Transferring Courses

New Students Transferring In

Students interested in attending UMM may submit an official transcript for transfer evaluation. When the evaluation is complete, an APAS report that tracks progress toward the degree can be generated that lists which courses have been accepted and how they fit into UMM's General Education Requirements. UMM awards credit for courses that are accepted in transfer; however, grades from colleges outside the University of Minnesota do not count in the UMM GPA.. Send official transcripts to:

Admissions Office
600 E 4 th St
Morris , MN 56267

To meet UMM's General Education Requirements (GER), students must complete 60 credits from liberal arts courses outside the discipline of the major—a student majoring in biology, for example, needs 60 credits that are not labeled BIOL—and must fulfill 13 categories listed below:

•  First Year Seminar (FYS)

•  College Writing (CW)

•  Foreign Language (FL)

•  Mathematical/Symbolic Reasoning (M/SR)

•  Artistic Performance (ArtP)

•  Historical Perspectives (Hist)

•  Human Behavior, Social Processes, Institutions (SS)

•  Communication, Language, Literature, Philosophy (Hum)

•  Fine Arts (FA)

•  Physical and Biological Science course with lab (SciL)

•  Physical and Biological Science course with or without lab (Sci)

Two of the following four:

•  Human Diversity (HDiv)

•  People and the Environment (Envt)

•  International Perspective (IP)

•  Ethical and Civic Responsibility (E/CR)

Courses from the major discipline may fulfill the categories above, but the credits assigned to the major discipline courses do not count toward the 60 credits of GER.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC)
I ncoming students who have earned the Associate of Arts degree receive the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MNTC). MNTC fulfills all UMM general education categories except foreign language, and may or may not fulfill the required 60 credits in liberal arts outside the discipline of the major. Be sure the A.A.degree is posted on the transcript you submit, along with the date earned.

Are you transferring from the University of Minnesota, Morris to a Minnesota community college or state university? If you have completed the 13 general education categories and have earned 60 liberal arts credits outside the discipline of the major, you may get your transcript certified to reflect that you have completed the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC). Contact the Transfer Specialist to request that the notation be added to your transcript.

Questions? Contact the Transfer Specialist .

Current Students

Current students planning to study at another University of Minnesota college through the Multi-University registration program, or at another college, should submit their proposed courses for transfer approval in advance. Use the Course Evaluation Form to obtain prior approval.

Credit for coursework taken at other institutions will be transferred subject to the following considerations:

1) The instructional institution is regionally accredited and the mission includes providing courses that are intended for transfer to baccalaureate programs.

2) The transfer coursework compares in nature, content, and level to courses offered by the UMM curriculum.

3) The transfer coursework is appropriate and applicable to the degree at UMM.

Regional accreditation usually serves as the primary criterion for determining the transferability of course work from another institution. Credits from Minnesota Technical Colleges may be considered for transfer when appropriate to a student's degree program. Credit is not normally transferred from specialized or proprietary institutions, military schools, or industry-based education programs.

It is the responsibility of the Transfer Specialist at UMM to identify those institutions from which credit can be transferred and to determine whether course work is college level. If questions arise with regard to transfer of specific courses, the Transfer Specialist will confer with the appropriate discipline faculty.

UMM accepts the validity of an accredited transfer institution's decisions regarding credit value, grades, content as described, and level of instruction (introductory or advanced) of its courses and transfers those courses accordingly.

UMM accepts transfer coursework from foreign institutions of higher education which is applicable to the student's degree program. The Transfer Specialist has the responsibility of determining the level, credit value, and grading to be recorded on the UMM transcript from material provided by the foeign institution that describes the coursework.

Appeal process: If there are questions about the transfer evaluation, students may contact the Transfer Specialist. If questions persist, the Secretary of the Scholastic Committee will review the transfer decisions; if necessary, a final appeal may be presented to the full Scholastic Committee.