Classes that typically begin at 5 p.m. or later on Tuesday, Feb. 7, are cancelled due to Minnesota precinct caucuses and State statute that requires colleges to cancel evening classes. Other college offices and services (Library, Computer Labs, Learning Center) will maintain regular operating hours.

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Educational Programs

Spring Transfer Fair

On Feb. 8, representatives from 4-year colleges and universities will be recruiting MCTC students for their institutions. They will be available between 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 1 - 3 p.m. in the T Building Skyway.

On Feb. 9, a representative from Columbia University will be on campus from 12 - 1 p.m. in H.2900 to speak with Veterans and other students.

More on the Spring Transfer Fair

Spirit and Soul: Celebrating Black History Month

Join us for the Spirit and Soul community event on Friday, Feb. 17 at the Basilica of Saint Mary. A dessert reception will follow this event.

Date: Friday, Feb. 17, 2012

Location: Basilica of Saint Mary

Main Event: 7:00 – 8:15 p.m.

Dessert Reception: 8:15 – 9:30 p.m.

RSVP for Dessert Reception

Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management Open House

Learn more about our Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management programs!

When: Tuesday, Feb. 28, 5 – 7 p.m.

Where: Plaza Dining Room, T.1243

Parking: Free parking in the MCTC parking ramp

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Minnesota Transfer Curriculum

The Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) is a collaborative effort among all two-year and four- year public colleges and universities in Minnesota to help students transfer their coursework in general education between institutions.

To earn the MnTC as a credit package, a student must successfully complete the following requirements within each goal area and earn a total of 40 credits of MnTC-eligible courses. The 40-credit MnTC package is a required component of the Associate in Arts degree.

  • Goal Area 1. Written and Oral Communication: A minimum of 9 credits, are required, which must include ENGL 1110 and 1111 and one eligible communication studies (CMST) course.
  • Goal Area 2. Critical Thinking: This goal may be accomplished through completion of one eligible course from this category or by completion of the other nine MnTC goal areas.
  • Goal Area 3. Natural Sciences: A minimum of two courses must be taken from this category. The courses must be taken from two different disciplines within this category (BIOL, CHEM, etc.), and one must include a laboratory component.
  • Goal Area 4. Mathematical and Logical Reasoning: A minimum of one course from this category is required.
  • Goal Area 5. History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences: A minimum of three courses totaling 9 credits are required. The courses must be taken from three different disciplines within this category (PSYC, SOCI, etc.)
  • Goal Area 6. Humanities and Fine Arts: A minimum of three courses totaling 9 credits are required. The courses must be taken from three different disciplines within this category (ARTS, PHIL, etc...).
  • Goal Area 7. Human Diversity: A minimum of one course from this category is required.
  • Goal Area 8. Global Perspective: A minimum of one course from this category is required.
  • Goal Area 9. Ethical and Civic Responsibility: A minimum of one course from this category is required.
  • Area 10. People and the Environment: A minimum of one course from this category is required.

Many awards offered by Minneapolis Community and Technical College require some general education coursework taken from the MnTC Goal Areas, but do not require completion of the entire MnTC 40-credit package. To determine whether or not it would be appropriate to earn the MnTC 40-credit package, a student should meet with an academic advisor.

The ten MnTC Competency Areas are as follows:

MnTC 01: Written and Oral Communication

To develop writing, speaking and critical listening skills in the English language. As a base, you should complete introductory communication requirements early in your collegiate studies. Writing competency is an ongoing process to be reinforced through writing-intensive courses and writing across the curriculum. Speaking and listening skills need reinforcement through multiple opportunities for interpersonal communication, public speaking and discussion.

  • CMST: 1000, 1005, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 2010
  • ENGL: 1110, 1111

MnTC 02: Critical Thinking

To help you become a thinker who is able to unify factual, creative, rational and value-sensitive modes of thought. Critical thinking will be taught and used throughout the general education curriculum in order to develop your awareness of your own thinking and problem-solving procedures. To integrate new skills into your customary ways of thinking, you must be actively engaged in practicing thinking skills and applying them to open-ended problems.

  • FYST: 1010, 1015, 1100
  • INFS: 1000
  • PHIL: 1110

MnTC 03: Natural Science

To improve your understanding of natural science principles and of the methods of scientific inquiry, i.e. the ways in which scientists investigate natural science phenomena. As a basis for lifelong learning, you need to know the vocabulary of science and to realize that while a set of principles has been developed through the work of previous scientists, ongoing scientific inquiry and new knowledge will bring changes in some of the ways scientists view the world. By studying the problems that engage today's scientists, you will learn to appreciate the importance of science in your life and to understand the value of a scientific perspective. You are encouraged to study both the biological and physical sciences.

  • ASTR: 1110, 1115
  • BIOL: 1100, 1120, 1127, 1128, 1136, 1137, 1160, 2200, 2205, 2224, 2225, 2226, 2230, 2231, 2250, 2260, 2500
  • CHEM: 1020, 1040, 1041, 1145, 1151, 1152, 2204, 2205, 2224, 2225
  • GEOL: 1120, 1130, 1140, 1150
  • HONR: 2000
  • PHYS: 1100, 1131, 1132, 1211, 1221

MnTC 04: Mathematical and Logical Reasoning

To increase your knowledge about mathematical and logical modes of thinking. This will enable you to appreciate the breadth of applications of mathematics, evaluate arguments and detect fallacious reasoning. You will learn to apply mathematics, logic and/or statistics to help them make decisions in your life and career. Minnesota's public higher education systems have agreed that developmental mathematics includes the first three years of a high school mathematics sequence through intermediate algebra.

  • CSCI: 2011
  • MATH: 1110, 1120, 1125, 1130, 1140, 1150, 1160, 1165, 1170, 1180, 1190, 2011
  • PHIL: 2110

MnTC 05: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences

To increase your knowledge of how historians and social and behavioral scientists discover, describe, and explain the behaviors and interactions among individuals, groups, institutions, events and ideas. Such knowledge will better equip you to understand yourself and the roles people play in addressing the issues facing humanity.

  • AMIS: 1000, 1120
  • AMST: 1000, 1100
  • ANTH: 1104, 1105, 1150, 2105
  • ECON: 1000, 2000, 2200, 2500
  • GEOG: 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 2204
  • GLOS: 1120, 1500
  • HIST: 1000, 1010, 1020, 1100, 1110, 1200, 1210, 1300, 1310, 1320, 1500, 1510, 1520, 1600, 2241, 2242, 2243
  • INFS: 2520, 2600
  • PSCI: 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1110, 1111, 1137, 1140, 1143, 1147, 1149, 1169, 1170, 1180, 1200, 2000
  • PSYC: 1100, 1110, 2215, 2240, 2250, 2260, 2275, 2285
  • SOCI: 1105, 1106, 1110, 1160, 1170, 2115, 2145, 2150, 2155
  • WOST: 1101, 1120

MnTC 06: Humanities and Fine Arts

To expand your knowledge of the human condition and human cultures, especially in relation to behavior, ideas and values expressed in works of human imagination and thought. Through study in disciplines such as literature, philosophy, and the fine arts, you will engage in critical analysis, form aesthetic judgments and develop an appreciation of the arts and humanities as fundamental to the health and survival of any society. You should have experiences in both the arts and humanities.

  • AMIS: 1100, 1200, 1300, 1800, 1900
  • AMST: 1132, 1140, 1152, 1155
  • ARTS: 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1121, 1125, 1132, 1133, 1141, 1142, 2211, 2212, 2213, 2214, 2221, 2222, 2225, 2233
  • CIST: 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1106
  • ENGL: 1150, 1151, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1156, 1157, 1158, 1160, 1161, 1162, 2212, 2213, 2214, 2215, 2225, 2226, 2231, 2232, 2251, 2252, 2261, 2262
  • FREN: 1300
  • GLOS: 1121, 1122, 1190, 1200, 1210, 1300
  • MUSC: 1000, 1010, 1020, 1030, 1040, 1050, 1060, 1150, 1160
  • PHIL: 1115, 1171, 1172, 2115, 2171, 2181
  • PHOT: 1100, 1200
  • SPAN: 1145
  • THTR: 1104, 1111, 1131, 1135, 1145, 1150, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163, 1164, 1165, 1166, 1167, 1168, 1169, 1170, 2105, 2145, 2150
  • WOST: 1140, 2200, 2211, 2212, 2213, 2235

MnTC 07: Human Diversity

To increase your understanding of individual and group differences (e.g. race, gender and class) and your knowledge of the traditions and values of various groups in the United States. You should be able to evaluate the United States' historical and contemporary responses to group differences.

  • AMIS: 1000, 1100, 1120, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1800, 1900
  • AMST: 1132, 1140, 1152
  • CIST: 1104
  • CMST: 1012
  • ENGL: 1152, 1153, 1157, 1160, 1161, 2231, 2232, 2261, 2262
  • GLOS: 1120
  • HIST: 1100, 1110, 1300, 1310, 1320, 1500, 1510, 1520, 1600
  • SOCI: 1105, 1106, 1110, 2115, 2145
  • WOST: 1120, 1140

MnTC 08: Global Perspective

To increase your understanding of the growing interdependence of nations and peoples and develop your ability to apply a comparative perspective to cross-cultural social, economic and political experiences.

  • AMIS: 1910, 1920
  • AMSL: 1000, 1100
  • AMST: 1000, 1155
  • ANTH: 1105, 1150, 2105
  • ARAB: 1000, 1100
  • ARTS: 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113
  • CHIN: 1000, 1100
  • CIST: 1106
  • ECON: 2000, 2200, 2500
  • ENGL: 1151, 1158, 1162, 2225, 2226, 2251, 2252
  • FREN: 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 2000, 2100
  • GEOG: 1101, 1103, 2204
  • GLOS: 1121, 1122, 1190, 1200, 1300, 1500
  • HIST: 1000, 1010, 1020, 1200, 2243
  • HONR: 2000
  • INFS: 2600
  • JAPN: 1000, 1100
  • MUSC: 1030, 1040, 1050, 1060
  • PHIL: 2115
  • PSCI: 1103, 1104, 1140, 1143, 1147, 1149, 1169
  • SOCI: 1170
  • SPAN: 1000, 1100, 1145, 1300, 2000, 2100, 2300
  • THTR: 1131, 1160, 2150
  • WOST: 2235

MnTC 09: Ethical and Civic Responsibility

To develop your capacity to identify, discuss and reflect upon the ethical dimensions of political, social and personal life and to understand the ways in which you can exercise responsible and productive citizenship. While there are diverse views of social justice or the common good in a pluralistic society, you should learn that responsible citizenship requires you to develop skills to understand your own and others' positions be part of the free exchange of ideas, and function as a public-minded citizen.

  • CHEM: 1040, 1145
  • CMST: 2010
  • ECON: 1000
  • ENGL: 1156
  • HIST: 2241, 2242
  • INFS: 2510, 2520
  • JOUR: 1000
  • PHIL: 1171, 2181
  • PSCI: 1101, 1102, 1110, 1111, 1170, 1180, 1200, 2000
  • PSYC: 2240, 2260
  • SOCI: 2155
  • WOST: 1101, 2211, 2213

MnTC 10: People and the Environment

To improve your understanding of today's complex environmental challenges, you will examine the interrelatedness of human society and the natural environment. Knowledge of both bio-physical principles and socio-cultural systems is the foundation for integrative and critical thinking about environmental issues.

  • BIOL: 1136, 1137
  • ENGL: 1150
  • GEOG: 1102, 1104
  • PHIL: 2171
  • PSCI: 1137
  • SOCI: 1160
  • WOST: 2212