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Description
In May 1991, the Twin Cities Campus Assembly approved the final report of the Task Force on Liberal Education for the Twin Cities Campus. This report outlined a new set of liberal education requirements for baccalaureate degrees offered by any of the colleges on the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (UMTC) campus. Four aspects of the UMTC requirements represent significant innovations for the campus:
- Baccalaureate liberal education requirements are now campus wide, which eases students’ academic exploration.
- Courses are included from all instructional units on campus, including professional programs.
- A campus wide Council on Liberal Education (CLE), formed in January 1992, is charged with implementing and administering the requirements.
- The UMTC liberal education requirements are consistent with the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum, a statewide definition of general education intended to ease students’ transfer of credit among all public higher education institutions in Minnesota: all four campuses of the University, the state universities, the community colleges, and the technical colleges.
Note: Beginning fall 1999, any student who has been away from the University for more than one year without a Leave of Absence form on file, or for two years with an approved Leave of Absence, will be placed under the current liberal education requirements. Contact Laurel Carroll, l-carr@umn.edu, regarding exceptions.
Current liberal education requirements
Exemptions from the liberal education requirements:
- Students with a previous Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited college are exempt from the diversified core, designated themes, and writing requirements.
- Students with a previous Bachelor of Arts degree from an accredited college are exempt from the diversified core, designated themes, writing, and second language requirements.
- Students with an associate in arts degree from a Minnesota Community College are exempt from the diversified core and freshman composition requirements. (Four-year colleges that grant a 2-year A.A. degree do not qualify for this exemption.)
- Students who have completed the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum before entering CLA are exempt from the diversified core, designated themes, and freshman composition requirements.
All students are eligible for a one-credit waiver in the core and theme requirements. E-mail Lynn Jordan in the Office of the Registrar at l-dyks@tc.umn.edu to have this reflected on the APAS.
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Transition Liberal Education Requirments
For NHS students entering between fall 1994 and spring 1999 and transfer students entering between fall 1996 and fall 2001.
Chambers requirements
For NHS students or students with fewer than 39 transfer credits admitted before fall 1994 or for NAS with more than 39 credits admitted before fall 1996.
Note: Beginning Fall 2006, students wishing to graduate under the Chambers requirements will need special permission of the CLA Dean. Procedures for doing this are still being determined.
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