Associate in Arts (AA) Degree:

The Associate in Arts Degree can be used to fulfill freshman-sophomore general education requirements in all the state universities in Minnesota, and at several colleges within the University of Minnesota.
The degree is the basic graduation award toward which most students will work if they intend to transfer.
It emphasizes a broad general education. In order to obtain an A. A. degree, students must complete the following uniform requirements.

• Successful completion of a minimum of 64 semester credits numbered 1000 or above.
• Achieve an overall GPA of 2.00 and a GPA of 2.00 with the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum.
• Earn at least 20 of the 64 credits at M State.
• Complete a minimum of 40 credits of liberal education.

Students may satisfy the liberal education requirement with a variety of courses and credits. Some courses will serve more than one of the ten (10) required areas of emphasis. Fulfilling the minimum required credits of courses in each area of emphasis will not satisfy the 40 credit liberal education minimum. Some additional credits beyond the minimum requirements in Areas 1-10 are required to achieve the overall 40 credit liberal education component. Students should carefully review and tally their progress.

In order to be certified as having met all the requirements of the College's MINNESOTA TRANSFER CURRICULUM, a student must successfully complete courses as prescribed in the following Liberal education distribution areas with a minimum GPA of 2.00.

Download: AA Degree Worksheet

Degree Concentration Areas:

Associate in Arts degrees provide you the means to transfer into a wide range of academic fields such as: