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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Psychology Transfer Pathway A.A. 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 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; Metropolitan State University; Minnesota State University, Mankato; Minnesota State University, Moorhead; Southwest State University; St. Cloud State University; and Winona State University.
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A student completing Lake Superior College’s Minnesota State Transfer Pathway in Psychology (A.A.) and transferring into a designated bachelor’s program in psychology at a Minnesota State university will have junior standing and may complete the bachelor’s degree within an additional 60 credits. This transfer pathway degree will transfer to the following designated baccalaureate degree majors:
- Bemidji State University: B.A./B.S. Psychology
- Metropolitan State University: B.A. Psychology
- Minnesota State, Mankato: B.A./B.S. Psychology
- Minnesota State, Moorhead: B.A. Psychology
- Southwest State University: B.A. Psychology
- St. Cloud State University: B.A. Psychology
- Winona State University: B.A. Psychology–Option A, B.S. Psychology Option B
To graduate and be guaranteed admission to a Minnesota State university’s designated program you must earn an overall grade point average as indicated by the university to which you will transfer.
Semester 1
FYE 1000 First Year Experience
ENGL 1106 College Composition I
PSYC 1120 General Psychology
HPER course(s)
Electives
Semester 2
ENGL 1109 College Composition II
COMM 1100 Introduction to Communication or COMM 1105 Interpersonal Communication
Goal Area 3 course
Goal Area 6 course
PSYC course
Semester 3
PSYC 1135 Lifespan Developmental Psychology, or PSYC 1140 Abnormal Psychology, or PSYC 2145 Social Psychology
MATH 2210 General Statistics or MATH 1100 College Algebra
Goal Area 3 course
Goal Area 6 course (literature course)
Unrestricted elective
Semester 4
PSYC 2165 Statistics for Psychology
Goal Area 6 course
Goal Area 5 non-PSYC course
Electives
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