Transfer Guide
Academic Calendar
General Education Requirements
Graduation Requirements (the Hamline Plan)
Minnesota Community College Transfer Guides
Academic Calendar
Hamline follows a 4:1:4 academic calendar. During each of the 14 week fall and spring terms, students have a normal schedule of four courses. One course may be taken during the optional four week January term. Fractional courses may be added to the normal load.
General Education Requirements
Hamline does not accept the Associate Degree or the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum as satisfying the general education requirements of the college. All courses are transferred on an individual basis. However, in most cases the transferable courses completed for the Associate in Arts degree or the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum will satisfy many, if not all, of Hamline's general education requirements.
Many students also transfer to Hamline with credits earned from a four-year college or university. In general, Hamline accepts credits only from accredited colleges and universities. These credits will be in general study or liberal arts courses in which the student received a grade of at least C- or its equivalent. No courses with a grade less than a C- will transfer. Contact Hamline’s transfer counselor if you have questions about any courses you have already completed, or intend to complete prior to your transfer. Visit our Credit Transfer Information section or the College of Liberal Arts Bulletin for more specific information about transferring academic credit to Hamline.
A student may transfer to Hamline at any time. The maximum number of credits that may be transferred to Hamline from a community college is 64 semester credits or 96 quarter credits. For transfer students, generally the number of courses completed in a specific area will be considered rather than the number of credits earned.
Graduation Requirements (the Hamline Plan)
- First-Year Seminar: Waived for transfer students.
- Writing Intensive: Three writing intensive courses in addition to an Expository Writing (first-year composition) course. One writing-intensive course will be taken each year at Hamline. One or two courses are recommended for transfer.
- Speaking Intensive: Courses that develop speaking skills. One course recommended for transfer.
- Computer Intensive: One computer utilization course which integrates computer software appropriate to student's major or other academic course work; usually taken at Hamline.
- Formal Reasoning: Courses that have as their main goal the development of formal reasoning skills. One course.
- Disciplinary Breadth: Eight courses, two in each of the following four areas.
- Fine Arts: Courses that deal with self expression. Two courses.
Note: Must have four credits of these courses to equal one Fine Arts course at Hamline. If music lessons, ensembles or other one or two credit courses have been completed, multiple credits must equal four credits, i.e. two credits orchestra and two credits of violin lessons equal one fine arts credit.
- Humanities: Courses that study human culture. Two courses.
- Natural Sciences: Courses that have as their subject matter some part of the physical universe (laboratory required). Two courses.
- Social Sciences: Courses that study human behavior. Two courses.
- Cultural Breadth: Courses that study other peoples and cultures. Three courses required in at least two of the following three categories:
- Gender, race, age, class, minority ethnic identity, ability, sexual orientation.
- International issues
- Language & culture studies, and study abroad
- Research Intensive Course or Independent Study Project: Completed at Hamline with advisor's approval.
- Leadership, Education and Development (LEAD): An exploration of connections among the liberal arts, work and community service, such as an internship. Usually satisfied at Hamline.
- Major: Transfer of courses into major program will be determined by the departmental faculty. See your transfer counselor for more information.
Note: To meet Hamline Plan requirements, a course must be at least three semester credits or the equivalent. Please review the Fine Arts requirement for the exception.
Minnesota Community College Transfer Guides
NOTE: This information should be used in conjunction with the current Hamline bulletin and is subject to change. Any courses taken prior to Fall 1998 will be accepted under previous transfer guide requirements.
Changes in the transfer of courses/credits, graduation requirements, etc. occur periodically, so check with both your Hamline transfer admission counselor (651-523-2207) and the Hamline registrar (651-523-3000) for any possible updates.
