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Program checklist · AS

Special Education Transfer Pathway, AS

Century College · White Bear Lake, MN

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Program
Award
AS
Credential class
ceterms:AssociateDegree
CIP
13.1001
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Course Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The Special Education Transfer Pathway AS degree offers students a powerful option: the opportunity to complete an Associate of Science degree with course credits that directly transfer the entire completed degree to designated parallel Special Education bachelor’s degree programs at Minnesota State universities with junior-year status. This degree also prepares students for work as paraprofessionals or educational assistants in a PK-12 classroom.The Special Education Transfer Pathway Degree prepares students to identify and teach students with a wide range of learning, mental, emotional, physical, or developmental disabilities. Disability areas may include autism, speech and language impairments, blindness, deafness, or emotional disabilities. The curriculum has been specifically designed with the Minnesota Standards of Effective Practice for Teachers and includes the full Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC).
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
175315
CourseShelf checklist
CK_175315_8a4adf99
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Program Requirements

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    Career/Occupational Requirements

    6 items
    1. EDUC 1010
      3
    2. EDUC 1045
      3
    3. EDUC 2025
      3
    4. EDUC 2060
      3
    5. EDUC 2070
      4
    6. EDUC 2080
      4

    Career/Occupational Elective Requirements

    0 items

      MnTC/General Education Requirements

      0 items

        Goal 1: Communication

        4 items
        1. ENGL 1020
          Composition I
          or: ENGL 1021 - Composition I
          4
        2. AND
          Not resolved to a course
        3. ENGL 1022
          3
        4. COMM 1021
          3

        Goal 2: Critical Thinking

        0 items

          Goal 3: Natural Sciences

          1 item
          1. MnTC Goal 3 Course List (BIOL 1020 and PHYS 1020 recommended)
            Not resolved to a course

          Goal 4: Math/Logical Reasoning

          1 item
          1. MnTC Goal 4 Course List (MATH 1030 recommended)
            Not resolved to a course

          Goal 5: History/Social/Behavioral Sciences

          2 items
          1. MnTC Goal 5 Course List (GEOG 1023 and HIST 1032 recommended)
            Not resolved to a course
          2. ​PSYC Course required (PSYC 2043 and PSYC 2044 recommended)
            Not resolved to a course

          Goal 6: Humanities/Fine Arts

          2 items
          1. MnTC Goal 6 Course List (ART 1024 and THTR 1031 recommended)
            Not resolved to a course
          2. ENGL Lit (ENGL 2095 recommended)
            Not resolved to a course

          Goals 7-10: Theme Goals

          0 items

            Requirements

            1 item
            1. MnTC Goal 7 Course List
              Not resolved to a course

            Requirements

            1 item
            1. MnTC Goal 8 Course List
              Not resolved to a course

            Requirements

            1 item
            1. MnTC Goal 9 Course List
              Not resolved to a course

            Requirements

            1 item
            1. MnTC Goal 10 Course List
              Not resolved to a course

            MnTC Elective Requirements

            0 items

              Additional Elective Requirements

              0 items

                Additional Requirements

                4 items
                1. Each EDUC course requires 10 hours of field-based work, for a total of 40 hours to graduate with degree. 10 hours of these field-based work hours must be in a Special Education classroom setting
                  Not resolved to a course
                2. Take MTLE Basic Skills Licensure exams before earning this degree, if not met by ACT/SAT scores
                  Not resolved to a course
                3. 40 MNTC credits must satisfy all 10 MnTC Goals
                  Not resolved to a course
                4. Earn a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 for college-level coursework (courses numbered 1000 and above)
                  Not resolved to a course

                Program Information

                16 items
                1. N/A
                  Not resolved to a course
                2. N/A
                  Not resolved to a course
                3. ABS Special Education
                  Not resolved to a course
                4. TBD
                  Not resolved to a course
                5. Special Education, B.S.
                  Not resolved to a course
                6. Special Education (ABS Licensure), BS
                  Not resolved to a course
                7. TBD
                  Not resolved to a course
                8. Bethel University- B.A. in Special Education
                  Not resolved to a course
                9. Understand that all students can and should learn at the highest possible levels and persist in helping all students achieve success.
                  Not resolved to a course
                10. Identify assistive supports to maximize student learning and success
                  Not resolved to a course
                11. Understand state and federal guidelines that define procedures for the identification processes for students suspected of having disabilities.
                  Not resolved to a course
                12. Understand collaborative practices across educational settings between regular staff, special educators and related service providers.
                  Not resolved to a course
                13. Experience the classroom setting, alongside professional educators serving diverse student population.
                  Not resolved to a course
                14. Understand the relationships to motivate students for academic and personal success.
                  Not resolved to a course
                15. Create professional electronic portfolios displaying achievement in the field of special education.
                  Not resolved to a course
                16. Demonstrate the process of reflective practitioner.
                  Not resolved to a course

                Sample Plan

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                  Semester 1

                  5 items
                  1. EDUC 1010
                    3
                  2. EDUC 1045
                    3
                  3. ENGL 1021
                    4
                  4. COMM 1021
                    3
                  5. MnTC Elective
                    Not resolved to a course
                    1

                  Semester 2

                  5 items
                  1. EDUC 2060
                    3
                  2. EDUC 2070
                    4
                  3. MnTC Goal 4: Math (Recommended MATH 1030 Math for Liberal Arts )
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  4. MnTC Goal 5: PSYC (Recommended PSYC 2043 Child Development )
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  5. MnTC Goal 6: Humanities/Fine Arts (Recommended ENGL 2095 Ethics and Environments: The Literature of Place )
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3

                  Semester 3

                  4 items
                  1. EDUC 2025
                    3
                  2. ENGL 1022
                    3
                  3. MnTC Goal 3: Natural Sciences (Recommended BIOL 1020 Biology Concepts )
                    Not resolved to a course
                    4
                  4. MnTC Goal 5 History/Social/Behavioral Sciences (Recommended HIST 1032 U.S. History since 1865 )
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3

                  Semester 4

                  5 items
                  1. EDUC 2080
                    4
                  2. MnTC Goal 3: Natural Sciences (Recommended PHYS 1020 - Physics Concepts )
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  3. MnTC Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Recommended GEOG 1023 - Human Geography )
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  4. MnTC Goal 6: Humanities/Fine Arts : (Recommended ART 1024 - Foundation 2D Design )
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3
                  5. MnTC Goal 6: Humanities/Fine Arts : (Recommended THTR 1031 - Beginning Acting )
                    Not resolved to a course
                    3

                  Note

                  0 items
                    Source. Century College, catalog 2026-2027 Course Catalog — https://catalog.century.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=23&poid=6760. Captured page pages/0191.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.