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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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Full-time enrollment is required

Students must be enrolled full time with a cohort of students. Technical courses only offered during days.

Special supplies, tools, and estimated costs
The list for required tools is supplied by the program advisor. The cost of tools for the program is approximately $300. Contact program faculty for more information.

Additional Requirements/Recommendations
Satisfactory preparation for the sheet metal program may include high school courses in algebra and geometry. Other helpful courses are mechanical drafting and metal shop. Much of the sheet metal work starts with two-dimensional objects and ends with a three-dimensional product. Sheet metal work requires good spatial perception.

Career Information

Career Settings

Sheet metal fabrication companies
Construction sheet metal worker
Sheet metal production
Advance on the job to foreman or job superintendent
Own your own business

Potential Employers

Sheet Metal Connectors
Albers Sheet Metal
New Mech Mechanical Contractors
Metropolitan Mechanical Contractors
Northwest Sheet Metal

Transfer Pathways

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

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

Sheet Metal/HVAC Ducts and Fittings AAS

BA Individualized Studies, Metropolitan State University
BS Operations Management, Minnesota State University-Moorhead

Sheet Metal/HVAC Ducts and Fittings Diploma

BS Operations Management, Minnesota State University-Moorhead

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