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Program Requirements

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General Education/MnTC Requirements
The Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) is the general education curriculum for the Minnesota State system. Choose MnTC courses according to the requirements listed on your Program Requirements Guide. Refer to the MnTC course list for each Goal Area:

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC)
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Additional Requirements for AA Degree 

  • At least 60 earned college-level credits (40 MnTC credits and 20 additional MnTC, pre-major or elective credits) 
  • A grade of “C” or better in ENGL 1711 
  • Associate of Arts (AA) cumulative GPA of 2.0 
  • Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) cumulative GPA of 2.0 
  • Meet Saint Paul College residency requirement: 20 credits. This requirement may be reduced to 12 credits with the transfer of at least 12 college-level credits from another Minnesota State College and University or the University of Minnesota. 

Career Information

Students who successfully complete the Associate of Arts Degree – Political Science Transfer Pathway will be prepared to transfer to a baccalaureate program in Social Science or Political Science. With a degree in political science, you can work in several fields within the Government and Public Administration system, such as compliance officers, operations managers, political scientists, and public relations specialists.

Transfer Pathways

​Saint Paul College has transfer articulation agreements between the following program and post-secondary institutions for the baccalaureate degree programs listed below. 

For more information, please go to ​www.saintpaul.edu/Transfer.​​

Associate of Arts Degree – Political Science Transfer Pathway  

  • BA Political Science Bemidji State University 
  • BS Political Science Minnesota State University, Mankato  
  • BA Political Science Minnesota State University, Moorhead  
  • BA Political Science Southwest Minnesota State University  
  • BA Political Science St. Cloud State University  
  • BA Political Science Winona State University