Program Outcomes
Apply ethical standards to evaluate and/or conduct psychological research, and explore contextual social and cultural values that build interpersonal relationships and communities.
Apply psychological concepts, principles, theories, and themes in their lives.
Demonstrate psychology information literacy and engage in systematic problem-solving inferred by psychological research.
Communicate effectively in the field, using APA style, presentation skills and interactions with others.
Identify, interpret, and evaluate psychological phenomenon using scientific reasoning.
The Psychology Transfer Pathway Offers Students a Powerful Option
The opportunity to complete an Associate of Arts degree with course credits that directly transfer to designated Psychology bachelor’s degree programs at Minnesota State universities. The curriculum has been specifically designed so that students completing the 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.
The Psychology Pathway consists of the Required Pathway Curriculum, the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC), and the Health and Physical Fitness Requirement, to bring your credit total to 60 credits.
*Universities within the Minnesota State system include Bemidji State University; Metropolitan State University; Minnesota State University, Mankato; Minnesota State University, Moorhead; Southwest Minnesota State University; St. Cloud State University; and Winona State University.
Transfer Pathways
With this transfer pathway, you will be able to transfer to the following majors:
Bemidji State University
Psychology - BA, BS
Metropolitan State University
Psychology - BA
Minnesota State University, Moorhead
Psychology - BA
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Psychology - BS
Southwest Minnesota State University
Psychology - BA
St Cloud State University
Psychology - BA
Community Psychology - BS
Winona State University
Psychology, Option A - BA
Psychology, Option B - BA
To guarantee admission to a Minnesota State University’s designated bachelor’s program in your major, you must first meet the admitting institution’s minimum transfer GPA and then the admission to major GPA.
Universities accepting the transfer pathway are only required to accept all credits if the entire Associate of Science is completed. If the degree is not completed in its entirety, universities will do a course by course evaluation.
Additional Transfer Pathway agreements have been established by various MN private colleges. Visit mnprivatecolleges.org/transfer for the most up to date information.
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