College of Design Regional Transfer Guides
Interested in taking classes at a local MN community college that will meet College of Design degree requirements? Click on the relevant link below for local community college classes that will meet CDes major requirements.
Liberal ("General") Education National Transfer Guides
The U of M Office of Admissions has many liberal education transfer guides for institutions across the U.S. Please consult these, and if you have questions or your institution is not listed call admissions at 612-625-2008.
If you complete the MnTC at a participating MN state college or university and then transfer to the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, you will have completed all U of M Liberal Education requirements (except the Writing Intensive requirements.) The U of M will recognize the MnTC IF the transcript sent from the school where it was completed verifies this completion on the transcript sent to the U of M.
Submission of transfer studio work for design majors
Students who wish to submit prior studio work for review for transfer in lieu of studio courses in a design major must do so AFTER admission to a pre-design program. Please be aware that approved work from studio coursework taken at other universities rarely transfers into the program. So, even if you completed, for example, three years of design coursework at another institution (including a U of M coordinate campus), you will most likely need to complete the eight semester sequence of studio courses in a College of Design program. Please talk to a prospective student adviser for more information.
Length of program: The design studio courses in the design programs are sequenced over eight semesters regardless of how many or what types of courses were completed prior to the term of admission. Most studio courses must be taken in sequence and during the semester specified on the four year sample plan. Students should not count on using summers to speed up this design sequence, as most major-specific courses are not offered in the summer. Students can, however, take Liberal Education and writing/communication requirements in the summer, even though completion of the Liberal (General) Education requirements will not allow students to graduate sooner.
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