immersive experience that will expose students to the events, places, peoples, systems and organizations throughout Minnesota that have helped shape current environmental justice policies, action, and activism, as well as connections with national and international environmental justice organizations, such as Wild Path Farm, the Sierra Club, Honor the Earth, the Sierra Leone Foundation for a New Democracy, Friends of the Boundary Waters, MN350, and the Three Rivers Park District. The course challenges participants to assess and critique issues such as political power, racism, colonization and segregation, activism, access to resources, and our relationship with this land through diverse cultural lenses. Students will be encouraged to explore these issues through their own cultural heritage, while being exposed to the beliefs, traditions, and value systems of others. This course includes 8 weeks of in-class participation and an off-campus expedition to YMCA Camp Northern Lights, a wilderness camp in Northern Minnesota, where students will be immersed in nature for 5 days.
Course Subject: GCST
Course Number: 1978
Course Title: American Indian Cultural Expression Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This American Indian Cultural Expression course will expose students to the broad range of fine arts within the American Indian community. This course will engage students to understand the connections between past events and their influence in American Indian art forms through critical analysis and aesthetic evaluation. Through exploring how art has impacted these living cultures how these vibrant cultures have survived oppression and genocide, and continue to thrive students will gain understanding of Indigenous Peoples strong connection with the fine arts. Students will also learn to articulate the meaning of different Indigenous nations creative expression and interpretive processes, which have been handed down for generations. Students will also explore the art of activism and resistance to colonialism as well as the connections between American Indian artists and the land.
Course Title: American Indian Cultural Expression Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This American Indian Cultural Expression course will expose students to the broad range of fine arts within the American Indian community. This course will engage students to understand the connections between past events and their influence in American Indian art forms through critical analysis and aesthetic evaluation. Through exploring how art has impacted these living cultures how these vibrant cultures have survived oppression and genocide, and continue to thrive students will gain understanding of Indigenous Peoples strong connection with the fine arts. Students will also learn to articulate the meaning of different Indigenous nations creative expression and interpretive processes, which have been handed down for generations. Students will also explore the art of activism and resistance to colonialism as well as the connections between American Indian artists and the land.
Course Subject: GCST
Course Number: 2000
Course Title: Theories of Race and Ethnicity Goal Areas: 07,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to the complexity of race and ethnicity as both conceptual terms and lived experiences. We will look at multiple definitions of race and ethnicity that have been developed over time, and we will also explore how race intersects with other forms of identity (cultural affiliation, gender, class, and sexuality). This course places a particular emphasis on power, structures, and ideas of cultural superiority, inequality, and racism, as well as how these ideas continue to marginalize significant portions of the population. Students will learn about the connections between race, ethnicity, labor, and power structures, such as colonial, economic, state bureaucracy, and legal systems. Students will learn about the unique contributions and social and cultural developments of ethnic groups in the United States. The course will also introduce students to key academic frameworks and critical race theories.
Course Title: Theories of Race and Ethnicity Goal Areas: 07,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to the complexity of race and ethnicity as both conceptual terms and lived experiences. We will look at multiple definitions of race and ethnicity that have been developed over time, and we will also explore how race intersects with other forms of identity (cultural affiliation, gender, class, and sexuality). This course places a particular emphasis on power, structures, and ideas of cultural superiority, inequality, and racism, as well as how these ideas continue to marginalize significant portions of the population. Students will learn about the connections between race, ethnicity, labor, and power structures, such as colonial, economic, state bureaucracy, and legal systems. Students will learn about the unique contributions and social and cultural developments of ethnic groups in the United States. The course will also introduce students to key academic frameworks and critical race theories.
Course Subject: GCST
Course Number: 2065
Course Title: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Goal Areas: 07,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion class is designed for participants to increase their knowledge and skills necessary to apply strategies for enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in their professional practices and personal lives. The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Curriculum will address foundational concepts such as social determinants of health, education and introduction to the penal system. Strategies for recognizing unconscious bias, cultural competency, intersectionality, and gender equality will be explored. Upon completion of the class, learners should be able to apply strategies to counteract racism within education and business, create an affirming environment, implement a diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic plan.
Course Title: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Goal Areas: 07,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion class is designed for participants to increase their knowledge and skills necessary to apply strategies for enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in their professional practices and personal lives. The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Curriculum will address foundational concepts such as social determinants of health, education and introduction to the penal system. Strategies for recognizing unconscious bias, cultural competency, intersectionality, and gender equality will be explored. Upon completion of the class, learners should be able to apply strategies to counteract racism within education and business, create an affirming environment, implement a diversity, equity, and inclusion strategic plan.
Course Subject: ENGL
Course Number: 2250
Course Title: Japanese Literature Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to Japanese literature in translation. The reading may be organized either by historic periods or topically. The selected texts may come from various time periods. The reading may include oral traditions, mythology, spiritual texts, historical documents, poetry, song lyrics, theatrical plays, novels, short stories, or manga. This course may address issues of historical context, gender, class, and race as a way of understanding Japanese literature.
Course Title: Japanese Literature Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to Japanese literature in translation. The reading may be organized either by historic periods or topically. The selected texts may come from various time periods. The reading may include oral traditions, mythology, spiritual texts, historical documents, poetry, song lyrics, theatrical plays, novels, short stories, or manga. This course may address issues of historical context, gender, class, and race as a way of understanding Japanese literature.
Course Subject: GCST
Course Number: 2250
Course Title: Japanese Literature Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to Japanese literature in translation. The reading may be organized either by historic periods or topically. The selected texts may come from various time periods. The reading may include oral traditions, mythology, spiritual texts, historical documents, poetry, song lyrics, theatrical plays, novels, short stories, or manga. This course may address issues of historical context, gender, class, and race as a way of understanding Japanese literature.
Course Title: Japanese Literature Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to Japanese literature in translation. The reading may be organized either by historic periods or topically. The selected texts may come from various time periods. The reading may include oral traditions, mythology, spiritual texts, historical documents, poetry, song lyrics, theatrical plays, novels, short stories, or manga. This course may address issues of historical context, gender, class, and race as a way of understanding Japanese literature.
Course Subject: ENGL
Course Number: 2270
Course Title: Modern American Literature Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will introduce students to selected American writers of the twentieth and/or twenty-first centuries and their works. The course may be organized either by historic periods or topically.
Course Title: Modern American Literature Goal Areas: 06 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will introduce students to selected American writers of the twentieth and/or twenty-first centuries and their works. The course may be organized either by historic periods or topically.
Course Subject: ENGL
Course Number: 2300
Course Title: Children's Literature Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: In this course, students will have the pleasure of reading, discussing and evaluating children's literature ranging from the picture book to the young adult novel. Students will explore the history of children's literature, critical responses to it and its specific role for children and adults. Students will examine works from the genre that might include picture books, chapter books, folktales, fantasy, realistic fiction, historical fiction, poetry and nonfiction with an emphasis on how the genre and its themes have evolved over time, paying particular attention to how those themes address the role of children in society. This course will appeal to students, parents and educators.
Course Title: Children's Literature Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: In this course, students will have the pleasure of reading, discussing and evaluating children's literature ranging from the picture book to the young adult novel. Students will explore the history of children's literature, critical responses to it and its specific role for children and adults. Students will examine works from the genre that might include picture books, chapter books, folktales, fantasy, realistic fiction, historical fiction, poetry and nonfiction with an emphasis on how the genre and its themes have evolved over time, paying particular attention to how those themes address the role of children in society. This course will appeal to students, parents and educators.
Course Subject: ENGL
Course Number: 2330
Course Title: Hmong American Literature Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: Hmong American Literature explores the works of Hmong writers as represented in the novel, nonfiction, short stories, poetry, drama/film, and Paj Ntaub (stories recorded in tapestry). To a more limited extent, characterizations of Hmong in works by non-Hmong authors may be considered, as well as relevant works by Laotian American and Asian American writers.
Course Title: Hmong American Literature Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: Hmong American Literature explores the works of Hmong writers as represented in the novel, nonfiction, short stories, poetry, drama/film, and Paj Ntaub (stories recorded in tapestry). To a more limited extent, characterizations of Hmong in works by non-Hmong authors may be considered, as well as relevant works by Laotian American and Asian American writers.
Course Subject: ENGL
Course Number: 2340
Course Title: Nature in Literature Goal Areas: 06,10 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course surveys literature that examines the relation between human beings and the natural world. The primary consideration of this course is how a literary idea of nature has been affected and effected by variations in culture, namely, changes in politics, economics, and technology that in diverse historical contexts have created conflicts between ecological and human interests. Ultimately, this study leads to considering how the green language created by the writers under study has contributed to an eco-critical ethic that allows examination of current ecological sensibilities and the language that represents them.
Course Title: Nature in Literature Goal Areas: 06,10 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course surveys literature that examines the relation between human beings and the natural world. The primary consideration of this course is how a literary idea of nature has been affected and effected by variations in culture, namely, changes in politics, economics, and technology that in diverse historical contexts have created conflicts between ecological and human interests. Ultimately, this study leads to considering how the green language created by the writers under study has contributed to an eco-critical ethic that allows examination of current ecological sensibilities and the language that represents them.
Course Subject: ENGL
Course Number: 2350
Course Title: Women and Literature Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course explores women as characters in and writers of literature, including fiction, non-fiction, drama and poetry. The course may also address issues of historical context, gender, class and race as a way of understanding women in literature.
Course Title: Women and Literature Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course explores women as characters in and writers of literature, including fiction, non-fiction, drama and poetry. The course may also address issues of historical context, gender, class and race as a way of understanding women in literature.
Course Subject: ENGL
Course Number: 2370
Course Title: African American Literature Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces the student to the writings of African-Americans from the colonial period to the present and explores the contributions of these writers to American culture, letters, and life. The course may be organized either by historic periods or topically.
Course Title: African American Literature Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces the student to the writings of African-Americans from the colonial period to the present and explores the contributions of these writers to American culture, letters, and life. The course may be organized either by historic periods or topically.
Course Subject: ENGL
Course Number: 2390
Course Title: Work in American Literature Goal Areas: 06,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines American texts by and about workers and those concerned with workers. It focuses on how these texts portray work and the ways that work structures personal and social life, as well as on how these texts address and are formed by historical and political events that shape working conditions. The course may be organized historically or topically.
Course Title: Work in American Literature Goal Areas: 06,09 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course examines American texts by and about workers and those concerned with workers. It focuses on how these texts portray work and the ways that work structures personal and social life, as well as on how these texts address and are formed by historical and political events that shape working conditions. The course may be organized historically or topically.
Course Subject: ENGL
Course Number: 2400
Course Title: Utopian/Dystopian Literature Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to the literature of utopias and dystopias, literary works about imaginary places, whose intention is to explore alternative models of political, cultural, and societal structures. Utopian/dystopian literatures seek to challenge existing ideas about governments, social communities, and constructions of human identity, but they also offer new, sometimes radical and transformative ideas regarding the reformation of existing human societies.
Course Title: Utopian/Dystopian Literature Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course introduces students to the literature of utopias and dystopias, literary works about imaginary places, whose intention is to explore alternative models of political, cultural, and societal structures. Utopian/dystopian literatures seek to challenge existing ideas about governments, social communities, and constructions of human identity, but they also offer new, sometimes radical and transformative ideas regarding the reformation of existing human societies.
Course Subject: GCST
Course Number: 2410
Course Title: US Latinx and Latin American Literature Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will introduce students to the genres, traditions, and themes that characterize Latinx literatures. Emphasis will be placed on the distinctions and similarities that have shaped the experiences and the cultural imagination among different Latinx communities in the U.S. and throughout Latin America. Genres include, but are not limited to, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and film.
Course Title: US Latinx and Latin American Literature Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will introduce students to the genres, traditions, and themes that characterize Latinx literatures. Emphasis will be placed on the distinctions and similarities that have shaped the experiences and the cultural imagination among different Latinx communities in the U.S. and throughout Latin America. Genres include, but are not limited to, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and film.
Course Subject: ENGL
Course Number: 2410
Course Title: US Latinx and Latin American Literature Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will introduce students to the genres, traditions, and themes that characterize Latinx literatures. Emphasis will be placed on the distinctions and similarities that have shaped the experiences and the cultural imagination among different Latinx communities in the U.S. and throughout Latin America. Genres include, but are not limited to, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and film.
Course Title: US Latinx and Latin American Literature Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will introduce students to the genres, traditions, and themes that characterize Latinx literatures. Emphasis will be placed on the distinctions and similarities that have shaped the experiences and the cultural imagination among different Latinx communities in the U.S. and throughout Latin America. Genres include, but are not limited to, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and film.
Course Subject: ENGL
Course Number: 2450
Course Title: Survey of American Literature I Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will provide students with a chronological overview of American literature, including major writers, literary developments (e.g. sentimentalism, gothic fiction, romanticism, transcendentalism) and key historical and social contexts, from the pre-colonial period to 1860.
Course Title: Survey of American Literature I Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will provide students with a chronological overview of American literature, including major writers, literary developments (e.g. sentimentalism, gothic fiction, romanticism, transcendentalism) and key historical and social contexts, from the pre-colonial period to 1860.
Course Subject: ENGL
Course Number: 2460
Course Title: Survey of American Literature II Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will provide students with a chronological overview of American literature, including major writers, literary movements (e.g. local color, realism, naturalism, modernism, and post-modernism) and social and historical contexts, from 1860 to the present.
Course Title: Survey of American Literature II Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will provide students with a chronological overview of American literature, including major writers, literary movements (e.g. local color, realism, naturalism, modernism, and post-modernism) and social and historical contexts, from 1860 to the present.
Course Subject: ENGL
Course Number: 2550
Course Title: Survey of British Literature I Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course covers the literature of Great Britain with its historical background from its beginnings to 1785. Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Donne, and Swift, among others, are studied in this course.
Course Title: Survey of British Literature I Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course covers the literature of Great Britain with its historical background from its beginnings to 1785. Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Donne, and Swift, among others, are studied in this course.
Course Subject: ENGL
Course Number: 2560
Course Title: Survey of British Literature II Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course covers the literature of Great Britain with its historical background from 1785 through the 20th century. The literature of the Romantic, Victorian, and Modern periods are studied in this course.
Course Title: Survey of British Literature II Goal Areas: 06,08 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course covers the literature of Great Britain with its historical background from 1785 through the 20th century. The literature of the Romantic, Victorian, and Modern periods are studied in this course.
Course Subject: ENGL
Course Number: 2900
Course Title: Fantasy Literature Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will introduce students to fantasy as a literary genre. It will expose students to various types of fantasy stories (such as high fantasy, sword and sorcery, urban fantasy, and/or fantasy horror). It will also address how fantasy literature can reflect or comment on issues in the real world, including how various forms of bigotry can be challenged or normalized by fantasy texts.
Course Title: Fantasy Literature Goal Areas: 06,07 Credits: 3
Course Description: This course will introduce students to fantasy as a literary genre. It will expose students to various types of fantasy stories (such as high fantasy, sword and sorcery, urban fantasy, and/or fantasy horror). It will also address how fantasy literature can reflect or comment on issues in the real world, including how various forms of bigotry can be challenged or normalized by fantasy texts.
Course Subject: GCST
Course Number: 2970
Course Title: Outdoor Experiential Program Leadership¿ Goal Areas: 09 Credits: 4
Course Description: Building on the foundational work of GCST 1970, this project-based course, a collaboration with YMCA Camp Northern Lights, focuses on developing culturally relevant facilitation and leadership skills through participation and engagement in an outdoor, nature-based experiential learning program. This 5-day outdoor, experiential program will take place at YMCA Camp Northern Lights, Baker Reserve, or a similar outdoor learning facility. Students will explore and critique both the theory and application of experiential learning models through an indigenous lens, such as Kolbs learning cycle, and outdoor program principles such as Challenge by Choice, Leave No Trace and Zero Waste, as they plan, organize and implement all aspects of the GCST 1970 immersion program, including relationship-building with student participants, community partners and community members, including local tribal nations such as Bois Forte, developing their relationship with and connection to outdoor spaces, exploring environmental justice issues through diverse cultural lenses and indigenous world views, marketing and PR for the program and program-related events, culturally relevant and appropriate outdoor programming, and the grant-writing and reporting process. Students will understand the power dynamics that have created the outdoor adventure gap for BIPOC people in Minnesota and beyond and, through real-world problem-solving, project-based research and hands-on learning, will design and implement strategies for eliminating this gap.
Course Title: Outdoor Experiential Program Leadership¿ Goal Areas: 09 Credits: 4
Course Description: Building on the foundational work of GCST 1970, this project-based course, a collaboration with YMCA Camp Northern Lights, focuses on developing culturally relevant facilitation and leadership skills through participation and engagement in an outdoor, nature-based experiential learning program. This 5-day outdoor, experiential program will take place at YMCA Camp Northern Lights, Baker Reserve, or a similar outdoor learning facility. Students will explore and critique both the theory and application of experiential learning models through an indigenous lens, such as Kolbs learning cycle, and outdoor program principles such as Challenge by Choice, Leave No Trace and Zero Waste, as they plan, organize and implement all aspects of the GCST 1970 immersion program, including relationship-building with student participants, community partners and community members, including local tribal nations such as Bois Forte, developing their relationship with and connection to outdoor spaces, exploring environmental justice issues through diverse cultural lenses and indigenous world views, marketing and PR for the program and program-related events, culturally relevant and appropriate outdoor programming, and the grant-writing and reporting process. Students will understand the power dynamics that have created the outdoor adventure gap for BIPOC people in Minnesota and beyond and, through real-world problem-solving, project-based research and hands-on learning, will design and implement strategies for eliminating this gap.
| Health Exercise Science - take 2 credits |
Health and Exercise Science - take 2 credits: EXSC1010(2), EXSC1020(1), EXSC1041(1), EXSC1042(1), EXSC1050(1), EXSC1070(1), EXSC1110(1), EXSC1130(1), EXSC1140(1), EXSC1151(1), EXSC1152(1), EXSC1200(1), EXSC1210(1), EXSC1230(1), EXSC1240(1), EXSC1250(3), EXSC1260(1), EXSC1270(1), EXSC1310(1), EXSC1400(1), EXSC1410(1), EXSC1420(1), EXSC1430(1), EXSC1440(1), EXSC1451(1), EXSC1452(1), EXSC1460(2), EXSC1470(1), EXSC1500(3), EXSC1510(2), EXSC1520(3), EXSC1530(2), EXSC1600(1), EXSC1610(1), EXSC1630(1), EXSC1640(1), EXSC1700(3), EXSC1710(3), EXSC1720(2), EXSC1730(1), EXSC1740(1), EXSC1750(1), EXSC1751(1), EXSC1752(1), EXSC1760(1), EXSC1800(1), EXSC1810(1), EXSC1820(1), EXSC1830(1), EXSC1840(1), EXSC1850(1), EXSC1880(1),EXSC1890(1), EXSC1990(1), EXSC2101(4), EXSC2102(2), EXSC2110(3), EXSC2390(3), EXSC2490(4), HLTH1030(3), HLTH1040(3), HLTH1050(3), HLTH1060(3), HLTH1070(3), HLTH1080(3), HLTH1100(3), HLTH1250(3), HLTH1600(3), HLTH1900(3), HLTH1990(1), HLTH2030(3), HLTH2060(3), PE0101(2), PE0102(1), PE0104(1), PE0105(1), PE0107(1), PE0111(1), PE0112(1), PE0115(1), PE0117(1), PE0118(1), PE0120(1), PE0121(1), PE0122(1), PE0123(1), PE0130(1), PE0137(1), PE0139(1), PE0140(1), PE0142(2), PE0144(1), PE0145(1), PE0146(1), PE0160(1), PE0172(2), PE0178(1), PE0179(1), PE0180(1), PE0181(1), PE0182(1), PE0183(1), PE0190(1), PE1010(2), PE1020(1), PE1040(1), PE1041(1), PE1042(1), PE1050(1), PE1070(1), PE1110(1), PE1120(1), PE1130(1), PE1140(1), PE1151(1), PE1152(1), PE1200(1), PE1210(1), PE1230(1), PE1240(1), PE1250(3), PE1260(1), PE1270(1), PE1300(1), PE1310(1), PE1360(2), PE1370(1), PE1380(1), PE1390(1), PE1400(1), PE1420(1), PE1430(1), PE1440(1), PE1451(1), PE1452(1), PE1500(3), PE1510(2), PE1520(3), PE1600(1), PE1610(1), PE1620(1), PE1630(1), PE1640(1), PE1650(1), PE1700(3), PE1710(3), PE1720(2), PE1730(1), PE1740(1), PE1750(1), PE1751(1), PE1752(1), PE1760(1), PE1770(2), PE1780(1), PE1790(1), PE1800(1), PE1810(1), PE1820(1), PE1830(1), PE1840(1), PE1850(1), PE1930(1), PE1940(1), PE1990(1), PE2101(4), PE2102(1), PE2110(1), PE2390(2), PE2490(4), PE2910(1), PEW0113(1), PEW0119(1), PUBH0103(2), PUBH0104(2), PUBH0105(2), PUBH0106(3), PUBH0107(3), PUBH0108(3), PUBH0110(3), PUBH0125(3), PUBH0130(1), PUBH0150(6), PUBH0160(4), PUBH0201(3), PUBH0202(1), PUBH0290(1), PUBH0291(1), PUBH1010(2), PUBH1020(1), PUBH1030(3), PUBH1040(3), PUBH1050(1), PUBH1060(3), PUBH1070(3), PUBH1080(3), PUBH1100(3), PUBH1250(3), PUBH1600(3), PUBH2901(1), PUBH2910(1)
| 15 Credits must be earned at NHCC |
| Total Credits Required | 60 |
2023-2024
The Associate of Arts History Transfer Pathway Program provides students with a firm foundation in history and related disciplines to allow them to transfer to a four year institution with a junior standing in the History major. Students who successfully complete the History Transfer Pathway are guaranteed junior standing in History and admission to universities* in the Minnesota State system.
Minnesota State Universities:Bemidji State University, Metropolitan State University, Minnesota State University Mankato, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Southwest Minnesota State University, St. Cloud State University, Winona State University.
Knowledge of human cultures and the physical and natural world, including:
- Broad knowledge of world history, ancient to present, including knowledge of chronology, place, and significance.
- Broad knowledge of major fields of history and schools of historical interpretation.
Intellectual and Practical Skills, including:
- Ability to evaluate primary and secondary source material
- Ability to develop and critique historical arguments based on primary and secondary source material
- Ability to communicate using the standards of the discipline
- Ability to develop and complete a program of historical research, beginning with the development of a research topic, through producing an original secondary source of publishable quality
Personal and Social Responsibility, including:
- Ability to identify and evaluate bias and perspective in written and audiovisual materials, including digital, internet, and broadcast media.
- Insight into the construction of historical knowledge as reflective of personal and social contexts
Integrative Learning, including:
- Ability to critically analyze, interpret, and synthesize various types of historical materials.
- Understanding of the role of the past in causing current events, conflicts, and problems, and its richness as a source of possible solutions.
Be prepared to transfer to a four year institution in this discipline:
- Graduates will have completed all 10 Goal Areas of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum requirements and have a foundation of knowledge in history to prepare them for transfer to a baccalaureate program.
Program roadmaps provide students with a guide to understand the recommended course sequence to complete their degree.
Information on careers, including salary and employment outlook data, is available at Minnesota State and the Bureau of Labor Statistics websites: careerwise.minnstate.edu and www.bls.gov.
If you are planning on transferring to another institution, follow the guidelines available on our transfer resources web page to help you plan the process: Transfer Information
The Associate of Arts (A.A.) is awarded for successful completion of 60 credits and is designed to constitute the first two years of a liberal arts bachelor degree program. An A.A. degree includes the entire 40 credit Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) as the general education requirement. Students may also choose to concentrate in a particular field of study in preparation for a planned major or professional emphasis at a four year college by following the pre major requirement of the desired transfer institution in addition to the MnTC and A.A. requirements.
A student shall:
- Earn a minimum of 60 semester credits.
- Earn a grade point average of 2.00 (C) or higher in courses taken at North Hennepin Community College.
- Earn a minimum of 20 semester credits of the 60 semester credits required for the A.A. Degree at NHCC.
- Complete the general education distribution requirement listed in the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum. The student shall select general education (MnTC) courses numbered 1000 or above to complete a minimum of 40 credits.
- Have four years in which to complete their work under the terms of the catalog in effect at the time of their first enrollment.
- Students taking more than four years to complete their graduation requirements may follow any catalog in effect during the four year period preceding their date of graduation.
Required A.A. Degree Course Distribution:
- Complete 40 credits in the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum satisfying the requirements for each of the 10 goal areas.
- Complete at least 2 credits for the Wellness requirement from either Health (all courses) or Physical Education (all courses).
If the student intends to transfer, he/she is encouraged to work with an advisor to fulfill requirements for transfer to the other institution.
Completion of an A.A. degree fulfills the Goal Area 2 requirement of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC).
Developmental Courses Some students may need preparatory course(s) in Math and/or English. Courses numbered below 1000 will not apply toward a degree.
Equal Opportunity Employer and Disability Access Information North Hennepin Community College is a member of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system and an equal opportunity employer and educator. This document is available in alternative formats to individuals with disabilities by calling 7634930555 or through the Minnesota Relay Service at 18006273529.
North Hennepin Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (hlcommission.org), an institutional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
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