Note 1: This equivalency guide is for the 2007-2008 catalog of Minnesota State University, Mankato (MSU) and 2005-2007 catalog of Minnesota State Community & Technical College.
Note 2: This equivalency table is a general guide to transfer of coursework to MSU. It is recommended that students refer to a copy of the 2006-2007 MSU catalog for the specific program requirements. Our catalog is available online at http://www.mnsu.edu/bulletins/undergraduate/
Note 3: Students transferring with an Associate in Arts Degree or a completed Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) will satisfy the MSU general education requirements.
Note 4: Students transferring with Associate in Science or Associate in Applied Science degrees and with less than a completed MnTC will have to complete additional general education requirements.
Note 5: Students transferring without a degree or a completed MnTC will have their already completed general education coursework applied to the MSU general education, but will have to complete the remainder of the MSU general education requirements.
Note 6: Some majors and minors at MSU require specific general education courses. Please review the MSU catalog to determine the appropriate general education requirements for your selected major.
Note 7: Courses noted as elective credit will not satisfy general education or major or minor requirements, but will transfer and count toward the total credits needed for graduation.
Note 8: "No credit" courses will not transfer.
Note 9: Courses do not have a direct equivalent course at MSU, but will be used in the MnTC goal noted in the right column.
Note 10: These courses are technical in nature and will be limited to 16 semester (24 quarter) hours of transfer credit.
Note 11: Science courses equated to MnTC Area 3A satisfy the lab science requirement. Courses equated to MnTC Area 3B meet the non-lab science requirement.
Any questions pertaining to this guide or to other transfer issues may be directed to your community college transfer specialist or counselor. Questions may also be directed to the MSU Admissions Office. Phone: 507-389-1822 or toll-free: 800-722-0544 or by email to transfer@mnsu.edu
| MN State Community Number | Minnesota State Community College Course 2005-2007 | MSU Equivalent 2007-2008 | MnTC Goal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting (ACCT) | |||
| 2211 & 2212 | *Both Must Be Taken | ACCT 200 | |
| 2213 | Managerial Accounting | ACCT 210 | |
| Anthropology (ANTH) | |||
| 1110 | Intro to Anthropology | ANTH 101 | |
| Art (ART) | |||
| 1105 - 1110 | Basic Art | See Note 9 | 6 & 7 |
| 1111 | Beginning Drawing | ART 110 | 6 |
| 1112 | Beginning Painting & Watercolor | See Note 9 | 6 |
| 1115 | Life Drawing | ART 212 | 6 |
| 1116 | Pastel Drawing | See Note 9 | 6 |
| 1121, 1122 | World of Art I & II | ART 160 if both taken | 6 |
| 1124 | American Art History | See Note 9 | 6, 7 |
| 1135 | Poster, Lettering & Comm. Art | See Note 9 | 6 |
| 1140 - 1141 | See Note 9 | 6 | |
| 2211 | Studio Painting & Framing | See Note 9 | 6 |
| 2218 | Printmaking | See Note 9 | 6 |
| 2222 | Watercolor | ART 245 | 6 |
| 2241 | Ceramics II | See Note 9 | 6 |
| Assistive Technology (ATEC) | |||
| 1110 - 2250 | Elective credit | ||
| Biology (BIOL) | |||
| 1005 | Survey A & P | See Note 9 | 3 |
| 1102 | Intro to Horticulture | See Note 9 | 3A, 10 |
| 1104 | Biology of Human Concerns | BIOL 100 | 2, 3A |
| 1111, 1112 | General Biology | BIOL 105 & 106 if both taken | 3A, 10; 2, 3A |
| 1120 | People & the Environment | BIOL 101 | 2, 3A, 10 |
| 1161 | Intro to Freshwater Biology | See Note 9 | 3A, 10 |
| 1300 | Human Anatomy and Physiology I | Elective credit | |
| 2201 | Principles of Nutrition | FCS 240 | 2 |
| 2230 & 2232 | Human Anatomy & Phys I + Human Anatomy & Phys II | BIOL 230 if both taken | 3 |
| 2256 | Practical Microbiology | See Note 9 | 2 |
| 2257 | Medical Microbiology | BIOL 270 | 3A |
| 2266 | Diagnostic Microbiology | BIOL 270 | 3A |
| Business (BUS) | |||
| 1101 - 1125 | Elective credit | ||
| 1132 | Desktop Publishing | BED 481 | |
| 1135, 1136 | Elective credit | ||
| 1141 | Intro to Business | MRKT 100 | |
| 1142 | Accounting Fundamentals | ||
| 1143 - 2150 | Elective credit | ||
| 2202 | Management Information Systems | MGMT 200 | |
| 2204 - 2210 | Elective credit | ||
| 2211 | Principles of Accounting I | ACCT 200 | |
| 2212 | Principles of Accounting II | ACCT 210 | |
| 2213 | Managerial Accounting | 200 Level Elective | |
| 2224 | Business Telecommunications | Elective credit | |
| 2228 | Tax Accounting Internship | Elective credit | |
| 2231 | Records Management | BED 201 | |
| 2261, 2262 | Real Estate I & II | Elective credit | |
| 2290 | Income Tax Fundamentals | Elective credit | |
| 2292 | Business Finance | BUS 362+ | |
| Chemistry (CHEM) | |||
| 1050 | Lab Calculations/Procedures | Elective credit | |
| 1100 | Fund Concepts of Chemistry | CHEM 100 | 2, 3A |
| 1101 | Principles of General Chemistry | See Note 9 | 2, 3A |
| 1102 | Medical Chemistry I | See Note 9 | 2, 3A |
| 1104 | Medical Chemistry II | Elective credit | |
| 1106 | Integrated Chemistry | Elective credit | |
| 1111, 1112 | Gen. Inorganic Chemistry I & II | CHEM 201, 202 | 2, 3A |
| 2224, 2225 | Organic Chemistry I & II | CHEM 320, 321 & 331 | 2, 3A |
| Computer Science (CSCI) | |||
| 1101, 1120 | Elective credit | ||
| 1121, 1122 | Computer Science I & II | COMS 211, 212 | |
| *MSU teaches the two semester introductory computer science sequence, COMS 211 & 212, using the JAVA language. Computer Science majors transferring from Fergus Falls, who have not had a JAVA programming course, will need to take a JAVA short course their first term at MSU. | |||
| 1131 | Computer Programming: PASCAL | Elective credit | |
| 1155 | Computer Utilization in Bus & Society | COMS 100 or 101 | |
| 1160 - 1208 | Elective credit | ||
| 1220 | Intro to UNIX | COMS 296 | |
| 2010 | JAVA Programming | COMS 211 | |
| Criminal Justice (CRJU) | |||
| 1101 | Intro to Criminal Justice | LAWE 131 | |
| 1102 | Survey of American Policing and Practices | LAWE 131 | |
| 1104 | Juvenile Justice & Delinquency | LAWE 332 | |
| 1106 | Corrections & Probation | CORR 106 | |
| 1109 | Law Enforcement and Behavioral Sciences | LAWE 232 | |
| 1117 | Special Topics in Criminal Justice | Elective credit | |
| 2201 | Criminal Law | Elective credit | |
| 2202 | Criminal Procedures | LAWE 231 | |
| 2204 | Report Writing: Systems & Procedures | Elective credit | |
| 2208 | Criminal Investigation | LAWE 233 | |
| 2210 | Intro to Criminalistics | LAWE 233 | |
| 2235 | Internship | Elective credit | |
| Economics (ECON) | |||
| 1250 | International Business | See Note 9 | 2, 5, 8 |
| 2221 | Macroeconomics | ECON 201 | 5, 8 |
| 2222 | Microeconomics | ECON 202 | 5, 9 |
| Education (EDUC) | |||
| 0091 | Learning Technologies | No credit | |
| 1000 - 2200 | Elective credit | ||
| Engineering (ENGR) | |||
| 1100 - 1118 | No credit | ||
| 1126 | Engineering Graphics | Elective credit | |
| 1132 | Office Systems & Equipment | No credit | |
| 2547 | Statics | ME 212 | |
| 2549 | Mechanics of Materials | Elective credit | |
| 2569 | Circuit Analysis I | EE 230 | |
| English (ENGL) | |||
| 0050, 0055, 0075 | No credit | ||
| 1010, 1061 | Elective credit | ||
| 1101 | College Writing I | ENG 101 | 1A |
| 1102 | College Writing II | See Note 9 | 1C |
| 1201 | Technical Writing | ENG 271 | 2 |
| 2221 | Creative Writing | ENG 242 | 6 |
| 2222 | Creative Writing:Fiction | ENG 242 | 6 |
| 2230 | Environmental Literature | See Note 9 | 2, 6, 10 |
| 2231 | Intro to Lit: Poetry | ENG 112 | 2, 6, 7 |
| 2234 | Intro to Lit: Short Stories | ENG 113 | 2, 6, 7 |
| 2235 | Intro to Lit: World Drama | ENG 112 | 2, 6, 8 |
| 2236 | Intro to Lit: The Novel | ENG 113 | 2, 6, 7 |
| 2237 | Intro to Lit: Short Prose | ENG 113 | 2, 6, 9 |
| 2239 | Nature Writers | See Note 9 | 2, 6, 10 |
| 2302 | American Ethnic Literature | ENG 211 | 6, 7 |
| 2310 | Mythology | See Note 9 | 6 |
| 2314 | Intro to Shakespeare | See Note 9 | 6 |
| 2321 | Women in Literature | ENG 211 | 6, 7 |
| 2330 | Individual Authors | ENG 214 | 2, 6 |
| 2331, 2332 | Survey of American Literature I & II | See Note 9 | 6, 7 |
| 2361, 2362 | Survey of British Literature I & II | See Note 9 | 6, 8 |
| 2370 | Children's Literature | See Note 9 | 6 |
| English as a Second Language (ESL) | |||
| 1125 - 1131 | Elective credit | ||
| French (FREN) | |||
| 1111, 1112 | Beginning French | FREN 101, 102 | |
| 2211, 2212 | Intermediate French | FREN 201, 202 | 6, 8 |
| Health (HLTH) | |||
| 1105 | Medical Terminology | Elective credit | |
| 1111 | Personal & Community Health | HLTH 101 | |
| 1114 | Community CPR | HLTH 215 | |
| 1115 - 1121 | Elective credit | ||
| 2212 | Soc. Seminar in Drug Education | HLTH 310 | 9 |
| 2214 | Emergency Response | Elective credit | |
| Histology Technician (HT) | |||
| 1118 - 2234 | Elective credit | ||
| History (HIST) | |||
| 1111 - 1114 | Credit in European History | 5, 8 | |
| 2211, 2212 | American History | Credit in American History | 5, 7 |
| 2213 | American History-20th Century | HIST 150 | 5, 7 |
| Humanities (HUM) | |||
| 1101 | Intro to Humanities | HUM 150 | 2, 6 |
| 1105 | Religion in the Humanities | See Note 9 | 6, 8 |
| 1110 | Native American Culture | HUM 251 | 2, 6, 7 |
| 1120 | Culture of Italy I | HUM 280 | 6, 8 |
| 1121 | Culture of Italy II | HUM 280 | 6, 8 |
| 1132 | Women in the Humanities | HUM 250 | 6, 7 |
| 1133 | Men in Humanities | See Note 9 | 6 |
| 1134 | Global Perspectives for Women | HUM 280 | 6, 8 |
| 2210 | The Study of Film | 100 Level Elective | 2, 6 |
| 2230 | World Cinema | See Note 9 | 6, 8 |
| 2236 | Technology in the Humanities | HUM 280 | 2, 6, 8 |
| 2281 | Culture of the British Isles | HUM 280 | 6, 8 |
| 2291 | Field Experience: Europe | HUM 499 | 6, 8 |
| 2292 | Field Experience: Europe | HUM 499 | 6, 8 |
| 2500 | Honors Colloquy | Elective credit | 5, 7 |
| Journalism (JOUR) & Mass Communications | |||
| 1131 | Mass Communication | MASS 110 | 9 |
| 1132 - 2310 | Elective credit | ||
| Mathematics (MATH) | |||
| 0052 - 0091 | No credit | ||
| 1020 | Intermediate Algebra | MATH 098 (no credit given towards graduation) | |
| 1100 | World of Mathematics | See Note 9 | 2, 4 |
| 1102 | Finite Math | MATH 130 | |
| 1114 | College Algebra | MATH 112 | 2, 4 |
| 1115 | Functions/Trigonometry | MATH 113 | 2, 4 |
| 1120 | Applied Calculus/Linear Algebra | MATH 181 | 2, 4 |
| 1134, 1135 | Analytic Geometry & Calculus I & II | MATH 121, 122 | 2, 4 |
| 1213 | Intro to Statistics | STAT 154 | 2, 4 |
| 2200 | Principles of Arithmetic | MATH 201 | 2, 4 |
| 2231 | Analytic Geometry & Calculus III | MATH 223 | 2, 4 |
| 2257 | Linear Algebra | MATH 247 | 2, 4 |
| 2259 | Differential Equations | MATH 321 | 2, 4 |
| Medical Lab Technician (MLT) | |||
| 1110 - 2230 | Elective credit | ||
| Multicultural Studies (MCS) | |||
| 2230 | Education and Multicultural America | See Note 9 | 7 |
| 2231 | Education and Multicultural America Field Experience | Elective credit | |
| Music (MUSC) | |||
| 1111 | Fundamentals of Music | MUS 130 | 6 |
| 1113 | Voice Class | MUS 151 | 6 |
| 1115 | Folk Music in America | See Note 9 | 6, 7 |
| 1116 | World of Music | MUS 120 | 6 |
| 1121 | Musicianship I | MUS 131 | 6 |
| 1122 | Musicianship II | MUS 132 | |
| 1123 | Sight Singing & Ear Training I | MUS 133 | |
| 1124 | Sight Singing & Ear Training II | MUS 134 | 6 |
| 1131 | Civic Orchestra | MUS 116 | 6 |
| 1135 | Voice Ensemble | MUS 103 | 6, 11 |
| 1141 | Concert Choir | MUS 101 | 6, 11 |
| 1145 | Area Chorale | See Note 9 | 6, 11 |
| 1151 | Individual Music Lessons (Voice) | MUS 251 | 6 |
| 1162 | Jazz Ensemble | MUS 115 | 6, 11 |
| 1181 | Instrumental Lessons | MUS 278 | 6 |
| 1191 | Individual Music Lessons (Piano) | MUS 261 | 6 |
| 1192 | Piano Pedogogy | Elective credit | |
| 2221 | Musicianship III | MUS 231 & 233 | 2, 6 |
| 2222 | Musicianship IV | MUS 232 &234 | 2, 6 |
| 2251, 2291 | Individual Music Lessons | Elective credit | |
| Nursing (NURS) | |||
| 0080 - 2466 | Elective credit | ||
| Philosophy (PHIL) | |||
| 1201 | Ethics | PHIL 120 | 2, 6, 9 |
| 1211 | Intro to Philosophy | PHIL 100 | 2, 6 |
| Physical Education (PE) | |||
| 1109 | Wellness Skills | Physical Education Activity Credit | 11 |
| 1110 | Aerobics | HP 117 | 11 |
| 1127 | Alpine Skiing | HP 179 | 11 |
| 1194 | Varsity Golf | HP 157 | 11 |
| 2211 | Lifeguard Training | HP 250 | 11 |
| 2222 | Law Enforcement Conditioning | Elective credit | 11 |
| 2240 | Athletic Injury Care & Prevention | Elective credit | 11 |
| 2241 | Principles of Coaching | HP 470 | 11 |
| 2251 | Foundations for Physical Education | HP 160 | 11 |
| 2253 | Intro to Recreation | RPLS 272 | 11 |
| 2255 - 2299 | Physical Education Activity Credit | 11 | |
| Physics (PHYS) | |||
| 1101 | Physics & Environment | See Note 9 | 2, 3A, 10 |
| 1401, 1402 | College Physics I & II | PHYS 211, 212 | 2, 3A |
| 1411, 1412 | Engineering Physics I & II | PHYS 221, 222 | 2, 3A |
| Political Science (PSCI) | |||
| 1112 | American National Government | POLS 111 | 2, 5, 9 |
| 1113 | State & Local Government | POLS 371 | 2, 5, 9 |
| 1114 | Intro to Civil Law | See Note 9 | 2, 5, 9 |
| 1150 | Current Politics | POLS 201 | 2, 5, 8 |
| 2204 | Comparative Government | POL 241 | 5, 8 |
| Practical Nursing (PNSG) | |||
| 1200 - 1240 | See Note 10 | ||
| Psychology (PSYC) | |||
| 1101 | Human Interaction | See Note 9 | 2, 5 |
| 1103 | Interpersonal Communication | See Note 9 | 5 |
| 1107 | Environmental Psychology | See Note 9 | 2, 5, 10 |
| 1211, 1212 | General Psychology I | PSYC 101 if both taken | 1211-2, 5 1212-5, 9 |
| 2220 | Abnormal Psychology | See Note 9 | 5 |
| 2222 | Developmental Psychology | KSP 235 | 5, 9 |
| 2224 | Social Psychology | PSYC 340 | 5, 7 |
| 2226 | Behavior & Environment | See Note 9 | 2, 5, 10 |
| Social Work | |||
| 2250 | Intro to Social Work and Social Welfare | SOWK 190 | |
| Sociology (SOC) | |||
| 1111 | Intro to Sociology | SOC 101 | 2, 5, 7 |
| 1113, 1114 | Social Problems | SOC 150 | 5, 9 |
| 2211 | Marriage & Family | SOC 208 | 5 |
| 2215 | Criminology | See Note 9 | 2, 5 |
| 2216 | Minority Group Relations | See Note 9 | 5, 7 |
| 2217 | Rural Sociology | See Note 9 | 5, 7 |
| Spanish (SPAN) | |||
| 1111, 1112 | Beginning Spanish I & II | SPAN 101, 102 | |
| 1121, 1122 | Beg Conversational Spanish I & II | Elective credit | |
| 2211 | Intermediate Spanish I | SPAN 201 | 6, 7 |
| 2212 | Intermediate Spanish II | SPAN 202 | 6, 8 |
| Speech (SPCH) | |||
| 1113 | Small Group Communication | SPEE 201 | |
| 1114 | Intro to Public Speaking | SPEE 100 | 1B |
| 1150 | Interpersonal Communication | SPEE 101 | 1B |
| 1160 | Forensics | SPEE 220 | |
| 2216 | Intercultural Communication | SPEE 203 | 7 |
| 2218 | Oral Interpretation | SPEE 310 | 6 |
| Theatre (THTR) | |||
| 1105 | Beginning Acting | THEA 101 | 6 |
| 1111 | Intro to Theatre | THEA 100 | 6 |
| 1112 | Intro to Stagecraft | THEA 255 | |
| 1131 | Acting Drama Lab | See Note 9 | 6 |
| 1141 | Stage Craft | See Note 9 | 6 |
| Women's Studies (WMST) | |||
| 1130 | Intro to Women's Studies | WOST 110 | 5, 7 |
| Zoology | |||
| 1121 - 1126 | Elective credit | ||
| 2201 | Survey of Human Anat & Physiology | See Note 9 | 3A |
| 2224 | Histology | Elective credit | |
