History Transfer Pathway Associate of Arts

Program Overview:

The History Transfer Pathway AA offers students a powerful option: the opportunity to complete an Associate of Arts degree with course credits that directly transfer to designated History bachelor's programs at Minnesota State universities. The curriculum has been specifically designed so that students completing this pathway degree and transferring to one of the seven Minnesota State universities enter the university with junior-year status. All courses in the Transfer Pathway associate degree will directly transfer and apply to the designated bachelor's degree programs in a related field.

Program Outcomes:

Upon completion of the History Transfer Pathway program at RCTC, students will achieve the following outcomes:

Examine social, political, technological, cultural, and/or religious institutions or processes across a range of time periods of history.
Develop and communicate explanations for historical events and their connection to contemporary society and issues.
Employ the methods and data that historians use to discuss the human condition.
Develop and communicate the results of historical events and their impact on contemporary society and issues.

Additional Information:

The curriculum has been specifically designed so that students completing this pathway degree and transferring to one of the seven Minnesota State universities* enter the university with junior-year status. All courses in the Transfer Pathway associate degree will directly transfer and apply to the designated bachelor’s degree programs in a related field.

*Universities within the Minnesota State system include:

Bemidji State University – History, BA; History, BS
Metropolitan State University – History, BA
Minnesota State University, Mankato – History, BA; History, BS
Minnesota State University Moorhead – History, BA
Southwest Minnesota State University – History, BA
St. Cloud State University – Chemistry – History, BA
Winona State University – History, BA

HISTORY TRANSFER PATHWAY AA

60 TOTAL CREDITS

MINNESOTA TRANSFER CURRICULUM (MnTC)/GENERAL REQUIREMENTSS (31 CREDITS)

GOAL 1: COMMUNICATION (11 CREDITS)

COMM 1114 – Fundamentals of Public Speaking (3 cr) OR COMM 1130 – Interpersonal Communication (3 cr)
ENGL 1117 – Reading and Writing Critically I (4 cr)
ENGL 1118 – Reading and Writing Critically II (4 cr)

GOAL 2: CRITICAL THINKING May be met by any courses in MnTC 1-10 Goals

GOAL 3: NATURAL SCIENCES (6 CREDITS)

A minimum of two courses with a lab from two different areas of MnTC Goal 3. Recommended: Biology

GOAL 4: MATHEMATICS/LOGICAL REASONING (MINIMUM 3 CREDITS)

MATH 1090 – Statway Statistics II (4 cr) OR MATH 2208 – Fundamentals of Statistics (4 cr)

GOAL 5: HISTORY AND THE SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES (16 CREDITS)

HIST 1613 – Western Civilization I: Ancient Times to 1715 (3 cr) OR
HIST 1614 – Western Civilization II: The Modern Age 1715-Present (3 cr)
HIST 1617 – World History to 1500 (3 cr) OR
HIST 1618 – World History Since 1500 (3 cr)
HIST 1624 – U.S. History to 1864 (3 cr) OR
HIST 1625 – U.S. History from 1865 to Present (3 cr)
One additional course to complete a sequence (3 cr)

GOAL 6: HUMANITIES AND THE FINE ARTS (9 CREDITS)

A minimum of two credits from each of three different areas that meet MnTC Goal 6. Recommended: a course in Philosophy

Two credits from each of the following goal areas, to be met by a course taken in Goal 3, 5, or 6:

GOAL 7: HUMAN DIVERSITY

GOAL 8: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES

GOAL 9: ETHICAL AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY

GOAL 10: PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE (1 CREDITS) FYES 1000 – College Success Strategies (1 cr)

HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (3 CREDITS) Any combination of Health courses (1110, 1111, 1114, 1132, 2126) and/or Physical Education courses (numbered 1100-1199)

ELECTIVES (12 CREDITS) Any course numbered above 1000 as needed

RECOMMENDED COURSE SEQUENCES

FULL-TIME

Semester 1 (16 CREDITS)ENGL 1117, FYEX 1000, HIST 1613 OR HIST 1617 OR HIST 1624, MATH 1090 OR MATH 2208 OR MnTC Goal 4, MnTC Goal 3, HLTH/PHED
Semester 2 (16 CREDITS)COMM 1114 OR COMM 1130, ENGL 1118, HIST 1614 OR HIST 1618 OR HIST 1625 (HIST course to complete sequence from Semester 1), MnTC Goal 5, MnTC Goal 6
Semester 3 (14 CREDITS) HLTH/PHED, HIST Elective, MnTC Goal 3, MnTC Goal 5, MnTC Goal 6
Semester 4 (14 CREDITS) MnTC Goal 5, MnTC Goal 6, Additional MnTC Elective, Electives (7 cr)

PART-TIME

Semester 1 (8 CREDITS)ENGL 1117, FYEX 1000, HIST 1613 OR HIST 1617 OR HIST 1624
Semester 2 (8 CREDITS)ENGL 1118, HLTH/PHED, MnTC Goal 3
Semester 3 (6 CREDITS) COMM 1114 OR COMM 1130, MATH 1090 OR MATH 2208 OR MnTC Goal 4
Semester 4 (9 CREDITS) HIST 1614 OR HIST 1618 OR HIST 1625 (HIST course to completing sequence from Semester 1), MnTC Goal 5, MnTC Goal 6
Semester 5 (8 CREDITS)HLTH/PHED, HIST Elective, MnTC Goal 3
Semester 6 (8 CREDITS)MnTC Goal 5, MnTC Goal 6, Additional MnTC Elective
Semester 7 (6 CREDITS) MnTC Goal 5, MnTC Goal 6
Semester 8 (7 CREDITS) Electives

Course descriptions can be found at: RCTC course descriptions